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...Windows on the opposite wall face the runways, where People's jets streak skyward toward Los Angeles, London and 47 other destinations. Burr's office is bus-station Spartan, like his airline. In the place where a conventional executive's couch would sit, he has a row of three first-class seats from...
...under-floor heating and electricity. The circular cedarwood dining lodge the company erected in an ash in West Sussex, England, for instance, has all that plus a telephone connection, a spiral staircase, 13 windows and a peaked roof. No wonder the private, $185,000 retreat outdoes any earthbound first-class dining hall. "Forty years ago, nobody envisioned things like jacuzzis and log stoves up in the trees," says John Harris, the firm's founder. "But today, nothing is impossible...
...under-floor heating and electricity. The circular cedarwood dining lodge the company erected in an ash in West Sussex, England, for instance, has all that plus a telephone connection, a spiral staircase, 13 windows and a peaked roof. No wonder the private, $185,000 retreat outdoes any earthbound first-class dining hall. "Forty years ago, nobody envisioned things like jacuzzis and log stoves up in the trees," says John Harris, the firm's founder. "But today, nothing is impossible." Indeed, Harris just completed one of the world's largest tree edifices in Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative...
While the snacks and legroom are disappearing for budget flyers, those in first class and business class are being treated more royally than ever. The latest amenity: goody bags. Virgin Atlantic gives premium-class flyers a travel bag by Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng, holding eponymously branded swag like socks and cuff links. First-class passengers on cross-country Continental flights are wooed with fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. United has given premium flyers bags packed with hundreds of dollars' worth of goodies, including luxury toiletries, snacks and teas, Tempur-Pedic pillows and advance copies of books like Digital...
...taken off among average, albeit affluent, Joes: the goody bag. Despite airlines reducing leg room and charging for food in economy class, three major carriers have introduced luxury goody bags for their first- and business-class passengers. Virgin Atlantic now gives upper-class customers on all flights a travel-accessories bag by Savile Row tailor Ozwald Boateng, which holds eponymously branded socks and either cuff links, a hand mirror or a key chain. Continental's U.S. transcontinental first-class passengers have received fragrances by Prada and Ghirardelli chocolates. Fliers in United's U.S transcontinental and U.S.-Japan premium classes have...