Dear Reader,
A quick and quirky quiz, in three easy parts:
1. What’s the extra cost the US airline industry must bear this year as a result of oil prices?
a. $200,000,000
b. $2,000,000,000
c. $20,000,000,000
2. What’s the rough number of seats the US airline industry will scrap this year – as a result of oil prices and the credit crisis?
a. 200,000
b. 2,000,000
c. 20,000,000
If you picked, in each case, the most staggering answer you picked right.
$20 billion of extra fuel costs. Around 20 million fewer seats.
You don’t need 20/20 vision to see what’s going to happen.
USA Today puts a fine point on it in a recent headline: ‘Will fares go so high that only the rich can fly?’
Well, the rich will have problems of their own.
The biggest, comfiest seats have always delivered the biggest, comfiest margins to airlines. Luxury goods don’t get discounted, not overtly. It’s a fair bet those rich First Class passengers will be hit hardest.
Of course, they can grin and bear it, on the basis that not having to bear the dignity-stripping alternative is always something to grin about. After all, First Class is very bearable.
Or they can do some homework, and find the anomalies that make First Class surprisingly affordable for those in the know. Even if you are not normally in the market for luxury travel, you may be surprised Just How Affordable it can be. Times are tight, but not so tight that all the loopholes have been pulled shut.
To the contrary, I reckon. The changing business dynamics, brought on by tough times, ought to ensure new opportunities for those with a good understanding of the First Class system. Given the damage the price hike will do to big corporate travel budgets, bean counters will see First Class more and more as an extravagance.
Business trips themselves may well be reined in, especially cross-Atlantic ones.
Teleconferencing – always a good idea – becomes a great idea when belts get tightened.
So, if you have a penchant for the pointy end of the plane look not at the dark cloud of fuel prices and the credit crisis, but at that clouds’ silver lining. In this oppressive climate, those in the nose – those most comfortable – will be those in the know.
First Class Deals & Steals to Europe is my latest Special Report.
It reminds you how there are sterling savings to be had – despite, or because of, the challenges confronting the airline industry. It coaches you on those savings. Coaches you on staying out of coach, leap-frogging Business Class, and landing comfortably in First.
Yes, I'd like to examine risk-free First Class Deals & Steals to Europe.
Part 3 of the Quick Quiz,
The Quirky Bit.
3. What is the true price for a return ticket, First Class, LA to London?
a. $17,544
b. $11,491
c. $0
Well, curiously – and thanks to the quirks of the airline industry – the correct answer is a, b and c.
$17,544 is the true First Class price those not in the know will pay.
$11,491 is a price revealed in Strategy # 5, chapter 1, of my latest Special Report. It will suit those who fly First Class to Europe more than once a year.
And $0 is the price you could pay for a colleague, family member or friend even if you only ever fly to Europe once. There are only two airlines that offer a 2-for-1 companion program, and Strategy # 1, in that first chapter, reveals which airlines they are.
There are many prices in between. Many fare discrepancies, upgrade opportunities and award peculiarities that favor the informed flyer.
First Class Deals & Steals to Europe is all about uncovering hidden bargains, delivering useful insights, and leading you to and through the odd (sometimes very odd) loophole into the luxury of First Class. It’s about demystifying this most premium of premium services, with a view to minimizing – even removing – the premium price.
All our work has taught us that the deeper you drill down – down through the First Class fine print, down through the regulatory mumbo jumbo of ticketing arrangements, of mileage and award programs – the more you see that airlines are very different, and just how very different they are.
The disparities are not just cosmetic, not just painted onto the tail and fuselage, not just about skilfully marketed ‘brand image’ – there are real differences between airlines in fare pricing, in passenger entitlements, in mileage and award offerings, all adding up to real dollars and real differences in value.
There are real differences in comfort. First Class is really a range of classes depending on the airline you choose. A lower First Class can command a higher price, and vice versa. Who does the due diligence on this sad state of affairs?
Well, we do.
And we bring you the happy news.
We can show you that the differences aren’t just between airlines. The same airline, on the same day, travelling the same route for the same price, can provide you with a very different comfort experience depending on which flight you chose. A seat isn’t a seat isn’t a seat… even in First Class.
Finding and recording these differences is hard and painstaking work. Accordingly, until now, the differences have eluded all but the hardest-working traveler-cum-sleuth.
Now they are simply downloadable – collected as they are into an array of strategies, tactics, tips, loopholes, anomalies, ambiguities, perks and possibilities.
What First Class Deals & Steals
to Europe Can Teach You
First Class Deals & Steals to Europe represents the know-how accumulated from more than 12 years’ research into my monthly newsletter, First Class Flyer. The Special Report’s Five Chapters are called Flight Plans and cover the topics that matter to those keen to fly in the nose – but not pay through it:
Flight Plan 1 First Class Airfares: 10 Best Strategies
Flight Plan 2 First Class Upgrades: 10 Best Strategies
Flight Plan 3 First Class Award Tickets: 10 Best Strategies
Flight Plan 4 10 Best First Class Seats
Flight Plan 5 Free Stopovers and Side-trips: 10 Best Strategies
Yes, I'd like to examine risk-free First Class Deals & Steals to Europe.
If you fly First Class more than once a year, I can show you how you could save bigtime – up to 40% – on round-trip fares. It’s called “Pulling a First Class 180” and it’s Strategy # 5 in Flight Plan 1.
If you only want to know which airline has the best award deal on its First Class seats – better than some airlines’ Business Class awards – I can tell you which page to turn to: 28.
If you want to know which airlines offer the best award deals, and how much they cost, I’ll tell you (see the chart in Flight Plan 3).
If you are staring at a First Class ticket price in excess of $12k, I can show you how an outlay of less than $5k may well secure it. In fact, this strategy can have you reclining in a $13,000 British Airways First Class seat for $3,500. A saving of $9,500. (Strategy # 10, Flight Plan 3.)
If you want the exact width, legroom and degree of recline of the best First Class seats – and to know the airlines that have them – I have fully researched this topic and tabled the data. (See Flight Plan 4.)
If you want to make the most of stopovers, make your way to Flight Plan 5.
If you’re happy to buy a hotel room and a rental car and not use them – and who wouldn’t be if it saves them heaps – I can give you the short course on this ploy, and the sources of joy. (Strategy #4, Flight Plan 1.)
If you’d like detailed all the Global Airline Alliances, all the Airline Partners of the major Credit Cards, and all the Airline Contact Information – so you can put into practice what the report reveals – you can have it, at you fingertips.
If you are prepared to read fine print, I can tell you the fine print you should read – and why.
Yes, I'd like to examine risk-free First Class Deals & Steals to Europe.
If you are prepared to study my report, to think outside the box and to buck the convention, I can guarantee this Special Report will pay for itself.
Guarantee as in money-back.
A complete refund. In less than 24 business hours. Anytime you ask for 90 days. No questions from me.
See you up front,
Matthew J. Bennett
Mr.Upgrade@firstclassflyer.com
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P.P.S. You will get to examine all five chapters risk-free. If you are not completely satisfied with the 50 upgrade tips, secrets, and strategies that will help you to fly in significantly more comfort, for the same kind of money as you'd ordinarily pay, you will receive a complete refund in less than 24 business hours--guaranteed--any time you say so for 90 days. Just call us toll-free at (888) 980-9922.
P.P.P.S. I'm so confident my risk-free offer is worth your while, I'm prepared to put my miles where my mouth is: If I've left out even a single, significant First Class airfare strategy to Europe you know about, I will personally pay you 15,000 miles (enough to upgrade on many carriers), on the airline of your choice, if it's worth publishing. Just call me directly after you've read my special report--(831) 644-7777 rings on my desk, or email me at Mr.Upgrade@firstclassflyer.com.
