Eminem has his 8 Mile, I’ll take my 4 Mile (United Int’l and Premium Service F)
Jul 26, 2012, 1:29 am
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I guess it's safe for me to say, on behalf of all the FTers, we are happy for you, that you are one of the few lucky ones to snatch this deal. I originally got my 4-mile trip commencing this coming weekend. Yeah, I am bummed that I got canceled, but oh well. At least I know someone ACTUALLY got thru with this. Hope you had fun!
As SFO777 said earlier in the thread, go file a complaint with the DoT.
Let the airlines know travellers won't tolerate airlines unilaterally cancellation of tickets.
You never know what the DoT can say to do, cease and desist order do exist
It was a very weird trip to say in the easiest way.
so funny....i am kind of shocked at Timmy Ho's US sizes. wholly smokes.
in some respects flyhen, if they cancelled without authority, think of it this way, you could probably book at any time you want. i probably would have take SHF's approach and gone ASAP although i must say, it sounds like he had the jet lag dizzies for most of the trip...i find that hard going to HKG from YYZ...that 12 hours is hands down the worst jet lag IMO. just thinking about the dizzies..your body does not know up from down.
in some respects flyhen, if they cancelled without authority, think of it this way, you could probably book at any time you want. i probably would have take SHF's approach and gone ASAP although i must say, it sounds like he had the jet lag dizzies for most of the trip...i find that hard going to HKG from YYZ...that 12 hours is hands down the worst jet lag IMO. just thinking about the dizzies..your body does not know up from down.
Imagine the US Large Size to be closer to the 7-Eleven Slurpee cup you bring to the beach on a hot summer day.
Surprisingly I do this 12 hour swap about 4 times a year, and I still find it easier to do the 12 hours vs. North America > Europe.
That one throws me off more on the 1st day.
What kind of an idiot serves oysters with ketchup??? No offense to anyone here who does eat that, but jezz, that's like combining the most amazing delicassy around with the most common sauce around. And it's just ruining everything.
Tip for those who don't know; try one of these: lemon, lime, the traditionnal french sauce (red wine vinegar with finely diced échalottes), the latvian one (lots of dill, lemon zest, olive oil a dash of lemon juice and sour cream) or even tabasco.
Side question: I wonder if any airlines serves oysters in F?
And yeah, Short Hair Francis, btw, great trip report, I'm glad you could enjoy the 4 miles miracle
Tip for those who don't know; try one of these: lemon, lime, the traditionnal french sauce (red wine vinegar with finely diced échalottes), the latvian one (lots of dill, lemon zest, olive oil a dash of lemon juice and sour cream) or even tabasco.
Side question: I wonder if any airlines serves oysters in F?
And yeah, Short Hair Francis, btw, great trip report, I'm glad you could enjoy the 4 miles miracle
Thanks very much, the "4 Mile Island" was a fun adventure indeed.
The sauce that looks like ketchup is actually Cocktail Sauce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_sauce
I dont think airline serve oysters in F nor do I recommend them either.
Takes too much equipment and could easily be mishandle to be serve on a plane.
I love eating oysters but I doubt I would want to eat them at 35000 feet.
When it comes to raw stuff, balik salmon and sushi are as raw as I want on a plane.
Nice to tell anybody in HKG, where were you last weekend?
NYC
You don't have to wait for Part 5 Long, its already here
Jul 26, 2012, 1:34 am
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Part 5 – Finally something called a regular travel day
After United did acknowledge they will honor all tickets already started, or will start on or before July 21st, I went back to check on my reservations. Guess what, trying to change your reservation or your seat will come back as an error. No doubt, United Airlines does still hate my guts for flying this trip.
July 22, 2012 – Sunday
UA 265 JFK – SFO 8:08am – 11:32am (752/F)
There are days to be cost-cutting and to be cheap, but not on a day when you won the lottery or aka, 3 class First Class half way around the world. Car service at 6:15am for an 8:08am flight on a Sunday.
New York Kennedy Terminal 7
No incident and I was at JFK around 6:30am, I never understood why United puts kiosk in front of the counters for First/Business/Priority, I mean, don’t us premium passengers deserved a little service. And even if I wasn’t flying First for 4 Miles, I was still Star Silver after all
Sorry for the lousy photo above, I would take try a better pic on most days but not today, the nudie said “Out of Service, Part on Order”
Please be out of order, I can use less massages
Sadly the only line opens had the nudies open, so another erotic massage by the TSA, at least this one came sans the instruction which did speed up the process.
JFK United Airlines First Class Lounge
The Lounge was very empty, only me and another person in it.
I did find the cup noodles as CMK10 indicated in his TR
Thankfully I didn’t those too many during my times in college.
Headed down to gate 10 at T-55, presuming boarding would start at T-45, nope didn’t start boarding til T-30.
United did however gave a lot of op-ups, both Y>J and J>F.
The F cabin was originally booked for 6/12, but ended up op-up to full and the rest of the plane was also full. So I guess United does oversell a bit on Sunday mornings.
One person did try to board with a group 2 bp, during group 1 boarding and got sent to the back ^
United Airlines 265
New York Kennedy to San Francisco
8:08am – 11:32am, 6 hr 24 min flight
First Class, Seat 3B
Food – Breakfast
Equipment – Boeing 757-200 (12F/26J/72Y)
United Airlines Boeing 757-200 P.S. First Class Cabin
United Airlines Boeing 757-200 PS. First Class Seat
Part 5 Continues Below
After United did acknowledge they will honor all tickets already started, or will start on or before July 21st, I went back to check on my reservations. Guess what, trying to change your reservation or your seat will come back as an error. No doubt, United Airlines does still hate my guts for flying this trip.
July 22, 2012 – Sunday
UA 265 JFK – SFO 8:08am – 11:32am (752/F)
There are days to be cost-cutting and to be cheap, but not on a day when you won the lottery or aka, 3 class First Class half way around the world. Car service at 6:15am for an 8:08am flight on a Sunday.
New York Kennedy Terminal 7
No incident and I was at JFK around 6:30am, I never understood why United puts kiosk in front of the counters for First/Business/Priority, I mean, don’t us premium passengers deserved a little service. And even if I wasn’t flying First for 4 Miles, I was still Star Silver after all
Sorry for the lousy photo above, I would take try a better pic on most days but not today, the nudie said “Out of Service, Part on Order”
Please be out of order, I can use less massages
Sadly the only line opens had the nudies open, so another erotic massage by the TSA, at least this one came sans the instruction which did speed up the process.
JFK United Airlines First Class Lounge
The Lounge was very empty, only me and another person in it.
I did find the cup noodles as CMK10 indicated in his TR
Thankfully I didn’t those too many during my times in college.
Headed down to gate 10 at T-55, presuming boarding would start at T-45, nope didn’t start boarding til T-30.
United did however gave a lot of op-ups, both Y>J and J>F.
The F cabin was originally booked for 6/12, but ended up op-up to full and the rest of the plane was also full. So I guess United does oversell a bit on Sunday mornings.
One person did try to board with a group 2 bp, during group 1 boarding and got sent to the back ^
United Airlines 265
New York Kennedy to San Francisco
8:08am – 11:32am, 6 hr 24 min flight
First Class, Seat 3B
Food – Breakfast
Equipment – Boeing 757-200 (12F/26J/72Y)
United Airlines Boeing 757-200 P.S. First Class Cabin
United Airlines Boeing 757-200 PS. First Class Seat
Part 5 Continues Below
Jul 26, 2012, 1:36 am
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*Some of these photos were taken when we’re at SFO, I presumably guess this will be my last time on these seats so for memories sake.
Another tired and waiting to be refurbished Boeing 757-200 awaiting me, the pilot did turn on Channel 9 again which was nice.
And I thought AA has bad cleaning, this is just gross
PDB was in a coach cup again but I didn’t have champagne so that doesn’t really count.
Boarding was done in 20 mins and doors were closed by 7:58am, think this was the first time I had an ontime departure on United hehe
Captain announces a flight time of 5 hr 27 mins to San Francisco, that was quick but I rarely fly during the summer, definitely more used to the 6 hrs West transcon during the winter more.
The two Eastern European tourists didn’t understand you are not supposed to be using the tray table while the plane is taxiing to the runway
About a 15 min taxi to Runway 31L at Echo, #3 line for take-off, and finally took off at 8:22am. Lucky us, no #27 for take-off at JFK lol
Breezy Point Climb as usual for westbound flights and for avoiding Manhattan airspace.
UA 265 Breakfast
To Start
Fresh Seasonal Fruit
Yogurt parfait with blueberries and granola
Main Course
Swiss Cheese Omelette
Broccoli-potato gratin and turkey sausage
French Toast
Turkey Sausage and maple syrup
Cereal and Banana
Served with milk
Cinnamon rolls and croissants with butter and fruit preserves
Light snacks are available at any time following the meal service
Please help yourself or ask a flight attendant for today’s selection
Oh well, it’s already passed happy hour in HKG so let’s get drinking
If it’s anything I’ve been impressed with United, they use full size hand towels for their service, AA doesn’t do that
Dang, the two tourists ate the only 2 catered cinnamon rolls on this flight, guess Croissant will do
Coffee to change things up
Yogurt Parfait, this has always been my favorite on P.S breakfast
*I really wish other airlines do this, actually never have anything other than packaged yogurt on flight so this was one thing leftover from my previous times on United.
Fruit Plate
Omelette
That’s still one more turkey sausage than American Airlines.
After the meal service was a lot of TR writing and imaging, but in the meanwhile, I tried to have some fun with Alex, the United.com guide.
Sometimes you really wonder how .bomb can make something like this with even wonderful humor replies but when it comes to 4 instead of 320000 miles, they are completely brain dead. Anyway, here a joke for everyone below
And with checking the Hong Kong observatory, Tropical Storm Vicente was still ways away, I’m good.
The Snack Basket, guess they swapped the old Veggie Plate out they used to have
Some rest for the rest of the flight, captain started our descent into the Bay Area around 10:15am, and we landed at 10:35am.
As you might have guess what happens when your plane comes in 1 hour ahead of scheduled time, you end up sitting on the tarmac for 45 mins waiting for a gate
Back In San Francisco, now I’m starving YET AGAIN,
Thankfully off to the UA Int’l First Class Lounge soon, then back in HKG for a surprise.
Next Part
Part 6 – Vicente comes for a visit
Jul 26, 2012, 2:23 pm
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I think its great you were able to score INTL F seat for 4 miles...^
Great pictures....
In checking the pictures out, a lot remains the same...(since I last flew them almost 2 years ago)....the INTL F lounge in JFK, the PS seats on the JFK-SFO/LAX routes. The meals on both flights as with the PDB being served in a plastic cup and that "crappy" Champagne on the HKG to US flights. There is one thing different...the silverware logo...
Great pictures....
In checking the pictures out, a lot remains the same...(since I last flew them almost 2 years ago)....the INTL F lounge in JFK, the PS seats on the JFK-SFO/LAX routes. The meals on both flights as with the PDB being served in a plastic cup and that "crappy" Champagne on the HKG to US flights. There is one thing different...the silverware logo...
Jul 26, 2012, 2:52 pm
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United spent some money on Alex, all that AI... but maybe u r not Alex's type 
For all we joke about .bomb, it's still light years ahead of AA...
For all we joke about .bomb, it's still light years ahead of AA...
Jul 26, 2012, 7:45 pm
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It is almost certainly cocktail sauce (ketchup + horseradish). Very common with oysters in the Northeast.
Jul 27, 2012, 11:13 am
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I am confused...you talk about delicate flavours and then suggest you mask the same with lemon, lime, vinegar (an ingredient in ketchup) and strong flavours such as dill in another vinegrate type sauce....and tabasco...sorry, i am just confused. 
personally, i eat my oysters with nothing but one might consider your suggested condiments as equally idiodic...
personally, i eat my oysters with nothing but one might consider your suggested condiments as equally idiodic...
Alrighty. Did not know that, thanks for enlightning me. I guess the only smart thing for me to do is to try it out next time I'm in the states.
Jul 27, 2012, 11:14 am
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Not her type
, frequent flyer meets airline gal What's wrong with that?
Babe, I will pay for the next trip to go to Hong Kong provided it costs "4 Miles", please please please
Nah, I like AA the way it is, keeps the kettles from knowing how to redeem on CX First ^
I think its great you were able to score INTL F seat for 4 miles...^
Great pictures....
In checking the pictures out, a lot remains the same...(since I last flew them almost 2 years ago)....the INTL F lounge in JFK, the PS seats on the JFK-SFO/LAX routes. The meals on both flights as with the PDB being served in a plastic cup and that "crappy" Champagne on the HKG to US flights. There is one thing different...the silverware logo...
Great pictures....
In checking the pictures out, a lot remains the same...(since I last flew them almost 2 years ago)....the INTL F lounge in JFK, the PS seats on the JFK-SFO/LAX routes. The meals on both flights as with the PDB being served in a plastic cup and that "crappy" Champagne on the HKG to US flights. There is one thing different...the silverware logo...
F lounge, PS seats havent changed in a 1 1/2 year for me.
Only substitute was the snack basket instead of veggie plate and cookie on the morning JFK-SFO
Champagne was crap indeed @:-)
Jul 27, 2012, 11:19 am
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Part 6 – Vicente comes for a visit
July 22, 2012 – Sunday
UA 869 SFO – HKG 1:31pm – 6:15pm (+1)[Jul 23] (744/F)
Got off the P.S First flight at Gate 82, about a 10 min walk back to International terminal.
I’ve taken a buddy’s challenge of randomly inviting cute girl(s) into the lounge, sadly none were to be found today.
Surprisingly I seem to have better luck in the YY-Zee lol
San Francisco United Airlines International First Class Lounge
Oh ya, I’m still hungry and knowing the fact UA only caters on a 1:1 basis in F, time to eat. A good plateful of sushi, pasta salad and a cookie for a dessert
Left the lounge once at 12:35pm to get to gate 100 for the flight, they were still cleaning, back to the lounge again.
The rows of United Airlines Boeing 747-400
So about 12:55pm, I headed back out to the gate, and a family of 6 also follows me into the elevator back to the concourse level. I asked them if they are headed to HKG and they were and I naturally asked if they were going for “4 Miles”
All they said back was excuse me, what did you say?
Never Mind….
Our own Boeing 747 to Hong Kong
United Airlines 869
San Francisco to Hong Kong
Scheduled - 1:31pm – 6:15pm (+1)[Jul 23], 13 hr 44 mins flight
Delayed Departure – 1:45pm, Delayed Boarding due to cabin cleaning
On-Time Arrival – 6:14pm
First Class, Seat 1K
Food – Lunch, Breakfast
Equipment – Boeing 747-400
The Gate area was a pure mess, it was a simply a free for all between Chinese tour groups, the suits and other family travel.
I even got yelled at by a family asking around who’s carry-on it was that was blocking the aisle. Some people even have the decency of blocking the aisle so a person pushing a baby stroller can’t even get through.
Nasty American waving their American passport
Boarding was a Pure “Gong-show”
The family of 6 boarded in the regular line and I simply followed.
Aren’t they a lucky family?
Older son in 1A, older daughter in 2A, Dad in 3A, Mom in 3C, Younger son in 4A, Younger Daughter 4C.
Essentially they had the entire left side of the F cabin to themselves.
I know I never got my first 3 Class First until I was 17 y.o and that was only a op-up.
It was op-up onto the old Cathay Pacific First Class
I was lucky to get 1K although row 1 is rarely my favorite seat as I find them too claustrophobic at most times
United Airlines Boeing 747-400 First Class Seat
I will advise row 1 isn’t the best seat for photos as your angles are very limited due to the closet up front. Row 3 is a bit better in that respect.
The 2nd FA completely skipped me for PDB and the amenity kit but argue I was on the phone. I guess I was never one of those that minded doing two things at once.
They had the nicer looking plastic cup, but I got duped and served French sparkling wine, ouch
Come on, even AA serves Pommery Brut on the ground, boo
Part 6 Continues Below
July 22, 2012 – Sunday
UA 869 SFO – HKG 1:31pm – 6:15pm (+1)[Jul 23] (744/F)
Got off the P.S First flight at Gate 82, about a 10 min walk back to International terminal.
I’ve taken a buddy’s challenge of randomly inviting cute girl(s) into the lounge, sadly none were to be found today.
Surprisingly I seem to have better luck in the YY-Zee lol
San Francisco United Airlines International First Class Lounge
Oh ya, I’m still hungry and knowing the fact UA only caters on a 1:1 basis in F, time to eat. A good plateful of sushi, pasta salad and a cookie for a dessert
Left the lounge once at 12:35pm to get to gate 100 for the flight, they were still cleaning, back to the lounge again.
The rows of United Airlines Boeing 747-400
So about 12:55pm, I headed back out to the gate, and a family of 6 also follows me into the elevator back to the concourse level. I asked them if they are headed to HKG and they were and I naturally asked if they were going for “4 Miles”
All they said back was excuse me, what did you say?
Never Mind….
Our own Boeing 747 to Hong Kong
United Airlines 869
San Francisco to Hong Kong
Scheduled - 1:31pm – 6:15pm (+1)[Jul 23], 13 hr 44 mins flight
Delayed Departure – 1:45pm, Delayed Boarding due to cabin cleaning
On-Time Arrival – 6:14pm
First Class, Seat 1K
Food – Lunch, Breakfast
Equipment – Boeing 747-400
The Gate area was a pure mess, it was a simply a free for all between Chinese tour groups, the suits and other family travel.
I even got yelled at by a family asking around who’s carry-on it was that was blocking the aisle. Some people even have the decency of blocking the aisle so a person pushing a baby stroller can’t even get through.
Nasty American waving their American passport
Boarding was a Pure “Gong-show”
The family of 6 boarded in the regular line and I simply followed.
Aren’t they a lucky family?
Older son in 1A, older daughter in 2A, Dad in 3A, Mom in 3C, Younger son in 4A, Younger Daughter 4C.
Essentially they had the entire left side of the F cabin to themselves.
I know I never got my first 3 Class First until I was 17 y.o and that was only a op-up.
It was op-up onto the old Cathay Pacific First Class
I was lucky to get 1K although row 1 is rarely my favorite seat as I find them too claustrophobic at most times
United Airlines Boeing 747-400 First Class Seat
I will advise row 1 isn’t the best seat for photos as your angles are very limited due to the closet up front. Row 3 is a bit better in that respect.
The 2nd FA completely skipped me for PDB and the amenity kit but argue I was on the phone. I guess I was never one of those that minded doing two things at once.
They had the nicer looking plastic cup, but I got duped and served French sparkling wine, ouch
Come on, even AA serves Pommery Brut on the ground, boo
Part 6 Continues Below
Last edited by Short hair Francis; Oct 29, 2013 at 3:44 am
Jul 27, 2012, 11:22 am
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12 hours and 40 minutes of flying time to Hong Kong today
Where were you when I got that 15 hrs of flying time in business class?
Who’s driving whom?
Bye bye San Francisco
The old tore-down section of Terminal 3 (AA section)
I promised not to cheat on you next time
Almost ready to go at Runway 28R
The usual fog is creeping it like usual
Still debating whether United keeps up good maintenance?
Burned out light in front of me, and flickering behind me
UA 869 Lunch
Warm Appetizer
Vegetable-filled pastry and shrimp tempura with Asian Barbeque Sauce
Soup
Mushroom Brie Bisque
Fresh Seasonal Greens
Tomatoes, cucumbers and croutons with your choice of classic Caesar dressing or buttermilk ranch
Main Course
Grilled Pork Chop
Green peppercorn sauce, shiitake mushroom bread pudding, white asparagus and broccolini
Mongolian-Style Beef
Bok Choy and steamed rice
San Francisco Style Cioppino
Seared hake and grilled shrimp in tomato-seafood sauce with mixed vegetable
Stir-Fried Noodles
Shrimp and scallops in oyster sauce and shrimp and pork dumplings
To Finish
International Cheese Selection
Grapes and Crackers
Served with Graham’s late bottled Vintage Port
Dessert
Ice Cream with your choice of toppings
And assorted petite treats
Copying from jfkeze’s tradition, jack and coke to start
Bread Basket
Table Set-Up
Appetizer
Tasted fine, but it seem to have shrinken vs. the outbound appetizer
Mushroom Brie Bisque
Soup was very good, creamy with a pinch of pepper to jump at you, I had a double here.
Salad Cart
Same as before, croutons or/and peppers
Should’ve ask to hold back on the vinaigrette
Menu said buttermilk ranch or Caesar, I went back to double check but one choice definitely was wrong.
Part 6 Continues Below
Where were you when I got that 15 hrs of flying time in business class?
Who’s driving whom?
Bye bye San Francisco
The old tore-down section of Terminal 3 (AA section)
I promised not to cheat on you next time
Almost ready to go at Runway 28R
The usual fog is creeping it like usual
Still debating whether United keeps up good maintenance?
Burned out light in front of me, and flickering behind me
UA 869 Lunch
Warm Appetizer
Vegetable-filled pastry and shrimp tempura with Asian Barbeque Sauce
Soup
Mushroom Brie Bisque
Fresh Seasonal Greens
Tomatoes, cucumbers and croutons with your choice of classic Caesar dressing or buttermilk ranch
Main Course
Grilled Pork Chop
Green peppercorn sauce, shiitake mushroom bread pudding, white asparagus and broccolini
Mongolian-Style Beef
Bok Choy and steamed rice
San Francisco Style Cioppino
Seared hake and grilled shrimp in tomato-seafood sauce with mixed vegetable
Stir-Fried Noodles
Shrimp and scallops in oyster sauce and shrimp and pork dumplings
To Finish
International Cheese Selection
Grapes and Crackers
Served with Graham’s late bottled Vintage Port
Dessert
Ice Cream with your choice of toppings
And assorted petite treats
Copying from jfkeze’s tradition, jack and coke to start
Bread Basket
Table Set-Up
Appetizer
Tasted fine, but it seem to have shrinken vs. the outbound appetizer
Mushroom Brie Bisque
Soup was very good, creamy with a pinch of pepper to jump at you, I had a double here.
Salad Cart
Same as before, croutons or/and peppers
Should’ve ask to hold back on the vinaigrette
Menu said buttermilk ranch or Caesar, I went back to double check but one choice definitely was wrong.
Part 6 Continues Below
Jul 27, 2012, 11:23 am
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Went with the Cioppino
Didn’t want Pork, nor the Asian options, tasty but the sauce was more watery than juicy. Still a good choice compared to the other ones I saw around the cabin
Fruit and Cheese Cart
Not my best one, very similar to the outbound UA F flight
Ice Cream Cart
Went with a very slight touch of caramel
The FA forgot to put the little cake tray on, 2 types of pralines and a cheesecake
Green Tea to end the service
Flat bed good to go for some snooze
Due to my stupid and completely out of whack sleeping schedule, I caught 7 hours of sleep which is close to a record on a plane for me.
UA 869 Mid-Flight Snack
Noodle Soup with Braised Beef
Won tons and Chinese Broccoli
Dessert
Cherry Custard Cake
Fruit and light snacks are available at any time following the meal service
Please help yourself or ask a flight attendant for today’s selection
You know me, what do I do if I’m on a plane and bored? Let’s Eat!
Thankfully Rick from the outbound flight gave me a huge heads-up warning me the beef noodle ex-SFO tends to be super salty.
So I did a special request of having the FAs to water out the soup and refill it with new hot water.
That seem to have done the trick, made it less salty
Damn, sleepy me, I’m hating my body system, back to sleep for 1 hr 30 mins but I did warn the FAs to wake me up if necessary.
Didn’t need the wake up call as I woke out about 2 hrs out near Naha
Have no clue why United serves breakfast at 4:30pm HKG time, 1:30am West Coast, Most likely cost cutting, either way its super annoying considering your competitor Cathay Pacific serves dinner on CX 879 right about now.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l#post15822641
UA 869 Breakfast
Breakfast breads with butter and fruit preserves
Herbed Scrambled Eggs
Potato gratin, turkey sausage and grilled ham
Congee
Traditional Chinese porridge with chicken, corn, mushrooms and garnishes
Cereal and Banana
Served with milk
Photos started to become very hard to take with the turbulence.
Even had to stop eating periodically since I couldn’t take a good enough photo
Cinnamon Rolls, come to me, I didn’t get to eat you on UA 265
Fruit Bowl, doesn’t this belong on domestic F?
Yogurt
Main Course
With the turbulence over Taiwan, packed up a bit earlier at T-45.
Captain reports back it is currently 27 degrees in HKG with rain and moderate Winds.
Now if you have ever have lived in HKG, you know 27 degrees at 5pm during the summer means BAD BAD news, either it means its pouring rain outside or a typhoon is around.
Either way see for yourself
Can you see the rain water going from left to right?
Thankfully the winds from the NE were lined up directly against the Runway 7L, so not really the most awful landing conditions, rains however were another story
Get inside the terminal, calls Mom, what’s the Number? 1 or 3?
The number refers to the Hong Kong Tropical Warning Signal, No. 1 for standby, No. 3 for strong winds.
Part 6 Continues Below
Didn’t want Pork, nor the Asian options, tasty but the sauce was more watery than juicy. Still a good choice compared to the other ones I saw around the cabin
Fruit and Cheese Cart
Not my best one, very similar to the outbound UA F flight
Ice Cream Cart
Went with a very slight touch of caramel
The FA forgot to put the little cake tray on, 2 types of pralines and a cheesecake
Green Tea to end the service
Flat bed good to go for some snooze
Due to my stupid and completely out of whack sleeping schedule, I caught 7 hours of sleep which is close to a record on a plane for me.
UA 869 Mid-Flight Snack
Noodle Soup with Braised Beef
Won tons and Chinese Broccoli
Dessert
Cherry Custard Cake
Fruit and light snacks are available at any time following the meal service
Please help yourself or ask a flight attendant for today’s selection
You know me, what do I do if I’m on a plane and bored? Let’s Eat!
Thankfully Rick from the outbound flight gave me a huge heads-up warning me the beef noodle ex-SFO tends to be super salty.
So I did a special request of having the FAs to water out the soup and refill it with new hot water.
That seem to have done the trick, made it less salty
Damn, sleepy me, I’m hating my body system, back to sleep for 1 hr 30 mins but I did warn the FAs to wake me up if necessary.
Didn’t need the wake up call as I woke out about 2 hrs out near Naha
Have no clue why United serves breakfast at 4:30pm HKG time, 1:30am West Coast, Most likely cost cutting, either way its super annoying considering your competitor Cathay Pacific serves dinner on CX 879 right about now.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l#post15822641
UA 869 Breakfast
Breakfast breads with butter and fruit preserves
Herbed Scrambled Eggs
Potato gratin, turkey sausage and grilled ham
Congee
Traditional Chinese porridge with chicken, corn, mushrooms and garnishes
Cereal and Banana
Served with milk
Photos started to become very hard to take with the turbulence.
Even had to stop eating periodically since I couldn’t take a good enough photo
Cinnamon Rolls, come to me, I didn’t get to eat you on UA 265
Fruit Bowl, doesn’t this belong on domestic F?
Yogurt
Main Course
With the turbulence over Taiwan, packed up a bit earlier at T-45.
Captain reports back it is currently 27 degrees in HKG with rain and moderate Winds.
Now if you have ever have lived in HKG, you know 27 degrees at 5pm during the summer means BAD BAD news, either it means its pouring rain outside or a typhoon is around.
Either way see for yourself
Can you see the rain water going from left to right?
Thankfully the winds from the NE were lined up directly against the Runway 7L, so not really the most awful landing conditions, rains however were another story
Get inside the terminal, calls Mom, what’s the Number? 1 or 3?
The number refers to the Hong Kong Tropical Warning Signal, No. 1 for standby, No. 3 for strong winds.
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Jul 27, 2012, 11:24 am
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What do you mean No. 8??? Mom, this isn’t a joke right.
Nope, No. 8 just went up 1/2 hour ago, I guess it will be a fun time to get home
Usually its quicker to take a bus to get home, but not today, I got soaked just waiting at the bus stop. My usual 1 hr 10 min commute took around 2 hours, guess I should’ve spent a couple more days in NYC or elsewhere.
Vicente ending getting top strength as a Severe Typhoon toping out at 155 km/h, 95 mp/h.
Stormy ending just like how stormy from beginning to end how these tickets were
Hope you have enjoyed another one of my TR and safe travels!
Nope, No. 8 just went up 1/2 hour ago, I guess it will be a fun time to get home
Usually its quicker to take a bus to get home, but not today, I got soaked just waiting at the bus stop. My usual 1 hr 10 min commute took around 2 hours, guess I should’ve spent a couple more days in NYC or elsewhere.
Vicente ending getting top strength as a Severe Typhoon toping out at 155 km/h, 95 mp/h.
Stormy ending just like how stormy from beginning to end how these tickets were
Hope you have enjoyed another one of my TR and safe travels!
Jul 27, 2012, 12:44 pm
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