{"id":12846,"date":"2014-08-25T19:35:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T02:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2014-08-25T19:38:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T02:38:14","slug":"etihad-airways-first-class-suite-makes-easy-join-mile-high-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/08\/25\/etihad-airways-first-class-suite-makes-easy-join-mile-high-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Etihad Airways First Class Suite Makes it Easy to Join the Mile High Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago, I flew First Class on Etihad Airways from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi (LAX-AUH) during my 2 week trip to the Middle East<\/a>. It was supposed to be my very first international First Class flight after writing Why Flying International First Class Doesn\u2019t Make Sense<\/a>. Lucky wrote a rebuttal, titled, \u201cWhy flying international first class does make sense<\/a>.\u201d When I went on my trip to Taipei in May for my friend\u2019s wedding, last minute F space opened up on Cathay Pacific and JAL and I took my very first international First Class flight<\/a> and I loved it. Lucky was right, international first class was amazing<\/a>!<\/p>\n

So back to the Mile High Club part of this blog post. The Etihad Airways Boeing 77L First Class configuration is 1-2-1 with direct aisle access for everyone. I chose seat 1K which was a window seat and had almost complete privacy since it was an enclosed suite with sliding doors.<\/p>\n

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I was absolutely blown away by the seat and it was super roomy. After the disappointing meal service (not the crew or onboard chef\u2019s fault), I couldn\u2019t wait to have my seat turn into a bed complete with a mattress pad and comforter.<\/p>\n

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As I snuggled into my seat, I realized \u201cOMG, this bed is super huge.\u201d It felt like a Twin XL bed that I had in my college dorm room. Everyone knows it\u2019s possible to have two people sleep on a Twin bed. I thought to myself, \u201cI could potentially invite someone from the coach cabin to snuggle with me\u201d.<\/p>\n

Of course, I knew no one in the coach cabin, but it was just in my head since I\u2019m pretty imaginative. After meal service, there was not a single First Class flight attendant in sight. They left the poor onboard chef all alone in the galley. I chatted it up with the chef and he said that he would get me anything that I needed. I asked him, \u201cWhere are all the flight attendants?\u201d and he said, \u201cThey all went to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

In my head, I was like OMG, two people could totally cuddle together in the enclosed suite and join the mile high club without a flight attendant noticing.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I absolutely loved every minute of the Etihad Airways enclosed First Class Suite, but the food was absolutely horrific. I couldn\u2019t sleep through the majority of the flight and I was just chilling with the onboard chef in the galley.<\/p>\n

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I talked to pretty much every First Class flight attendant (after they woke up to serve the pre-arrival meal) and they had an awesome personality. They were friendly and told me their impressions of the UAE and gave me a list of things to do. I told the cabin manager I was instagramming my meals<\/a> and told her how disgusting the Arabic Mezze looked like (did someone drop a #2 in the middle of the plate?).<\/p>\n

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I told her that my friend Lucky<\/a> from One Mile at a Time flew the inaugural flight<\/a> from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles and his Arabic Mezze looked totally different<\/a>. (Pic from Ben’s Instagram –\u00a0http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/osUEN1FR3g\/<\/a> )<\/p>\n

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We both were laughing at the night & day pictures of the Arabic mezze and she agreed that the catering out of Los Angeles was horrible.<\/p>\n

In the end, I loved the Etihad Airways enclosed suite and the cabin crew onboard my flight. They all had distinct multi-cultural personalities and loved every aspect of their job. The onboard Wi-Fi was amazing and fast which made it enjoyable to live tweet<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> with friends.<\/p>\n

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