Often times, that's cheaper than what it costs to buy a business-class ticket in advance.
George Osborne was forced to pay for an upgrade after sitting in a first-class train carriage with a standard-class ticket.
Similarly, what caused a minor hiatus about George Osborne's train trip back from his constituency was not the fact that he hadn't bought a first class ticket.
Being able to fly point-to-point for the cost of a business-class ticket holds enormous appeal--especially in regions such as the Southeast that are booming with population growth and new businesses.
Lufthansa opened in 2005 a separate terminal in Frankfurt for first-class ticket holders and very top-tier frequent fliers, offering white-tablecloth dining, baths with rubber duckies, cigar rooms and fancy bars.
Raburn's goal is to supply America with an "air taxi service" that promises to fly passengers point-to-point (say, from Fargo to Mobile or from Des Moines to Charleston) for the price of a first-class ticket.
When a president uses Air Force One to travel to a campaign event, his campaign must reimburse the government the approximate cost of a first-class ticket for the president and all the political aides traveling with him.
On its website, Virgin Trains warns travellers they will be charged an excess or penalty fare if they board a train without a ticket or attempt to change from standard to first class without a first class ticket.
Previously, the only way to see the inside of a Cathay Pacific Lounge was by holding a First or Business Class plane ticket.
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Although Air Force One's operating costs per person far exceed the cost of even a first-class commercial ticket, the logic is that it's unfair to charge the president's campaign for the full cost of operating Air Force One because he has no choice but to fly on the presidential plane for security reasons.
Passengers will be supplied with authentic period costumes appropriate to their ticket class (first, second and third) and they will eat and socialize with others of their caste.
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For those who scoff at the thought of retrofitting a beloved class into eye-straining ticket price-hiking 3-D, just look at the performance of The Lion King last weekend.
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It was our ticket to the middle class, our pathway to the American Dream.
Those mid-wage jobs were often a ticket to the middle class for someone without a college degree, blue and pink collar alike.
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Quite frankly, it was our ticket to the middle class -- education.
An aggressive focus on college access, which all of you know is the only ticket to the middle class in the 21st century.
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For generations of Americans, it was the ticket to a middle-class life.
Combined with Mr Lieberman's harping on religion and morality, this has given the Gore ticket a double appeal to the middle class.
The world's largest online flea market thought that it could revolutionize the traditional art auction business by creating a vast new class of customers who would bid on high-ticket items over the Internet.
Simply put, for millions of Americans, a postsecondary credential is a ticket to out of poverty and into the middle class.
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If the GOP ticket will just let it go at that, the chattering class will be proven to be right that national security will not be a prominent issue this year after all.
Of course, if you want to sit in first or business class, plan to pay a premium for it no matter when you buy the ticket.
But there was no mechanism to stop the rise of ticket prices to help pay for this bright new era of top-class players being paid six-figure weekly salaries.
Obama's campaign quickly fired off a statement looking to define the contrasts in the campaign: The Republican ticket favors tax cuts for the wealthy while putting a greater burden on the middle class, it would gut Medicare and shift costs to the elderly, and it would make deep cuts in education.
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