How to travel first class on your next international flight

The first class cabin inside an Airbus A380 at the airbus factories in Hamburg, Germany on November 3, 2017. PHOTO | CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS | AFP

First-class travel is about exclusivity and luxury, which is why the tickets cost so much.

One first-class seat takes up the equivalent of four to six economy class seats. A first-class ticket will, therefore, cost four to six times more than an economy ticket—what with the all the other additives and the privacy that it offers.