first class (thing)

On many United States airlines, the seating near the front of the plane. The advantages of first-class travel usually include (some depending on length of the flight):

• wider seats
• better meals or snacks
• lotsa booze (relative to coach seats)
• a goodie bag
• a little curtain that makes coach passengers wonder what's up with that curtain between first-class and coach?

Of course there is usually an ungodly cost associated with first-class airline seats. People that fly first-class tend to be taking advantage of a boondogle, rich, or using up some of those frequent-flyer miles.