{"id":2475,"date":"2013-05-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2013-05-06T03:43:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T10:43:19","slug":"free-upgrades-everytime-i-always-fly-first-but-i-only-buy-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/05\/06\/free-upgrades-everytime-i-always-fly-first-but-i-only-buy-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Upgrades, Everytime &#8211; &#8220;I Always Fly First, But I Only Buy Coach&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know the secrets on how American Airlines Executive Platinums almost always get upgraded for free?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caseyneistat\">Casey Neistat<\/a> explains in a YouTube video that he gets free upgrades, every time. In his video, he says \u201cI always fly First, but I only buy coach. That\u2019s right, big seats, fancy food, lay flat beds, priority everything, and ice cream sundaes. All for the price of that sh**** middle seat in the back of the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Free Business Class Upgrades, everytime\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3AeYIUyZXKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I went on Casey\u2019s YouTube channel and found another fascinating video he created about his 10 day trip on a RTW (Round the World) ticket.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make It Count\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WxfZkMm3wcg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Videos like these are inspiring to frequent flyers like myself and others around the world. This is probably the best video\u00a0I&#8217;ve\u00a0seen depicting travel hacking since <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwleigh\">Gabriel Leigh<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/7167640\">Frequent Flyer film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Do you want to know the secrets on how American Airlines Executive Platinums almost always get upgraded for free? 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