{"id":429950,"date":"2026-05-17T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-much-cost-upgrade-to-first-class\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:30:19","slug":"how-much-does-it-cost-to-upgrade-to-first-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=429950","title":{"rendered":"How Much Does It Cost To Upgrade To First Class?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no universal standard when it comes to first class pricing, and the same goes for upgrading to first class from a lower cabin airfare. Even within the airline&#8217;s <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"67134\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/network\/\"  >network<\/a><\/span>, pricing varies by timing and route, with very little explaining how airfares are calculated. You can spend anywhere from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand on a one-way trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is upgrading worth the splurge on your next flight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,397,1453,613],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-analysis","category-first-class","category-passenger-experience"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=429950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429951,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429950\/revisions\/429951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=429950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=429950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=429950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}