My flight to Zambia comes in two parts – the first is an eleven hour flight to Johannesburg, the second is a two hour flight to the city of Lusaka, where I will be departing for my Worldvision adventure (see here for more details).
It’s a long flight. And it’s an overnight flight. So I may have upgraded myself to BUSINESS CLASS.
This has been a dream of mine all my life so it’s really REALLY cool. It’s always bothered me when you get on a plane and the flight attendant says “straight ahead and to your right”. Like you need that. It’s a stupid direction. We know we’re walking in at the front of the plane and we can see which way it goes. So I was conversely elated to hear “straight ahead and to your left” when I boarded with my boarding pass in seat 01K.
Let me reiterate – my seat was 01K. OH ONE. I’m at the FRONT OF THE PLANE. So, there’s me, and then my legroom, and then the pilot. THAT’S FREAKING COOL.
Unfortunately, since this is an overnight flight, I’ll be spending much of this experience asleep – but there’s complimentary wine, which is a treat, and full meals, and the seat gives you a massage if you press a button, and extends flat out like a bed if you press another button, and I have Catching Fire to read, and everything is just wonderful <3
I made a little promise to myself when I went to LA that my flights there and back would be the last time I ever flew economy. It was a good motivator for me to start earning enough to get better flights, and ooh, something else cool – I have a silver membership in this frequent flyer’s club called the Star Alliance, which is a huge partnership between loads of different airlines, of which South African Airways is one. Since I upgraded, I’ll get way more miles than if I’d flown in economy, which means I might be able to get a gold membership – gold membership means I could get FREE upgrades on future flights, along with being able to use any of the Star Alliance flight lounges in airports around the world FOREVER.
I feel like my life is going in a very good direction, and I can only hope it will continue :)
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