United Airlines
Economy Class
DOH-DXB-IAD (Doha International - Dubai Internationl Airport Terminal 3 – Washington Dulles)
UA 977 – Economy Class (W)
8:20 PM – 6:27 AM + 1
Oct 21, 2012
Booked: Boeing 777-200
Flown: Boeing 777-200
Our time in the Middle East drew to an end. Heading to the airport, the check in was a mess. There were long lines and only 4 check in agents working hard to fill an entire Boeing 777. Sharp eyed readers will note that this was the Etihad check in desks for our outbound AUH flight.
That’s the
err short “Premier Access” line on the left.
The two firsts...
I asked our check in agent for a lounge invitation voucher and she turned us down. “I’m sorry there is no Star Gold Lounge here… but there is one in Dubai.” We were traveling as Aeroplan Star Golds in UA Economy. It wasn’t a disaster since we had experienced the Oryx lounge earlier compliments of Ethiad.
Secondary screening for the USA bound flights in their own separate areas, where our bags were torn apart with a polite thank you.
We boarded and took the ride out to the plane on another bus, the last non gate position of our trip. Once on board, we experienced a 40 minute delay in Qatar due to some radio issues the pilot was having. However, the flight that was scheduled to leave Dubai was scheduled to be late since the crew or pilots scheduled to work DXB-IAD went over shift and needed an additional amount of minimum rest hours. Our new departure time was pushed back to 2:01 A.M. We got Arabic Lay’s potato chips and a Kit Kat just like the last run out between DXB-DOH.
