As they sought to dominate the transatlantic travel market, the airlines promised this:
![](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/LifeAd-1024x659.jpg)
LIFE Magazine, 28 May 1971
But they gave us this:
When we would rather have this:
![](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Carinthia-Lounge-Queen-Mary-2-1024x681.jpg)
Carinthia Lounge, Queen Mary 2
As they sought to dominate the transatlantic travel market, the airlines promised this:
LIFE Magazine, 28 May 1971
But they gave us this:
When we would rather have this:
Carinthia Lounge, Queen Mary 2