Free Business Class Upgrades, everytime
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2013
- i travel for work. constantly. this video will only help you if you travel a lot, if you don't fly a lot don't watch rather than watching then going on and on about how im rich or whatever.
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this is only the surface. there are a lot more rules and factors and considerations and details and stuff. an education in airline status is the first step towards attaining airline status.
i ate 7 donuts tonight while finishing this edit. 7. 
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So I only need to spend 600 billion dollars, very nice.
+IMB2U lol but im think more like 750 billion
+RealSmartCraft its not air miles its time spent IN the air
+IMB2U 25 round trips from LA to NY if you plan it is less than $200 that's $5000, the cost of 2 business class long haul flights. Casey does travel an awful lot so I probably easily does it.
+brian whittle lmao would you like to plan my trips for me so I can get a flight from LA to NY in less than $200 XD
coolhandluke
$220 then which is a price from JFK LAX non stop with American, return found with a quick search hardly a fortune
All you need is a small loan of a million dollars.
+Rito Larry or just $ 6500 per year.
"my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars." ~Donald Trump xD
KittyCatLover we all know this story but don't need that much for this for sure.
+Rito Larry omg i just saw your comment on that uberdanger rage video and i just went to this video and saw you again haha!
Natin I guess we like the same kinda videos.
How to get 1st class flights for free:
Step 1: Be rich.
AND THE DOUCHIEST RUclips COMMENT OF THE YEAR GOES TO....
Bartosz Olszewski 2.Be famous like Casey
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Bartosz Olszewski are you stupid ? You said for free and then say being rich ? You need to fucking pay it’s not for free -_-
First, I don't fly a lot. End of story.
Same
the environment thanks you for that! And I do too. :D
Hahahaha
Same. Never have flown on a commercial jet. Flown on a Cessna though.
Never flown, at all.
Who else continued to watch it even though they don fly alot
Lol same here
I flew 6 times last week
Lol me
@@droneshotsantoine1805 whit your drone
@@harryoudemaas5169 also. But I flew 2 times on a 737, 1 time on 747, 1 time on a a330 , 1 time on a a320 and 1 time on crj900(in 1 week).
so basically you have to have money in the first place to be cheap
Eli It's expensive to be poor, indeed.
Marcus Shor did he? i only heard it doesnt apply to you if you don't fly often. not gonna watch again though..
Eli lol what do you expect a free business class for an economy class? wait until Chinese's cat new year
+Eli logic
If you don't fly a lot and want upgrades just by economy and then ask if there are any seats that aren't taken. You aren't guaranteed to get a seat but they'd rather charge you less for the seat than leave it empty.
“status is the endgame”
i guess casey neistat spoiled endgame for all of us 6 years earlier than it was released
Did he say that Thanos and Ironman are dying?
Agent d0d0 he was joking
2:39
"First Class, business class?"
"Yup".
@Seth Wellington Yup
Rick Sanchez yup
Hotel?
Trivago
for the price of all those miles in coach the average person could just pay for business on their occasional flight
This is true, hence the first rule he stated.
But then you go to less places
But if you have to travel a lot anyway...
Yea but if you work for a company that makes you fly that much the company will pay for it
PixelateFPV truuuee
1:17 "All this is is a complete exploitation of an airline's loyalty program."
You're not exploiting anything, this is what the loyalty program was intended for-- they want you to be loyal to their airline.
These videos are awesome..... vlogs are interesting but these are truly 'films'
movies*
I thought your pfp was the Among Us space dude D:
@@dolphinerofachero3159 That’s funny! Stay safe!
i know im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a tool to log back into an instagram account??
I stupidly lost my password. I would love any help you can offer me.
@Eduardo Bronson instablaster :)
If I buy First Class with Executive Platinum do I get upgraded to Co-Pilot???
If you fly less frequently you could just spend the money and upgrade
+Alex Ironically you'd earn status pretty fast that way as well.
+Aman Basanti Not if status is miles added up.... your seats while flying wouldn't matter at all.
+Alex Not really, the markups on first class seats can be as much as 7X the coach price. You'd waste money.
+Alex I just put a vid up explaining how to do without spending more :)
Virgin Atlantic upper class price online is around $7k-12k dependin g on route. Over the counter upgrade is $1.9k.
1:37 "I've committed to American Airlines" Now he flies with JetBlue
Because they stopped doing this for him
if you watch the vlog or video about it, american airlines complained about him not spending enough money on the airline
Link please? I can't find it
And then EMirates.......
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So pretty much make 20 LAX-JFK return trips every year for executive platinum membership.
"and that's it"
How is this complicated? Or even a trick?This was basically just, "American Express will give you free upgrades if you fly a crap ton"
Well, one thing that a lot of people will miss is, "look up an airline with good loyalty, and stick to it". Because a lot of people will probably look for a better deal for each time they fly instead of a long term goal.
The egg it’s not “a crap ton” it’s just 100k a year, that’s 8350 a month, that’s basically 3 trips from anywhere to anywhere in the US in one month, which means in a year you do 15 round trips, and you’re set.
This is not that hard to do, my dad used to do this and he always traveled 1st. I used to do it and travel 1st, but now I travel less.
It’s just not possible if you don’t travel more than once a year like most Americans.
American Airlines, not express..
ChromeTutor! - Tips, tricks, and tutorials you get the same points value on American eagle/ United express/ delta connection etc
@@santiagoqr1 Who the fuck takes 15 round trip flights a year? Unless it's for work, it's ridiculous and it's obviously not at all common.
Basically, u need a lot of cash lol
+apwhitehouse Currently I`m looking into getting a Frequent Flier Program, so now I am doing my research. To me this was very helpful
If you do it for work, your business will often pay for your flight, still giving you miles.
+LegendaryGaming Basically just buy your own private jet xD
xD
+LegendaryGaming Yes, but it will save you more cash than you spend.
Coach is wayyyyy cheaper than 1st.
First class on AA doesn't look all that classy.
***** I've flown business on British and it looks much better, seats aren't together. That's from SFO to Heathrow though, so I assume AA Transatlantic flights are similar. I was hooked up through a friend, no way I'd pay the $5k+ full price unless I was I millionaire. An aisle seat in coach with no one next to you is 70% as good in my opinion, especially since everyone has personal video screens now.
The best first class on american airlines is the boeing 777-300
Patient Ambition qantas, emirates and qatar airways are a lot better than British, fairly low standard in comparison
GYMjunkie I can vouch for Qatar Airways. Their business class tops most airlines' first.
***** the singapore airline first class suites aren't too bad :p
‘Shitty little seat at the back of the plane’
Some people just have the money.
This was the video that got me on to Casey’s channel. I remember searching “how to get free flight upgrades” right before a huge trip. I started binge watching his previous uploads, but then a couple weeks later he started the daily vlogs. I really came in perfect timing cuz of this video.
At that point you'd probably save more money buying a private jet.
+MrLaeddis1 renting/sharing it
+MrLaeddis1 Not really... A Gulfstream Jet like that would cost about $10,000/hour approximately to fly. If you fly 100,000 miles at approximately 500 mph in the air, you'd spend about two million dollars in costs.
Considering the coach price of flying NYC to LAX is about $500 and each flight takes about 5 hours, you per year would then only spend about $20,000 or about 1/100th of what you would spend to charter a private plane.
If it was even remotely affordable to do that every businessman would fly that way, but it's not.
+Willem Cohen Finally someone who thinks instead of mindlessly types on the internet!! (Y)
+Willem Cohen sarcasm buddy
cody bialcak yeah I don't think so lol... I think this guy honestly thought (at least at the time he typed it) that that logic made sense.
Nothing is Free, bro
This internet high five is free *highfives*
Cassie Travold You pay for the internet service... I hope.
Lol
The upgrade is free
+AwkwardBethany nope still paying the amount you did before as economics teachers always say nothing is free
Damn. The storytelling, editing, and filmography are a class apart. That's what makes Casey so unique!
@PiXimperfect What are you doing here?
Step 1: fly alot
Me: doesn’t fly alot
Also me: *continues watching*
4:31 A wild Deadpool appears
lol
+Movie Games :D
Woah
Movie Games ohh yea in the window reflectin
Movie Games I
100,000 miles is a lot of flying!
But if you fly with family you get more
That's a good point. Is that true?
If you pay for 1st class and fly to New Zealand and back you get the actual miles plus a 50% bonus for flying 1st class. So on one round trip you can earn around 30,000 miles. So a couple long international trips trips with some domestic flights and you're there.
My dad has over 3 million
mattcolver1 I'm from New Zealand. Hehehe
How to get free first class:
1)Be active duty military.
2)Hope there is space available.
active duty boards first, they aren't given first class.
Anthony St. Peter Exactly. If you want to get first/business, board last, not first. Best way is to make friends or date an airline employee who can give you family status
Some airlines put Active Duty on the upgrade priority list
I mean, I'm a zero status AA member who flew home on leave and got mysteriously upgraded to first once
Anyone else got this in their recommendations section?
Yeah me
So, for the low low price of ~$24,000 per year, you can get first class! (For the price of economy class)
yeah, but you then cut a lot of money on the following flights you make, it pays off if u fly a lot anyways.
Guess who payed him to explain this "trick"
Dude are you daft? He literally says this was not a paid video.
If you normaly fly a lot on a year, nearly getting uo to 100,000 miles this is just free stuff they gave you. He flies for work. he is not forcing himself to fly just for the free upgrades.
The point is, if you have to fly a lot, then you might as well exploit the loyalty schemes to get these perks.
100,000 points is equivalent to 20 round trips from NY to LA. Which is almost twice every month to get that done in 12 months. So basically, unless you take a round trip from NY to LA every 18 days or so, it would be significantly cheaper to just pay for an upgrade lol. But, if you are on a plane that often, the free upgrade would definitely be something to take advantage of.
That's the point. If you fly a lot for work, this is how you make that more bearable.
Basically you need to fly 20 times from NY to LA in one year and the tickets go for approximately 1200 dollars so the executive pass will cost you about 24000 dollars per year
A round trip economy ticket between ny and la is no where near 1200 dollars. Plus once you get the pass, you are still making miles on those flights you get free upgrades on.
Casey's early videos are imbued with a certain, innocent/childlike/playful magic that is beautiful.
he hates American Airlines now lol
Howcome?
+CaptainJackSparrcw they canceled his card. Now he doesn't have a executive platinum card.
+Arvind jagadeesh wow what jerks. Was it because he was like I have a card ;)
+Dylan Nguyen Nah, they told him he wasn't using enough money and had to take hit card away.
+Arvind jagadeesh his*
just fly to NYC and LA back and forth 20 times with American Airlines, every year. Nice!
who told you that?
C'mon man, do the math
meth, right on O^
Do it with Alaska from DC to LA all the time, he's right af
So while… After being SUCH a big fan of Casey now for almost 2 years, to come back and find THE video which turned me onto him - wild.
I’ll just dream about the first class seat while I sit in my economy seat.
I don't fly a lot but i stayed because its a quality video.
Hunter Gibble same but I have never been on a plane
B Moss wow. When you do come fly business class with me
This felt like one big AA ad basically.
August 3, 2019. Doha to Boston. I approached the lady at the boarding desk. Asked her if flight was overbooked. She said lemme check. And then said yes it's overbooked. I asked politely if I can get a complimentary upgrade. She said, go to the gate and you will find out. I asked her if she can write something to the person at the gate about my request. She said again, go to the gate. I went to the gate and before I could finish the sentence about my conversation with the lady at the desk, the guy said, '' It's already done for you Sir''. I couldn't believe it. He took my economy class boarding pass and issued me a business class with seat number 6D. Still can't believe it but it's possible.
Always ask if flight is overbooked.
Wear for it.
Be polite.
Travel alone if possible. They won't give you business seats for the whole family.
Try every time. This was my 4th attempt.
Good luck.
Anyone watching this in 2019??
Dennis Agusdianto Guilty! 😝
Ya now!
2020
2020 gang
Bro i am watching in 2020
my dad was able to do this with Virgin Atlantic with him using them for business and personal (he worked in NYC and lived in the UK, leading to A LOT of miles). He ended up being within Virgin's top 50 flyers, getting upgrades, a PA from Virgin and was invited to wine tasting and stuff like that :)
I miss old Casey, Don't get me wrong, the vlogs are great, but I preferred his films way back when.
Most people cash out when they can. Like in this payed video for an airline.
+Bumble Bee
It says at the end he was not paid by the airline to make this video, he just did it because he wanted to. Usually youtubers have to be up front about when they're getting sponsored (paid) to make a video, so I don't see why he would lie about it. The fact that he gets around 2-3 million views per video says that RUclips themselves are probably writing his paychecks lol. I'd be surprised if he didn't have a youtube partnership at this point.
If you watched the video you would see that he literally said he was not paid to endorse american airlines. And considering it would be illegal if he was lying (which im 100% sure he isnt lying) then im pretty sure hes telling the truth.
+THE RAGE MACHINE Oh he DEFINITELY has been a RUclips partner for a loooong time. Partner status means you get paid to put ads on your videos right?
Oh found the hater
As someone who works for a legacy carrier he is correct, you need to commit heavily to 1 airline. I've seen people travel from airport to airport to airport in 1 day. Now there are days where you won't always get these upgrades. Like the month of August, everyone is traveling so good luck unless you are like 12 million miler or something. You can bring chocolate or Starbuck gift cards to the flight attendants but they don't have the authority to upgrade you. In fact they could get fired for doing that, and no the union won't protect them from that.
Diamond with Delta. Delta for life!
DELTA = Don't Expect Luggage To Arrive
this is like those annoying "how to get money in minutes" pop ups advert.
+xXxYoUwAnTsUmGaMiNgxXx How to save money for = or > upper middle class :\
There is nothing about this that couldn't have been explained in text that would have taken about a minute to read.
true, but he was trying to make it creative and interesting. Enjoy it! Its not about instant gratification...
Piano Around the World
It was a "creative" waste of time. I could have learned this from an American Airlines leaflet.
Zer0nite then fuck off and read the leaflet.
Morgan Roberts I'd have done that either way dipshit, because this video had no bearing on the matter at all.
Zer0nite rekt
This is my favorite video of all time for the last 6 years.
Please!! Nobody show this to wendover productions.
American First is not First. It's Premium Economy at best.
+Aman Basanti my point exactly!!if you are a frequent flyer of some 5-star Asian airlines,then you are in for a real treat.
Cathay Diamond Invitiation
+Aman Basanti I am a frequent flyer with qantas (platinum One level) and while it takes allot of flying to get its great. im my opinion its the best first class in the world
I am Australian and patriotic cough cough
+Shiroki Sasaki Singapore Airlines > All
in short: FREE upgrades cost a truckload of cash.
hey casey this was the first video i saw from your channel and i remembered you had around 500k subs. now you're like insanely famous! your style of filming is really unique. keep it up! big cheers from Singapore!
throw back to the good old days. these videos are nostalgic.
Be rich. Saved you a click
i think the US is the only country where you are made to feel like a piece of shit for just being a normal person
+robertk2007 thats what capitalism is all about
camdevtube thank you, mr economics professor
not really every country has socioeconomic status but that should not make you feel worst or better or at least i hope not, we make our self feel like a piece of shit by comparing us to other. when you could just appreciate what you have and be happy some have less some have more however still commit to growing a little bit each day
not true. this applies to pretty much all countries in the world
robertk2007 that is the best thing I have read in weeks. Thank you.
This video better be sponsored, you shouldn't do this for free!
Just saying, when Casey has facial hair he looks like a really sketchy guy
Buzzy’s Mod thats messed up dude
Moaad Marset it’s not really messed up
I rather opt for better hotels than the 2hrs spent on a plane.
he stills pays the same. Don't you understand? They aren't forcing you to fly. He flies alot, nearly two times a month. So by flying a lot they give you this card by no other cost. That gives you free upgrades every flight. He isn't putting more money, he pays like an economy class but because he flays a lot they gave him free upgrades.
SirAlexzz š
way more than twice a month
LA to NYC is a 5-6 hour flight
If only international travel was 2 hours
No way, are you telling me that if I get this elite of the golden of platinum diamond enchantment lvl 17 card and you get food??? no this isn't real life.
This video has changed my life forever. Thank you, Casey!
This was the first Casey neistat video I saw
haha Emirates economy class is like Emirates Business Class.. Im not lying.
Tunak11 What?! Emirates Economy and Business are equal? Sorry, yes you're lying and a lot! I'm flying this year Emirates and I flew 2 times Economy and the rest I'm flying Business ... HUGE difference. Really proper HUGE believe me.
Tunak11 i flew emirates economy and i passed through business, there is no way you can compare the two.
Tunak11 I flew Emirates business class and economy before, and I can tell you there is a massive difference.
Srivas R Oh right, the business class on regional flights has never been the best actually.
Srivas R Ermmm no.. I will say it again, Emirates Economy class is just an Economy class. It is not like an American business class because that IS a business class is a business class.
so its not free, i have to buy 100,000 flight hours, damn
Plop Plopp not flight hours,miles
haha! 100,000 flight hours would be like 11 years in a plane! :)
Plop Plopp Well the title never said "How to get free business class" it said "how to get free business upgrades"
Did you expect anything like this to be free?
Caost I rest my case, dumb ass vid.
There's really nothing like an old Casey video.
watching the information conveyed in Casey'ism way, man it keeps the data streaming and processed with ease !
You can always ride grayhound, always first class.
When I first saw your video I thought, oh no, not another demand for an illegitimate upgrade without a single legitimate claim for one. But, having watched your clear, concise and honest explanation I came to the conclusion that there are some decent and respectable customers out there. Commitment is the operative word in your presentation and you capitalise on it. Good on you for having the sense to actually read the small print and for American Airlines willingness to reciprocate. I was a flight attendant for 30+ years and, now retired, never having to hear that ugliest of ugly customer demands, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade makes me appreciate the credibility of your video.
So, you basically need to make your life miserable taking long planes constantly to be 'rewarded'?
Yeah. I guess programs like these are also meant to help super-commuters not be so miserable, because if they flew coach all the time they'd get fed up with it and quit their jobs or whatever commitment was forcing them to travel. and that would be bad for both the airline and economy in general.
Javier Sianes most of the time but my mom works at the airline so I get free plane rides anywhere I want
Carrot Cat, you get the leftover seats though. And if the plane is full, then you need to wait for the next plane that hopefully will have some seats left over.
Well an transatlantic flight is about 6'500-8'000 Km from UK to New York or any East coast city in the US. From Munich to Miami it's about 11'000 km, witch is about 7000 miles. The flight is about 10h and 30 min. So you will need to fly that rout about 14 times and 140h since the way back is faster. If you are very busy you will probably fly shorter flights or connecting flights after reaching Miami. Or you could do about 100 small route flights.
Also keep in mind, their not the biggest airliner company to fly around the world. They do have flights to bigger and busier Airports but flying to Croatia or Poland you will need a connecting flight.
ah back for my yearly dose of nostalgia - happy new year 2022 :)
So you have to fly to from LA to NY and back almost twice a month lol.. Yea, I'll pass, and i'll keep my economy seat for the 1-2 times I fly every year
He literally said "this won't help you if you don't fly alot"
So there's no tricks it's just participating in a widely-known loyalty program... nice. Great advertise- I mean video.
its not an ad he said that at the end of the video
Human Productions ...it might not be a paid ad but it definitely is a video that promotes AA. ..and im sure he gets the best treatment when flying with them, with a happy ending if you know what I mean 😉
Actually, AA kicked him off of the Executive Platinum Membership, not that great of a treatment I guess.
+Fozzie why he was kicked?
Because he reached level 9000 on the douchebag chart.
Love this video soo much. This was my first Casey video that I had ever seen. Also the first video I had came across for ways to sit upfront for cheap. He has it mostly right except there is a way which I use to fly upfront on all my international travel which is about once or twice a year. Its the goose that lays the semiannual golden egg strategy.
May you elaborate?
Caillou Savage Just gotta be good at collecting miles and maxing out promotions.
You just described a loyalty program, well done.
20 NYC - LA Flights a Year. More than 1 a month. No one has time for that.
Unless you are making money off the deal. You have to also figure out a way to make money by going to these places...
Piano Around the World Prostitution
Maybe it is part of their job
"they are giving you keys to the kingdom, why would they make it easy." i luv that
My dad flys a lot, so often times when he flys for work by himself (or with someone else from the business) they get upgraded for free some times even to first class. And since he’s a platinum member thing he can take me and my family into the first class lounge before a flight.
Crazy to think how much this changed in 10 years...The basics will always apply - fly a lot, buy premium tickets when possible, and fly a lot.
I like the front left seat best. The one with all the pretty gauges to look at!
spend 40,000 in a year on flying and you'll get to ride first class for "FREE"
Yes, his company is paying for economy seats and he's flying first class. All at at no cost to him and minimal cost to his company. So, yes. It is completely FREE for him.
You are so living the life, man. Just to imagine how that'd feel..
Casey I’ve been watching ur vids for 5 years and I’m 13 years old and I love every vlog u post and I wish to come to New York from England just keep up the amazing job u do!
If you fly from NY to LA, you need 100,000, each round trip is 5,000. Math time, 100,000 / 5,000 = 20 (100/5=20) 20 • average of $550 per round trip = $11,000. To upgrade to first unrestricted, $1,500 more. REMEMBER you're flying 20 times to activate first class, spending $11,000.
This is really useful if you're flying at least 50 times a year. This is how airlines make money.
My dad works for Delta Airlines, I get upgraded about 1/5-6 times I fly. Coach or First I pay $200 a year for unlimited flights to anywhere in the world.
You're full of shit.. Airline employees don't get that sort of offer. If your dad, lets say worked as a pilot in Delta, his only benefit would be to fly for free with that airline, IF a seat is available, and if its for work purposes. Family members getting discounts and shit like that, is a rumor dicks like you keep alive.
I know, not like that, if there are extra seats and no upgrades in first class, they give them to the people on the stand-by/non-rev list, I sit in first class flying across the atlantic most times I fly. He gets benefits for him, me, my mom, my brother and his parents, we pay $200 per year to have unlimited flights. When we fly, we try to schedule it around wide open flights with empty seats.
+ -Porscheeky - I have never payed to fly my entire life, If you are close family, i.e spouse/children you don't pay. I have 9 years worth of flight history to proof it, looks like you're the one full of shit now buddy.
You can fly for work reasons or leisure travel. ALL FOR FREE!
+- Porscheeky - He's not lying. I have the same benefit with my family with United Airlines. Unlimited flights, but you get placed on standby. Typically for us the first class aisle is more empty than coach, and we almost always get the empty flights (besides the week of a holiday or something) and we pay nothing. We actually have an allocation to bypassing the standby and guaranteeing us a seat, but once we go pass that we either have to wait standby, or pay a fee (which is still less than paying for the actual ticket). It doesn't have to be for work purposes at all.
This was the video that made me pursue a career that involved travel... 4 years at platinum pro, and 2 years as executive platinum now.
Casey, really enjoyed the video. As an employee off AA, I really appreciate your business!
so your trick to getting 'free' upgrades is to pay for them through a promotional program?
No, you fly enough through American and then every upgrade is free. You don't pay any more to fly.
SuperMrgentleman Well, actually, yes, you do pay more if you want your miles to count one to one. There are at least two things he's not telling you. One is that the free upgrades aren't always available. Those seats come out of the same inventory that's available for "SAAVER" upgrades, the lowest "cost" upgrades with miles. If all of the f/c seats are taken up by f/c-paying customers, or customers on "AAnytime" upgrades, none are available for these free upgrades for ExecPl. The other is that for a mile flown to count as an elite qualifying mile, it can't be booked in the deep discount fare classes (G, Q, N, O, or S on AA). A mile on one of those tickets counts as only half an elite qualifying mile. otoh full-fare economy class miles count as 1.5 elite qualifying miles each.
Jamie Hanrahan Oh... AND, the "complimentary upgrades" themselves only apply to full-fare coach tickets (fare classes Y or B).
At the start of the video he stated that there are no tricks or loopholes.
***** It's true, you can qualify for elite status with either "elite qualifying points" or "elite qualifying miles". At discount economy class they are the same. At "deep discount economy class" you only get half of the qualifying points. But full fare economy class (and business, and first) accumulates points at 1.5x the miles. So if you want to qualify in less than 100K actual flight miles, you can do it by flying 66,667 miles in full fare economy. But that'll cost more than the 100K miles in the discount classes would. More than 1.5x more than deep discount? Probably.
In other words this is not applicable to most people who wouldn't already know it anyway.
The best upgrade I ever got was recently on the flight I went back to my country (eva air BR75) and just like the flight I came to my vacation country my parents and i were sitting apart (I am/was 12) but this time it was worse (last time two sitting next to each other and one behind but this time everyone scattered around) and we looked for help and it took ages until finally we found a help desk and we talked the problem to the one working behind the desk and he was very understanding and he got us a free upgrade to premium economy and I was pretty happy (secretly hoping next time to get upgraded again but then to business)
Or you fly with an airline which has a club.. it also has gold, platinum.. but you have to buy it (sometimes they just decrease the price a bit or give u a free upgrade)
First class on American? What crap. First class anything American is shit unless it's Virgin, no wait, that's British. Fly first class Emirates then tell us about how wonderful your life in the sky is.
You are comparing 2 totally different things. First Class on Emirates, Etihad, British Airways, Lufthansa, etc. is a real First Class, with all the pampering and stuff.
The First Class American carriers offer on Domestic flights are merely business class, but with a different name.
AA, for example also offers real First Class on International flights. Still, no competition for Emirates, but it's much more comparably than what you're comparing.
I am not keen on BA with their stupid seat configurations, but Emirates, Ethidad, Qatar even in Business is outstanding compared to AA or BA. Also Loving KLM's new first class. And I would agree with Headhunterke, that domestic first class is nothing special. Actually, the leg room and the seats is what everyone on the flight should get to be considered normal.
first class on american domestic is 100% better than flying first class on a short or medium haul european flight. seriously? youre gonna put a small table in between two coach seats and call it business? out of your freakin minds!
rosey312 true my friend true
Dude, just fly economy on asiana or Singapore its pretty much = to every US airline first class or business class
That's actually really nice of you to share this with us, and it was a really funny video. I enjoyed it.
"it's complicated and there is no loophole". - fly a lot and get free upgrades for a year. rinse and repeat. super complicated. i don't know how no one gets this. you are such a genius.
i dont fly a lot but i watched it anyways
i fly either once or twice a year
I don't even flight but I still watch until the end. Love your videos, you're my inspiration filmmaker! EVER!
This video introduced me to casey! And today I'm a daily viewer!
Me too!
Actually watching all those 1033 videos is easier than expected because I already watched so many of them
Nothing compared to Lufthansa, for highest status you need 600.000 miles
So 20 flights from coast to coast on American Airlines would, according to the prices right now, cost me about 8'000 dollars.
Yeah, no thanks I can start saving up for a Cessna with that amount of money, or at least pay rent.
But if you're traveling for business, say, once a month (LA-NY) you'll do more than 100,000 in a year. All depends on your situation.
Get a proper job where the company pays for your trips, then you might stop bitching.
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lets do some math. you said if you fly 12 times from LA to NYC (5000 miles per trip) thats over 100,000? 5000 x 12 is 60,000. Thanks
You're very right. I was thinking it was 5000 each way, not roundtrip. Nice of you to correct me.
I don't fly a lot so, thank you for the first minute of the video!!!!!
Damn. The quality of this video is so high. I didn't notice how old this video is. Well done casey!
Love that md-80 ur in for the video