ORDnHKG

As you can see I eat a lot of those snack boxes and cookies, I am still on the slim side. I would love to gain some weight.

ORDnHKG

No, UA added this flight just several weeks ago, UA rarely use the flight number to match the plane type on a flight. I have no idea why this flight would be doing codeshare.

cavemanzk

Must have been a sign, NZ just announced today that they have ordered 14more A320 to replace there 15 733s. But they are very young 733s compared to UA most where built in 1998 & 1999.

MrLincoln

Well, and/or all the others were still chatting in the gate area. It's not like the plane was going anywhere for a while.

I had some work to do along the way -- on my way to a meeting on the West Coast, I booked 737 because it fit happily in my itinerary. I'm afraid I was keeping a rather low profile (though bodei's baby is cute, well done.) Robin did ask if I was you -- I think she had your row number wrong. I was pretty puzzled when (I thought) she asked if I was going to Hong Kong.

That was the other (weird) passenger contingent: the Pinochle-playing set of retirees. I spoke to one, and she had no idea that this experience was anything different from the norm. Been a while, ma'am?

I was one of the winners, fwiw. Got most of the crew to autograph the book. One said "You're just going to turn around and sell this on eBay, I know it." Uh, no.

I won't add much to the other reports, since I only rode the Denver leg. The two pilots next to me -- one had flown the IAD-ORD leg, the other was commuting home to DEN -- were very friendly, and one explained to me the data on the flight plan that Robin passed out.

Once I got to Denver, I stuck around for a few minutes chatting with some of the former 737 pilots, then headed to the New Belgium Hub for a Fat Tire, and to resume working and waiting for my onward flight. It eventually left, only about 90 minutes late.

ORDnHKG

I didn't even know Robin was United PR until DEN-LAX leg when the other FTer told me about it.

But no, I wasn't going to Hong Kong on that day. In 2 months I will be.

I booked the whole PNR less than a week to the departure, hence I have to sit to the last row of E+. There were middle open even at row 3, but I want window to take pictures. But think about it I am glad I was seated far away from the front, I can't handle too much baby crying.