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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 Dasmariñas, 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.  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.

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Responses to “First Class | #travelgoals”

  1. aysabaw

    infairness sa pagkain ng PAL, pwede ha ha

  2. Monching Weller

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

  3. thegeekmechanic

    Yeah. Kaya sulit din talaga.

  4. thegeekmechanic

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

  5. Monching Weller

    Cup Noodles at C2! XD

  6. thegeekmechanic

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

  7. Monching Weller

    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. 😉 Cinnamon roll or chicken adobo bun, tapos may option pang coffee, tea, or water pag domestic.

  8. thegeekmechanic

    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

    Sarap ng pagkain huhu

  10. thegeekmechanic

    Airplane foods: Minsan masarap. Kadalasan hindi. Hahaha

  11. punjetry

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

  12. thegeekmechanic

    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

    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 😂

  14. thegeekmechanic

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

  15. punjetry

    Saka na kapag may budget na. Hahahaha

  16. thegeekmechanic

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

  17. punjetry

    Kapag malaki na anak ko. Tuition muna nya 😂

  18. thegeekmechanic

    Tapos isama mo siya. Oh ha.

  19. punjetry

    Truelaloooooo

  20. thegeekmechanic

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

  21. punjetry

    Hahahahaha!!! Ubusin nya pera ng mommy nya.

  22. thegeekmechanic

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

  23. punjetry

    Wag naman. Sa pagmamahal lang dapat ma-addict 😉

  24. thegeekmechanic

    Shet. Di ko ineexpect tong hugot na to. Hahahaha

  25. punjetry

    Hahaha di bale nang sobra ang pagmamahal, wag lang kulang. 🙂

  26. thegeekmechanic

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

  27. punjetry

    Hmm based from experience… Wala akong regrets 🙂 haha ikaw na ngayon ang may hugot!

  28. thegeekmechanic

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

  29. punjetry

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

  30. thegeekmechanic

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

  31. punjetry

    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Shet! Tawang-tawa ako Mike pls lang 😂😂😂😂

  32. thegeekmechanic

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

  33. punjetry

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

  34. thegeekmechanic

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

  35. punjetry

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

  36. L.P. Mendoza

    Your #AchievementUnlocked reminded me of a few games I’ve played. Do you game? 🙂

  37. thegeekmechanic

    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. 😁

  38. Anonymous

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

  39. thegeekmechanic

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

  40. iamacreativebastard

    I seriously wish I was working in Emirates, just to enjoy, First class, or the premium economy class of it 😀

  41. talkaholicme

    all the best dude for your plans

  42. thegeekmechanic

    Thank you!

  43. Sandeep Jethwa

    Awesome job!

  44. EmilyGoesForth

    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!

  45. travelforlife365

    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.

  46. thegeekmechanic

    Wow. That’s awesome!

  47. travelforlife365

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

  48. thegeekmechanic

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

  49. Wander-Full

    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 😉

  50. ktruong

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

  51. JMG Lifestyle Magazine

    Emirates and Qatar are both great airlines.

  52. thegeekmechanic

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

  53. JMG Lifestyle Magazine

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

  54. caitlinjayne91

    One of my goals too! Maybe one day!

  55. Ways of Me

    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 😉 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 🙂

    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

  56. thegeekmechanic

    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.

  57. 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!

  58. thegeekmechanic

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

  59. paigechanel

    Interesting post! Thank you for sharing 🙂

  60. magiclamptour

    thanks for this wonderful post!

  61. Kelsie O

    I always take photos of my in-flight meals, too 😂

  62. millymeetsworld

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

  63. followingmydreamsite

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

  64. Vandy

    Love it!

  65. David S. Wills

    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.

  66. shybackpack

    Someday, someday… First class is a dream of mine too 😀

  67. 2oceansmeet

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

  68. 2oceansmeet

    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.

  69. David S. Wills

    Not everyone 😉 I got lucky

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  71. MadyM

    Hi there are you able to flick me a DM I can’t find a “contact” area on your blog! Thanks!

  72. pizzapatti

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

  73. thegeekmechanic

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

  74. centralcurve

    Keep traveling! The only time I flew business class was a random upgrade. It was one of those upgrades that you think only happens in urban legends. I had just flown 7 hours in economy, trapped next to a man wearing a smelly overcoat. When I got my meal, there was only one tasteless option left, and drinks service was cancelled due to turbulence. I spent the stopover in Abu Dhabi panicking about getting back on the plane for my next 14 hour flight. I was the second last to board. When the attendant scanned my boarding pass, the machine beeped a couple of times (in my memory, it sounded like a slot machine win), and she said, “You have a new seat number, you’re now in 13c.” Business class, with a flat bed, for a 14 hour flight! I nearly kissed her!

  75. JueTapah

    Wish you’ll get there in no time! It is possible… 🙂

  76. LadyRedot

    Lovely website you have here! Love this post and all the photos you have taken. Can’t wait to drop by more often to read more of your adventures.

  77. newdayadventures

    Exciting stuff!

    Tom Day (New Day Adventures)

    http://www.thejournaloftomday.wordpress.com

  78. Angela Michelle Thibert

    I have never travelled first class myself, but the next plane ride I take that is more than 5 hours in length, I am not hesitating to buy a first class ticket or even business class. Ahh spending 8 hours on a direct flight from Frankfurt to Toronto was horrible!! No leg room, could not get a decent nap in (because it was overnight)… I am not going through that again!! I do LOVE the in flight​ entertainment touch screens too, its the only thing that kept me sane.

  79. Courtney Livingston

    I have always wanted to fly first class too…. it’s just so expensive!!! But definitely worth it at least once haha

    Check out my blog for travel posts, I know I’m going to be following yours!- https://courtneylivin.wordpress.com

  80. realshady007

    I always wondered…What’s the difference between economy – business and first class?…Do they give more food in first class? 😀

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  82. tentraveltips

    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!

  83. Kimmie Lee

    Wow! So cool!

  84. Spiritchi

    Ooh this looks awesome 👏🏾💛💛

  85. stephanieabroad

    I, too, can’t wait for that first class experience on a longer flight. I really don’t mind economy seating. I mean it gets me from point A to point B (& its already pricy sometimes), but it sure would be fun! I do a lot of longer flights becuase I live in Taiwan and my family still lives in the USA. One of these days….

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  88. MyBeirut

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

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  89. Belle Papillon 24/7

    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 “world’s safest airline”) 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!

    ❤ BP

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