Arlanda Express
We only had couple hours of sleep, and had to catch the early flight to our next city, Copenhagen. Fortunately, we did not have to navigate our way in the dark as the sun rises before 4:00am. This time we decided to take the fast path to the airport, by hopping on the Arlanda Express. They were running some summer special where 2 passengers could ride for the price of 1. It's still expensive at SEK280 (US$40), but it was the only logical option that early in the morning.
Ticket
Arlanda Express
Arlanda Airport
Check in was easy, as there's hardly any line for business class. And at the airport, we saw the first Starbucks in Sweden !
Check In
Starbucks only @ airport
SAS Lounge in Stockholm
Then we went to the SAS lounge, hoping to get some breakfast, but the food selection was quite disappointing. There were only couple different kinds of bread and fruits, but no hot option or even slices of cold cut meat.
Bread
SAS Lounge
Flight
SK 1417 Stockholm (ARN) 7:10am Copenhagen (ARN) 8:25am
Aircraft: MD-80
Distance: 342 miles
Duration : 1 hour 15 min
Class: Economy Extra
Our flight has a 2-3 configuration, and all the seats are the same. We were in the Economy Extra section, which was quite empty. But it's the same seats back in the Economy section, in fact, only a piece of plastic separates the two classes. We had not anticipated breakfast served for this short segment, but were glad to find that passengers in the Economy Extra section got a breakfast with some bread, ham and cheese, yogurt, OJ and coffee. On the other hand, passengers would have to pay for their own sodas in the Economy section, something that even US Scare has stopped doing.
Seats
Full Economy section
Breakfast
After we landed, there's an announcement of some luggage system failure, and our luggage might not come out for 20 minutes or so. Fortunately, by the time we got to the baggage claim area, the delay was only showing 10 minutes. We were going to catch another bike tour that would start in an hour and a half !
Luggage delay