First-world Problems Of A First-class Traveller. Oh, The Emotional Turbulence When Things Go Awry!
Prestige Singapore|March 2019

I really didn’t mean to hold up the plane, but I was distracted by a certain Dior beret so hard to come by in Singapore (well-bred ladies claw at one another and snap them up at double speed).

First-world Problems Of A First-class Traveller. Oh, The Emotional Turbulence When Things Go Awry!

When I made it to the gate, imagine my disbelief when I found the door to First Class closed! Only in Europe! I pulled my new beret over my eyes and quietly boarded via Economy, turned left and kept heading forward. I avoided angry glares from other passengers as I did the walk of shame by busily typing these pithy self-pitying travel thoughts on my phone. It struck me that there are things money can’t buy, like travel insurance against the lemons the high life sometimes tosses at you. For instance:

この記事は Prestige Singapore の March 2019 版に掲載されています。

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この記事は Prestige Singapore の March 2019 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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