I received a turndown service and flight attendants converted my seat into a lie-flat bed. I was handed a warm towel before a three-course dinner. The author's first-course meal on her Air New Zealand flight.Įvery part of the 12-hour flight was filled with luxury. And by the end of the 12-hour flight, while I was rested and relaxed, I was also convinced that there is no plane ride on Earth worth $6,000. So while I was appreciative of the indulgent luxury flight, I knew it was something that would never become routine for me. Prior to this flight, I'd never spent more than $1,400 on a plane ticket, and most of my vacations involve free campsites and nights spent in a $20 tent I bought off Facebook Marketplace. I was sitting in business class because I received a press rate for the trip and was off to New Zealand to cover the airline's redesigned cabins. While some people might be able to afford that, I'm not one of them.
Round-trip tickets are often closer to $10,000. The business-class passengers around me had likely dropped around $6,000 for their one-way ticket, as according to Air New Zealand's website, one-way business-class tickets from Los Angeles to Auckland typically cost about $6,000. It often indicates a user profile.Īfter dinner, flight attendants stopped at each seat to convert it into a bed.Īs I settled into my lie-flat seat, I was acutely aware that this is how a slim population of the world travels. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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