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John Godwin wrote:

Michael Ash wrote in
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For people who like the amenities, just fly first class. You still
get stellar treatment (or so I'm told) and it's probably still
cheaper than flying was in this bygone era people seem to be so
nostalgic for.

The last time I flew First Class on United Airlines the service was
significantly less than stellar. I've concluded that any class service
is a crap shoot nowadays.

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United surely has that reputation these days.

Sad, to me anyway, as United was my first flying experience, in 1956.

I was six, and sent in the care of the cabin crew from L.A. to Portland,
OR, in a DC-7. I still remember getting to sit in the observation
section in the tail, watching the cars and houses slide astern.