In January 2011, I used a systemwide upgrade to upgrade myself on the HKG-SFO non-stop flight. I was very lucky to get this upgrade, since I bought the ticket 2 weeks before it took off. This is my trip report of the experience.
The trip report in detail here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqZwZHoewA
But there are just a few points.
1) UA's food seems to be getting better. It was really not that bad at all.
2) The flight from HKG to SFO is dramatically shorter than the flight SFO-HKG. It was only 9 hours versus 14 hours!
3) They take a much more southern route returning than they do going. SFO to HKG hugs alaska coastline and comes down the eastern coast of Asia, but on the return, it seems to almost fly over the Hawaiin islands.
4) UA has a great business class hard product. I think the seat is very nice and the AVOD is just great with its large screen
I hope you enjoy my trip report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqZwZHoewA
IMG_8678 by
sfflyer123, on Flickr
IMG_8677 by
sfflyer123, on Flickr
The complete trip report:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqZwZHoewA
Thanks for watching!