I've only ever flown coach for 32 years, but I just splurged on my first international business class trip — and it was as good as flying United gets

Basically, me, stepping out of coach and into United Polaris Business class for the first time.

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As a New Jersey resident who flies a few times a year for work, mainly in and out of the Newark airport, I am subjected to many United Airlines flights.

For 32 years, I've always flown coach. I can never justify spending a few thousand dollars extra for fleeting comfort.

But every time I roll my suitcase past the business passengers to my seat in the back of the plane, I stare longingly.

They look so happy, curled up in their cushy chairs, sipping champagne and scotch, surrounded by fluffy bedding. They know they will de-board better rested and with fewer neck cramps than the rest of us.

Finally, I had an opportunity to peek behind the blue, class-dividing curtain.

I had to take a business trip to Germany. But I'm pregnant, and for $829 I could upgrade from coach and guarantee a seat in United's Polaris business class for my red-eye flight.

It was about $100 extra an hour. So I said, "Screw it!" and treated myself.

Off I went, on a nonstop flight from Newark to Berlin, swaddled in Saks Fifth Avenue bedding and a 180-degree reclining bed.

Here's what it was like to finally fly business class after 32 years in coach:

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