First Class | #travelgoals

One of my dreams as a traveler (kuno) is to experience First Class Airline Seat in a long flight preferably on one of those airline Giants like Qatar Airways or Emirates Airlines

I can still remember my first plane ride. The flight is from Manila to Semirara Island, Antique for my local OJT. It’s my first time to leave Luzon. My batchmates are teasing me because they get to ride a plane every time they go home while I take the bus. Our training center is in Dasmariรฑas, Cavite and our house is in Cabuyao, Laguna. Yep. That sucks. Back to my fist flight, so the rainy season has already started that time and the turbulence was severe. I didn’t know the normal intensity of turbulence so I thought the turbulence that we experienced was normal. After we landed and while waiting at the Semirara Island Hangar, we talked about the turbulence. It wasn’t normal. I survived my first plane ride. #AchievementUnlocked

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First plane ride. Woohoo! (June 2014)

Since my first plane ride in 2014, I’ve been to 25 flights (all Economy) from six airline carriers. But among those six, my favorite is Emirates.ย  They have this in-flight entertainment with new movies. And unlike budget airlines, you’ve paid for the food and the unlimited drinks (including liquors) already. And they serve snacks in between the main meals which is very nice especially when doing a movie marathon.

To compare the food that they serve in Air Burkina, PAL and in Emirates, below is a photo of the food that they served during my flights. I tried ordering food in one of my AirAsia flights but I didn’t take a picture because it’s just sad. It will make you sad too. I’m pretty sure.

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Fruits, croissant, butter bun, jam and coffee. Typical French breakfast. Dakar to Ouagadougou, Air Burkina.
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Some Japanese bento. Manila to Japan, Philippine Airlines.
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Let’s talk about this breakfast. Dubai to Dakar, Emirates.

So there, maybe I’ll start to save for that once in a lifetime First Class plane ride.

80 responses to “First Class | #travelgoals”

  1. aysabaw Avatar

    infairness sa pagkain ng PAL, pwede ha ha

  2. Monching Weller Avatar

    At least PAL serves in-flight meals, mapa-domestic or foreign man. Walang ganiyan sa Cebu Pacific. ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

  3. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Yeah. Kaya sulit din talaga.

  4. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Pero oks na din kasi budget airline naman cebupac. Bili na lang ng overpriced na binibenta nila. Hahaha

  5. Monching Weller Avatar

    Cup Noodles at C2! XD

  6. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Ai oh? Totoo? Di ko alam. Minsan pa lang ako nagCebuPac. Akala ko hot meals din na di instant. Hahahaha

  7. Monching Weller Avatar

    Yep, tapos P120 pa for both. Magkano lang ang C2 at Cup Noodles sa Ministop – siguro di aabot sa kalahati niyan. :-\

    PAL pa rin talaga. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Cinnamon roll or chicken adobo bun, tapos may option pang coffee, tea, or water pag domestic.

  8. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Di pa ako nakatry ng domestic sa PAL pero mukhang mas mainam nga talaga. Pero laki din ng difference sa price kasi. Yung nasave daw kasi sa cebupac eh pambibili ng foods nila. Hahaha

  9. punjetry Avatar

    Sarap ng pagkain huhu

  10. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Airplane foods: Minsan masarap. Kadalasan hindi. Hahaha

  11. punjetry Avatar

    Hindi pa ako nakakasakay ng eroplano. Sa bagay, mabuti na yun para di ako iwanan sa ere.

  12. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Hahaha. Naisingit ang hugot. Parang promo ng airasia ngayon ah. For January to August 2017. Ang maganda ngayon, ang dalawa sa pinakacheap na budget airlines sa buong mundo eh nsa Pinas. CebuPac at Airasia. Sakay na!

  13. punjetry Avatar

    Buti pa sila 8 months lang yung duration. Kami 4 months. Saan ka pa? Alis na! Laya na! Aura na!

    Saan naman ako pupunta. Ako lang mag-isa ๐Ÿ˜‚

  14. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Uso na ang solo travel ngayon. Tanggap na po sa lipunan ang #foreveralone. Haha

  15. punjetry Avatar

    Saka na kapag may budget na. Hahahaha

  16. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Yep. Ipon ipon. Para sa family next priority travel.

  17. punjetry Avatar

    Kapag malaki na anak ko. Tuition muna nya ๐Ÿ˜‚

  18. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Tapos isama mo siya. Oh ha.

  19. punjetry Avatar

    Truelaloooooo

  20. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Tapos maadik yun sa travel. Magpapakanomad paglaki. Cool. #daughtergoals

  21. punjetry Avatar

    Hahahahaha!!! Ubusin nya pera ng mommy nya.

  22. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Kesa po sa iba maadik. E.g. Drugs, alak… hahaha

  23. punjetry Avatar

    Wag naman. Sa pagmamahal lang dapat ma-addict ๐Ÿ˜‰

  24. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Shet. Di ko ineexpect tong hugot na to. Hahahaha

  25. punjetry Avatar

    Hahaha di bale nang sobra ang pagmamahal, wag lang kulang. ๐Ÿ™‚

  26. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Tandaan, lahat ng sobra masama. Magtira din ng unti para sa sarili. Waaaaah

  27. punjetry Avatar

    Hmm based from experience… Wala akong regrets ๐Ÿ™‚ haha ikaw na ngayon ang may hugot!

  28. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Di ko kayang humugot. Wala sa image ko. Haha. Regrets. Favorite show mo di ba?

  29. punjetry Avatar

    Hahaha sorry! Ikaw na masaya ang lovelife! haha. Medj na-slow ako. Anong favorite show ko? Hahaha!

  30. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Regrets! Hayan oh. Nasa profile picture mo pa isa sa mga bida. Hahahaha

  31. punjetry Avatar

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Shet! Tawang-tawa ako Mike pls lang ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

  32. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    No regrets na jinoke ko pala yun. Hahaha. Wait, sarcasm ba to? Hahaha

  33. punjetry Avatar

    Uy grabe hindi!!!! Tawang-tawa talaga ako! Mamatay man ako ngayon hahahaha

  34. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Mabuti naman. Kundi magjojoke ulit ako ng ganyang levels. Hahaha

  35. punjetry Avatar

    Hahahaha okay lang mag-joke ka. Napapatawa mo naman ako. Haha at naging chatbox na talaga itong comment box mo. Sorry sa flood! ๐Ÿ˜‚

  36. L.P. Mendoza Avatar

    Your #AchievementUnlocked reminded me of a few games I’ve played. Do you game? ๐Ÿ™‚

  37. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Sort of. But not really. The only game I played is Pokemon on my Gameboy when I was in the primary school. I want to play again but I dont want those emulators. Now, I’m planning to purchase a nintendo 3ds to rekindle my passion in gaming er pokemon. Lol. I tried online before like gunbound. That’s it. My gaming career. ๐Ÿ˜

  38.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    In fair, the food looks good, wish to survive my first plane ride too lel

  39. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Don’t worry. You’ll love your first plane ride. Enjoy!

  40. iamacreativebastard Avatar

    I seriously wish I was working in Emirates, just to enjoy, First class, or the premium economy class of it ๐Ÿ˜€

  41. talkaholicme Avatar

    all the best dude for your plans

  42. EmilyGoesForth Avatar

    I want to fly first class one day too, but I always end up using my savings on going somewhere new and just getting an economy ticket!

  43. travelforlife365 Avatar

    The best corporate job I ever had was working for an airline. I flew free over 100 times. Working for a a good airlines also gives you benefits on other airlines. I also flew free or paid just the cost of taxes ($120) on most international trips to Asia, UAE, Europe and the Caribbean. Look into it. You can also check out my blog.

  44. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Wow. That’s awesome!

  45. travelforlife365 Avatar

    Yes, you have freedom to a point. I was in the Philippines a few years ago. Amazing place! I look forward to returning.

  46. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Yeah. You should visit the Philippines again. We have the best beaches and the nicest people.

  47. Wander-Full Avatar

    I’m dying to fly First Class! Even if I only do it once! For someone who flew for the first time fairly recently, you have since caught SO many flights! Hope you one day reach your #travelgoal ๐Ÿ˜‰

  48. ktruong Avatar

    Flying first class is also one of my goals haha ๐Ÿ’ช, but for now I’ll have to live vicariously through Casey Neistat’s YouTube videos looool.

  49. JMG Lifestyle Magazine Avatar

    Emirates and Qatar are both great airlines.

  50. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    I agree! I haven’t tried Qatar Airways though.

  51. JMG Lifestyle Magazine Avatar

    Etihad Air is another top notch Airline to try with outstanding VIP services.

  52. caitlinjayne91 Avatar
    caitlinjayne91

    One of my goals too! Maybe one day!

  53. Ways of Me Avatar

    In Norway (and lotus of other places) we have credit cards that gives you air line points everytime you spend money. At the grocery store, restaurants, whatever. And Star Alliance have this deal where they give you a two for one ticket if you spend a good amount of money over a year on their card. Me and my boyfriend share a card so we always manage to get the ticket. On the way there we’ve collected enough points to pay for a long haul flight on business class and then match it for free with the “companion ticket”. So we fly business, but we’re not paying more that economy price ๐Ÿ˜‰ There are three big air line alliances; Star Alliance, One World and Sky Team, they all have loyalty program. They also do status matches in competing alliances, so we’ve got gold cards in all of them now without really doing anything other than being smart with the system. It needs to be said that we travel a lot with work tho. I guess my point is that the road to business can be found through other ways if you’re smart and do research. Good luck ๐Ÿ™‚

    We’re going to the Philippines for New Years btw, would love some tips! Looks like we will travel around Cebu area and one day in Manila

  54. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Wow. That’s awesome! Cebu is a nice place. It has nice beach. You can do snorkeling ang whatnot. Also, the food is amazing. You should try the world famous cebu lechon. Manila is a very urban city. Too many people and too much traffic. But still there are a lot of things to do there. I hope you’ll enjoy your stay in the Philippines.

  55. sbwritingsite Avatar
    sbwritingsite

    I have never been out of the country, but I intend to. Although, I have been on many flights, my longest flight was 4 hours. I usually try to sleep through it. Besides a drink or two I have never ordered food on a plane instead just snacked on the good old complementary peanuts. I heard there are airlines that offer little bunkers with t.v.s and personal areas in which you can sleep privately. You should look into it. However, the Bento box doesn’t look half bad!!! Good luck on your journey to first class, looking forward to the post!

  56. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Awesome. Thanks for dropping by. Good luck on your future travels.

  57. paigechanel Avatar
    paigechanel

    Interesting post! Thank you for sharing ๐Ÿ™‚

  58. magiclamptour Avatar

    thanks for this wonderful post!

  59. Kelsie O Avatar

    I always take photos of my in-flight meals, too ๐Ÿ˜‚

  60. millymeetsworld Avatar

    You should try flying British Airways first of business class you get afternoon tea!

  61. followingmydreamsite Avatar

    Airplane food. The only time I’ve ever eaten it was to Greece, New Zealand, Germany, Aruba. Eat Air France. Fly Air New Zealand.

  62. David S. Wills Avatar

    I flew First Class Tokyo -> Seattle many years ago and it was pretty great. I got the free upgrade after my previous flight crash landed.

  63. shybackpack Avatar

    Someday, someday… First class is a dream of mine too ๐Ÿ˜€

  64. 2oceansmeet Avatar

    very cool photos. i have yet to travel in First class. That’s the dream for me as well! ๐Ÿ™‚

  65. 2oceansmeet Avatar

    Oh wow! That’s scary. Hope no one was hurt, and it’s cool that they gave everyone an upgrade. I cant wait to experience first class. I have way too many long flights.

  66. David S. Wills Avatar

    Not everyone ๐Ÿ˜‰ I got lucky

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  68. pizzapatti Avatar

    I always wanted to experience riding an international plane. The ones I had was Manila-Kalibo twice. This is really #TravelGoals

  69. thegeekmechanic Avatar

    Traveling outside of our comfort zone is really the goal. Getting lost and learning from another culture. Good luck on your travels!

  70. JueTapah Avatar

    Wish you’ll get there in no time! It is possible… ๐Ÿ™‚

  71. LadyRedot Avatar
    LadyRedot

    Lovely website you have here! Love this post and all the photos you have taken. Canโ€™t wait to drop by more often to read more of your adventures.

  72. tentraveltips Avatar

    Just wait, one day you’ll get that first class experience! I’ve had it three times on Etihad now and let me say… AMAZING!

  73. Spiritchi Avatar
    Spiritchi

    Ooh this looks awesome ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›

  74. MyBeirut Avatar

    Wow… love it ๐Ÿ™‚ Traveling makes you feel so free! You might get stuck one day though, as it happened to me… ๐Ÿ™‚

    How she did it

  75. Belle Papillon 24/7 Avatar

    You ended your post with saving for a FIrst Class seat. I just want to share that having worked for a major international airline for several years (Hint: flawless record for more than 64 years, and the reigning โ€œworld’s safest airlineโ€) that it’s really not worth the price of the seat. Unless of course you’d rather sit on that money in one trip rather than taking more trips around the world.

    What I can suggest is to stick to an airline with a loyalty program and maybe get a credit card where you can accumulate travel points. This way you can earn frequent flyer miles and that’s the way to get upgraded.

    Buen viaje!

    โค BP

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