My boosted alt has better stuff than I do

I didn't have much time last night so I wanted to hop on the Mage and see what that was like. As you'll recall, I boosted my level 1 mage to 90. The whole thing was rather interesting. When you first login, you're in the Blasted Lands in front of the portal to go to Draenor. You have a limited amount of spells/skills and you see a giant popup telling you what's happening:

You start with an epic flying mount that and the ability to ride it (something my Priest/Shaman didn't have). I'm not sure how they decided on purple, but he's pretty handsome so I won't complain.

Heck, boosted alts even have the ability to ride flying mounts in Pandaria, something I didn't even purchase on my druid because it costs a substantial amount of money - ~5,000 gold, if I recall correctly. They also start with full 22 slot bags! My druid is still using 18 slotters #sadface.

All their gear is green, but far better quality than what I had when I hit level 90 on my Druid. The blue quest rewards are still upgrades, but not the massive jaw-dropping ones from before. As you complete quests, you also gain additional abilities. I have no idea how they decided what skills to hand out when, but I've finally got Blink and Polymorph so now I feel like a real mage! I logged off before finishing the opening quest-lines so I haven't been able to pick professions yet.

One tip - make sure to log in on your boosted character after you boost him so that you start earning rested XP. I never did that before last night so I get no bonus XP!