After deciding to attend a hockey camp at Cornell the next step was getting there, and for the first time that would require flying alone. After much deliberation I settled on a 37,500 mile itinerary with the SMF-EWR in economy plus and the EWR-SFO in first. I planned on getting to SMF 1.5 hours early, but since it was an early morning departure it only took 10 minutes from being dropped off to sitting at the gate with a mocha.

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CRJ 700 ready for the jaunt to LAX


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Quick cockpit picture


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Seat 3A legroom

After a quick and early flight I had enough time to grab a subway in LAX on the way to the LAX-EWR leg. Miraculously I had the only 2 empty seats on the flight next to me, giving me my very own row in Economy Plus, something I used to break my personal best of 2 hours of sleep on a flight, which is an accomplishment because I have gone a 11 hour AKL-HKG 8 hour layover and 4 hour HKG-HND without sleeping a lick .

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737-800 to EWR


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Post Takeoff pic


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UA keeping it classy


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My Row