{"id":12158,"date":"2023-10-22T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.com\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2023-10-22T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T11:29:08","slug":"i-got-a-free-flight-upgrade-for-a-ridiculous-reason-but-i-dont-recommend-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooncampsprings.com\/travel\/i-got-a-free-flight-upgrade-for-a-ridiculous-reason-but-i-dont-recommend-it\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I got a free flight upgrade for a ridiculous reason – but I don’t recommend it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I think I’ll always be a little bit scared of flying. While I am a very seasoned traveller, jetting off somewhere in Europe whenever I can or heading on bigger trips such as Cuba or even Fiji, I still find the concept of flying very stressful.<\/p>\n

It just doesn’t feel natural to me or that it should work, even though all the stats point to the fact it is the safest mode of travel.<\/p>\n

The first time I flew by myself was in 2016 when I was 17. My long-distance boyfriend lived in Canada and you can’t exactly get the train there from London so I had no choice but to brave a solo flight.<\/p>\n

Without friends or family members there to distract me, I quickly found myself panicking as we started to take off.<\/p>\n

I ended up crying like a baby – the actual babies on the flight were in contrast, really well behaved – and despite the efforts of the strangers around me I was pretty inconsolable.<\/p>\n

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The man next to me even kindly gave me a KitKat and it was no help at all.<\/p>\n

Seeing that I was majorly distressed, a flight attendant came over to me and asked me to come with her.<\/p>\n

She weaved me through the aisles and we found ourselves in the airline’s premium class area.<\/p>\n

I plopped myself down in one of the plush seats – the surrounding seats were empty – and was told to peruse a menu.<\/p>\n

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I wasn’t sure whether I had been given this free upgrade so I felt more comfortable on the plane or so my fellow flyers no longer had to hear me wail at the top of my lungs. It was probably a bit of both, but either way, flying in style was so much fun.<\/p>\n

The flight attendants were so attentive and although I still felt afraid, I couldn’t help but enjoy the luxury and lavishness just a little.<\/p>\n

While I still am – and probably always will be – a slightly nervous flyer, this won’t ever stop me getting on a plane. However, I no longer cry so it looks like I’ll be seated in economy for the foreseeable.<\/p>\n

If you aren’t a nervous flyer (or good at pretending to cry), the Post Office has some guidance on how passengers might be able to secure a free upgrade.<\/p>\n