Main Course, Filet Mignon
Couldn’t decide on what to eat, so went with that, meat was overcooked but that mashed potatoes was so tasty.
Was still a bit hungry. Smi/J, take note, int’l first class is supposed to be over-catered so guest are more likely to get the meal choice they want.
United only caters on a 1 to 1 basis, so they were no extra First Class Main Course to be eaten.
This was an Economy meal, yup! Simply too hungry to care if you ask me
Some sort of tomato-based beef with string beans and carrots
Skipped the Cheese plate as usual
Dessert Time
Green Tea to finish the service
After the service, took me about 2 hours to write this exact report.
UA 862 Mid-Flight Snack
Asian-Style Noodle soup
Dessert
Had the Asian Style noodles about 7 hrs out from SFO
I was just so flabbergasted and blown away, don’t know if this is cut back or what not. You serve one snack and the one you decided to pick is Noodle in Soup with Kailan, carrots, Chinese Mushroom. I mean this is completely designed for vegetarians or my mom
Dessert was like a Black Forest Cake which was tasty
Adrenaline or no Adrenaline, the ones that knows me know I can be a crazy traveller.
I had a travel day last year where I did 17 hour of non-stop driving between Coeur D’Alene, ID to Calgary, AB via West Yellowstone, WY should display that. Haven’t been to Yellowstone and Old Faithful in so many years can change someone’s travel habits.
Still, some shut eyes after 1 1/2 hr sleep would be better for travel.
Had a couple of cheese and onion wraps in the galley, they really should put those on the menu.
UA 862 Breakfast
Breakfast breads with butter and fruit preserves
Scrambled Eggs Benedict
Hollandaise sauce, bacon, and grilled tomato
Congee
Traditional Chinese-Style rice porridge with garnishes
Cereal and Banana
Served with milk
Rick, and Auggie were both pushing me to choose the Scrambled Eggs Benedict. In fact, my dad flew on an ex-HKG UA F flight and complained about only catering 1 congee onboard.
I think both FAs hit it on the spot, the congee is basically white congee with beef slices in them, nothing else, no spring onion, no nothing.
The eggs turned out to be very good as promised but I did have a second breakfast planned in SFO with someone so I held off being offered 2nds by both FAs
Breakfast
Descent started around 9:10am as we made our way into NorCal approach.
With the late pushback from HKG, flight ended up late parking at the gate at 9:30am.
I would love to thank the service of the United HKG based FAs, they were very good and by no means, “Grandmas”. Of course, service can only go so far, but as least they know its possible to keep par with Cathay Pacific in terms of service anyway.
Now Smi/J, empower your employees with a better soft product offering like duvets and catering.
How do I compare United Global First to American 3 Class TPAC First “its been a long time since I’ve been on AA First TPAC”
Seat – Slightly more room and functionality on AA but otherwise a draw
Entertainment System – UA by a mile, the new improved F seat has a good system in my opinion, Music Content worked for me, ipod adapter, buttons can be laggy though
Storage Space – Around the seat goes to UA so much places to put your stuff in, and all readily accessible to the travelers, AA’s bins are bigger on the 772s vs. UA 744s
Cabin Environment – AA is less packed with its 777 vs. the 747 cone on UA. Back in J and Y is where it was packed like sardines.
Channel 9 – I know UA guys love it, but it wasn’t on this flight.
Appetizer – AA has more quantity while UA is smaller but looks better
Soup – What soup? Cant remember the last time AA serving soup on a flight
Salad Cart – Edge to AA, more things like cucumber salad, chicken breast etc. to add on the salad, UA only croutons or peppers.
Main Course – AA meals taste better, UA meals taste healthier if I can state it in such a way.
Bedding – AA has bedding and duvets, UA has the same blanket as AA J, AA wins here
Mid-Flight Snack – UA has way bigger portion, but vegetable noodles leave me dumbfounded, I’m leaving this open until the return trip.
Breakfast – Very tasty and it has MEAT in it!!! AA can’t touch that with a yard stick!
Finally I will thank you United for giving me this opportunity to try their Global First product, I understand why they are sulking about it, Who wouldn’t? But you also left a very good impression on me that US carriers F doesn’t necessarily completely suck. This flight certainly beat all my expectations and hopefully when that opportunity arises for myself, I will use my mile in REGULAR AMOUNT for a UA F product.
That being said, as I found later on in the day, the situation has turned extremely foggy and messy just like bad days with the SFO ATC.
Where am I going next?
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