No idea who you are but THAT is what I would call first class treatment
Other than being a regular customer of BA at the time, I was nobody. It certainly was First Class treatment, but as M2Dude said:
all passengers were made to feel really special, it is so great that the guys had you up front for so long on that flight.
On the other hand, among the really important people that I recognized on that same flight included:
Boutros Boutros Ghali sitting in row 1 with his security detail
Paul Newman sitting directly behind me, reading my sports car magazines and asking why I was the one who got to ride up front
John McEnroe down the back, but uncharacteristically quiet!