However, you can come pretty close to the experience of being a commercial pilot by sitting in the cockpit of a full-motion flight simulator. There are a couple of seats on every flight that you can't reserve no matter how many miles you have. However, for those of you who have ever wanted to try sitting at the real front of the plane, TPG Senior Points & Miles Correspondent Jason Steele has some suggestions. Here at TPG, we talk a lot about how to sit at the 'front' of the plane (that is, the business- and first-class cabins).
