2007 days as a matter of fact since I last flew on a airplane. I ponied up the big bucks for a 1st class ticket and when I choose seats I picked a window seat. Because of the smaller plane and the configuration, that window seat was also an aisle seat. Perfect for solo traveler me.
I’ll quote from that earlier trip here because it was also a 1st class ticket and matched today’s experience:
The 1st class pluses were both the seats and snacks were a lot nicer than coach, also your drink came in an actual glass instead of plastic.
…the included meal service was served in real dishes with real metal utensils. While the food wasn’t restaurant quality it was pretty good. The pre-meal snack was a serving of mixed-nuts, but not just a little foil packet of them, it was a small ceramic dish of heated ones.
The nicest thing about 1st Class experience is the boarding. It is great that you get on first, but the only having to wait for like maybe 6 other people to move before you are on the jet way heading into the terminal is the bomb.
So, all in all, spending 1.7 times the cost of a coach ticket to get nicer boarding, snacks and seats was worth it.