Easy check-in and security and entry into the SQ lounge,
where shortly the Fredds, TheBagman, bseller, and WWBGD's
son Nick joined me to find an empty buffet table, which
was grudgingly, gradually, uninspiredly filled. After half
an hour of visiting, we moseyed to the gate. Well, for
them it was moseying, for me it felt more like a half-mile
sprint.

UA 876 SIN NRT 0720 1450 777 9A Ch9

Quick gate security; no welcome beeping BP readers. We were
in the holding tank for a not excessive time before they
started boarding. bseller and Nick were in 9HJ; TheBagman
was in 8A - his seatmate was a mileage runner who wasn't
a FTer!

The Fredds got their upgrade somehow (cash and points, I
think) and happily sat in the big C cabin.

An attentve crew, though I was beyond noticing for much
of the flight. I did see 8B giving one of the FAs a GTEM
afterward.

SIN-NRT (B85-S89) 262C119-2

to begin
Your selected entree will be accompanied by
fresh fruit and breakfast breads

main course
Spanish omelette with roasted red pepper sauce
Spicy chorizo sausage and Lyonnaise potatoes

e-fu noodles with braised chicken, lotus seeds
and red dates
Kailan and sliced carrots

continental breakfast
Selection of fresh seasonal fruits, cereal, and yogurt

A dish of very salty noodles, okay chicken, sweet and salty
and with a solitary red date (no lotus seeds), and good
bok choy (not gai lan). Carrots mushy and salty. I didn't
eat most of the noodles.

prior to arrival
teriyaki chicken and bell pepper tortilla wrap
Teriyaki mayonnaise

marinated red and yellow pepper with olive tapenade
on ciabatta
Pesto mayonnaise

I missed this meal, preferring to sleep.

A big line at transit security: the red lane was clearly not
being enforced, and even if it had been, the rope separating
us from the polloi was missing partway down the lane, so
everything equalized. And even with a mild breakdown in
Japanese efficiency, we were through in a sensible amount of
time. TheBagman wanted to check on the status of his upgrade
so I guested him into the RCC, and we chatted for a while.
When he got the sad news that there was but a slim chance
for the longer upgrade, he went off to to drown his sorrows
at the NH lounge, courtesy of bseller. I checked at the
shower, where there was a 50-minute wait, so I settled for
inarizushi and an appointment with the amazing beer machine.

Did a very abbreviated parade through the lounge flapping my
FT tag. Usually I have enough time and energy to walk the
length and breadth of the place, but not today.

I was glad that the onward was leaving from one of the 30s
gates rather than one of the 40s ones.