tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post6529849010904984171..comments2024-01-04T20:25:07.782+00:00Comments on Retirement Rocks: First Class TravelSilverbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291532400330204120noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post-19065520580992326512009-08-01T13:33:03.110+01:002009-08-01T13:33:03.110+01:00I was pretty sure we'd been bumped once to Pre...I was pretty sure we'd been bumped once to Premium Economy with Virgin, but OH says not. He would know. He handles all the tickets and stuff. But we choose to travel that way anyway, since neither of us are stick thin and he's had a DVT. It's a different world, that's for sure.<br /><br />I'm with you on the food, though. I like to know what I'm eating, and if I wanted flowers on my food, I'd ask for 'em!jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post-64108433015870204422009-07-31T20:45:42.078+01:002009-07-31T20:45:42.078+01:00One year when I had done a lot of business travel ...One year when I had done a lot of business travel -- 1984, I think it was -- the wife and I had a week's vacation (with airfare, hotel, and rented car paid) in Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia, thanks to Delta's frequent-flyer miles. It's the only time I ever cashed miles in, and the trip was one of our favorites.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post-51355190919378510452009-07-31T17:58:44.171+01:002009-07-31T17:58:44.171+01:00Yoiur eagerness to be off again to foreign parts s...Yoiur eagerness to be off again to foreign parts shines through this post, Ian. (I hate plastic cutlery!)Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post-56014961999937962292009-07-31T17:49:40.346+01:002009-07-31T17:49:40.346+01:00Gonna have to try that upgrade trick on my next tr...Gonna have to try that upgrade trick on my next travel experience:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523184.post-6329950426389409272009-07-31T16:27:06.095+01:002009-07-31T16:27:06.095+01:00I've never been offered an upgrade - - this co...I've never been offered an upgrade - - this could be either because I've hardly ever flown anywhere (seven return flights in my life so far but I'm planning on increasing this). Or it could be because they take one look at me and consider offering me a downgrade to an outside seat.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469075813149239051noreply@blogger.com