The Daily Biff - 2008 02 17

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Sun, 17 Feb 2008

Mid-Winter Break in Arizona: Flying First Class
We are spending the mid-winter break in Arizona. We will visit with Kristy's sister Tami and her husband, Windsor, and their seven kids. Berkeley, Eliana, and Olivia have never met this group of cousins. Berkeley is 5½ so it's been awhile since we were down for a visit. Tami's youngest (Kate) is 9 and her oldest (David) is 23 and is the oldest grandchild on Kristy's side. David was recently married; Kristy attended the ceremony.

So, we are going to be, or rather, we are here in Arizona for the next week. We ended up flying first class. When we canceled our San Diego trip last Thanksgiving, Alaska would not issue a refund but a credit instead against future travel (the tickets were a bit over $500/ticket). I came to find out that the credit was a "one time use" and couldn't be applied to multiple trips. Furthermore, I had to use the credit within one year of the cancellation. Coach tickets to Phoenix were running about $275-$300. First class tickets were running around $650. So if I wanted to apply our credit to this trip, I had to either buy coach tickets and waste the difference (about $150/pp after taxes and fees), or I could spend another $200/pp (including taxes and fees) and fly first class. I chose the latter.

This kids loved the big seats and the bountiful amount of elbow room (who wouldn't?). They were exceptionally well-behaved during the entire flight (even Livy was good... a small miracle). I sat Berkeley and Eliana together on one side of the aisle; Kristy, Olivia, and myself sat on the other side. We were seated in Row 2 of the 4 row first class cabin.

The stewardess servicing the first class folk was very kind and checked in on Berkeley and Eliana quite often; asking them if they needed extra milk, water, or snacks. They weren't thrilled with the dinner served (grilled chicken caesar salad), but they ate well enough. After dinner they watched Cars if I recall correctly and then started into 12 Dancing Princesses before we started our descent into Phoenix. It was a great flight. Here are a couple of picture I took on board.

Check out the seats.

Dinner and a movie.

:: Posted by rus on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:34 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2008, /vacations/2008/arizona

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