Jetdillo

I had a chance to try UA's new A3X service
out of San Jose(SJC) over the holidays.

I flew out of SJC instead of SFO in response to their double miles promo they've been having as part of flogging the new route, so
I bit.

Breakfast was better than usual for Y-class.
I haven't done a breakfast flight in a while,(If I'm going to blow a whole day going east, I'd rather get some sleep and leave later) so it was good to see some choice other than the mondo greasefest of eggs and sausage they seem to have. Small blueberry pancakes were available so I had those. Denny's quality, but still most digestible than usual.

I was bulkhead in the A320, my favorite spot
when I can't get up front. If you have to go
Y, 6A is not a bad spot 'cause of the extra
smidgen of legroom that's available from the
1st-class seats right in front of you.

Attendance was okay, maybe a bit thin compared to what I'm used to, esp. since I
tend to fly on '67s or DC-10s when I'm going out of SFO. They're kind of small, but I'd
still take them any day of the week over a
757.

I have to agree with the general commentary on the video fare. "Air Bud" hit a new low
for me in terms of movie offerings. On an
8AM flight out of Silicon Valley, this is
NOT the place to be showing a "family" movie.
There was hardly anybody on board that wasn't
nattering on about their company's impending IPO or tapping away on their laptop. Even though I was going to visit family, I still
spent most of the trip catching up on work.

If UA wants people to watch(read pay), I'd
ask that they consider somewhat more adult
fare. It doesn't even have to be all that NEW, just as long as it's not from the Disney
live-feature factory which obviously hasn't
seen a change in creative direction since
"The Boatniks"! in the late '60s.

Even being subjected to repeated showings
of "Speed II" on an Ansett SYD-PER round-trip
was less painful.

It wasn't a bad flight, but overall the whole
thing had a overall air of new unpolishedness
which I haven't seen from United out of SFO
in recent memory.

I'm doing the SJC->BOS route later this week and will have commentary on that when I get back.

Jetdillo