My wife and I flew D1 SEA-HKG on 8/28. We were flying on cheap (X bucket) fares booked 30 days in advance--we applied our GUCs at that time; our GUCs cleared 6 days before departure. The equipment was an unremodeled 777-200. We left the gate on time at 1357 PDT, with wheels up at 1421 PDT; we landed at HKG at 1854 HKT on Wednesday 8/29, and arrived at the gate (I think 27) at 1905.

We had a 43 minute connection in SEA (we had already traveled DCA-MSP-SEA, which were solid, unremarkable segments where our upgrades cleared); we got met by Claudia in the Porsche; Claudia actually escorted us through the baggage area on the ground level of the S satellite building, took us up an elevator, and walked us up to the gate agent and escorted us onto the plane. This was really, really nice and will be long appreciated.

We sat in seats 1B-1C, which are nice because of the divider with shelf in front of the seats. My seat cushions were on the hard side; the flight took about 13.5 hours (including a 30 minute circle of HKG); I was able to take two different 3 hour naps in between meals and movies.

I had the beef tenderloin (which was pretty good); I passed on the mid-flight "snack" which turned out to be a large portion of salmon and tuna; I ate the "breakfast" served about 1.75 hours out, which was boiled boneless chicken pieces, rice and vegetables and was good and tasty. My wife tried the "potato crusted halibut" for dinner and found it inedible; she passed on the other two meals. She slept for at least 10 hours of the trip.

I enjoyed the Delta ice cream sundae with all the toppings for dessert, but did not like the Ferreira Dona Antonia Tawny Port I was served.

As far as adult beverages, I had a PDB champagne (the menu listed Lanson Black Label Brut NV), which was an "amusing little number" (to quote Colonel Wilhelm Klink). I had Grey Goose and tonic after takeoff, which was very nice. I did not drink wine with dinner. Between naps I enjoyed a San Miguel pale Pilsen (the local beer in Hong Kong).

My AVOD worked well. I used the LSTN headphones with the dual prong, rather than my BOSE headphones. The LSTN headphones worked well.

The amenity kit was the Tumi hardshell package.

When the crew found out that this trip was celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary, and since we were on Flight 39, they congratulated us over the PA system, and gave us a really nice "Congratulations" hand written card as we were getting ready to get off the plane.

It took us just 15 minutes to clear immigration after entering the line at HKG (a 10 minute walk from the gate); our checked bags were waiting for us on the carousel, and we were not stopped as we went through the green channel at customs.

This was the longest trip we've ever taken on Delta, at 8,819 MQMs one way. It was very, very good.