Flying in First Class

I have been flying a lot this year. More in this one year than I have in my entire life. Enough to actually make one of the upgraded status levels at Delta. I made Silver Medallion on my flight to my job site last week. This means, you get a few little perks, and right now, the best is an automatic request for a free upgrade to first class, if there are any seats available. Now, I am not in the front of that line, because after all, I am only Silver level, there are 3 more to go. But, this morning, I got a little email, that tells me that on my flight tomorrow, I am upgraded to First Class. First flight after being Medallion, and I got a new big chair...woohoo! Maybe it is just a courtesy, since they want to keep me interested. But, when i looked, the plane is half empty, so, I picked out a nice window seat, at the very front of the plane. First on, First off. That is the real benefit to First Class. If I was not driving when I got there, the free drinks would not be bad either.