Joe's right, fucking airlines

[lambchopp59]

41. I've yet to do international travel

But Buenos Aries, the Brazilian coast and Peru, I've always wanted to tour. Probably not going to happen now with my health difficulties.
But just dreaming of taking those junkets, I played around with 1st class fares on Orbitz: it's wild how switching up dates if flexible can rarely catch a bargain in first class, but it takes headache level perseverance to hit the jackpot on those.
Domestic flights, I'd do the same to Las Vegas professional seminars. Keep plugging in different days and viola! First class there at not that much more than coach. Always helps that I'd have the full 3 month prior window to plan the trip, stay, shows, etc.
(Return trip I'll allow getting sardined into coach FROM Vegas only-- the party junket crowd is all hung over and sleeping. But never, ever coach TO Vegas-- coach crammed with noisy rowdies getting an early start tying one on)
Either way, if a a good first class fare can be scared up, it helps avoid the tack-on fees.