First Class

Got the upgrade.

Not my first time in first class, but near enough that the experience was notable.

Made the miles I’ve racked up to get that status worthwhile.

Short flight, but still, I get why classes exist.

They’re designed to other us, to separate those in steerage from those of us fortunate enough to have glassware cups and flight attendants offering multiple rounds of snacks.

Not saying I didn’t enjoy it. That out of some misplaced sense of solidarity for those in economy I opted to be unhappy about the experience. Just that I wasn’t entirely excited about how it made me feel to see that upgrade notification before I boarded this morning. That somehow I had earned it, this “right” to be comfortable versus miserable in my travels.