TBD

I know I'm getting ahead of ourselves ... but this really made me laugh ....

our_kid

Great TR in the making. CAN is great - not sure how long you'll have there but highly recommend the Mandarin Oriental

SFO777

Sorry for the delay in responding. Just finished two amazing Qatar A380 First flights and a whirlwind 5 hour tour of Guangzhou. In spite of my stupidly misplacing my boarding pass and dodging an incoming typhoon, made our CAN-DXB EK A380 and feel like a million bucks after a great shower. Waiting for batmandds to finish his shower and we'll move over to 1DF for dinner.

Thank you enviroian. I think gaobest answered that one as I never flew UA enough to know what they were doing at SFO.

Thanks Matthew. If you think that's a contrast, wait until you see the spectacular Al Safwa First Class Lounge at Doha.

Thanks very much worldtraveller73. At least I found a seat at The Amex Lounge, which can be difficult at times. And there was no line at check-in. ^

Thank you sl00001. Indeed, I believe that was one of his works.

I gave them a pass for that.

LOL. Thanks roadwarrier.

Thanks very much gaobest. I know it may seem like a lot to go thru, but our Qatar flights and the Al Safwa Lounge were all spectacular and well worth the misery of UA and DL.



Not to mention our new Emirates friends tonight.





LOL. Thank you TBD.

Thanks our_kid. We enjoyed our quick 5 hours but we're already outta Dodge and on our way to Dubai, just before the typhoon.

Madone59

SFO777 I really, really, really needed this, this week. I can't wait to follow along, and as always thanks for posting mate ^^

jayoxd

I always look forward to these TR's. I also wish I could try the Paradis. My trip to the EY F lounge at AUH was a few months too late for it.

Is it even advertised that they serve it on Qatar?

mitellic

Those plastic cups on United 'Polaris' make my eyes hurt. Dreadful!

krazykanuck

IMO, Emirates FAs are the best. That one picture just brought back so many good memories from EF F last November.

Also it amazes me that an airport as large and important as LAX can be such a complete **** show.

SFO777

San Francisco SFO to Paris CDG
United 990
787-9
2:55pm-10:35am +1
August 20, 2017
Polaris Business Class Seat 6D

I arrived at the gate just before boarding started.







I selected on inside bulkhead seat 6D in the 2nd mini-cabin, which is regarded by UA Flyertalks as the best seat on the plane. The bulkhead seats had larger cut out cubby holes for your feet when sleeping. OK, it may be the best on this plane but it's a far cry from anyone's First Class.







This is a nice touch and indeed the Saks Fifth Avenue pillow and duvet were very nice.













Friendly and pleasant FAs made the rounds hanging up jackets and serving PDBs and chocolates. But no one is going to confuse this with First Class. With 48 Business Class, it was pretty hectic as the bag swinging jackass on 7B and the entire Economy cabin of 200+ boarded at 2L and walked thru the Business mini-cabin.















United's wine list, mostly 86, 87 and 88 rated wines, although the Tempranillo had a sticker on the bottle claiming Robert Parker gave it a 94. We'll see about that.



The Polaris amenity kit. Nice packaging with the Saks logo.







But a grab bag of mostly meh.



The IFE system had a hand controller which was mostly useless as it could only scroll up, down, left or right and not enter anything. So I just used the touch screen controls.







The forward Business Class cabin.





After take-off our crew was quick to start service.









My usual G&T.



Then inexplicably, just as I started sipping on my G&T, another FA brought out the dinner tray. Seriously?? Ever heard of pacing? It's a 3pm departure and a 10 hour flight for effsake. I asked him to please go away, LOL and serve me at the end, which he obliged.



Fifteen minutes later, my meal tray. Doesn't that look good.



The smoked duck was just OK.



While the salad was just gross and inedible.



Apparently catering is rationing the garlic butter on the "garlic" bread.









After those two starters, I was dreading the worst with my pork chop. But lo and behold, I was served a large and beautiful pork chop.



Perfectly prepared, moist and delicious! After a 2nd G&T, I tried a glass of the Parker rated 94 Tempranillo which was actually quite nice.



And the dessert cart.





My made to order sundae was excellent, with chocolate sauce and extra M&Ms. Love the cardboard bowl which United is using since their old glass apparently were chipping.





With the help of a little Ambien, I slept pretty well for nearly 4 hours and then did a little work. Wifi worked reasonably well but sporadically. It was a little pricey at $28 for the flight.





Breakfast options were the omelet or fruit plate.



The omelet was pretty good.



And so was the cinnamon bun.



We touched down at CDG 15 minutes early and were at the gate a few minutes later. All in all, a reasonably pleasant flight for the price. But it's a far cry from Air France or even Lufthansa First Class and I don't want to make a habit of it.

SKYEG

SFO777 the legend!!!

offerendum

United could have been worse I would say

nequine

Nice handy cubby holes for the blanket/pillow during take off. I wish all airlines served ice-cream for dessert as yours looks rather nice!

JohnRain

Aahhh, nothing like ME3 porn... ^
Curious to hear about your F ranking, SFO777.

JALlover

Another great report! Looking forward to the verdict which of the ME3 is the best for F class!

thibderoc

SFO777, once again great start of the TR.

On your website, the image you're using as header for this TR shows an Etihad 777 First Class. Apparently, the picture comes from one of our previous TR. So I hope you really were able to enjoy First Class Appartments and did not undergo an equipment change. Can't wait to know !!

VH-RMD

Looking forward to your impression of the ME3 F products and see if they accord with mine!