DUB-KOA Back to Back LIVE TR
Apr 4, 2015 | 12:04 am
#78
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: T' North West
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 671
Does catch up with you mate doesn't it. Have a great trip teledude
I'm on my way back from HNL tonight. Just having a few beers in the Sakura lounge. It's a bit naff!!
Not looking forward to the AA 757 red eye to be honest. :-(
I'm on my way back from HNL tonight. Just having a few beers in the Sakura lounge. It's a bit naff!!
Not looking forward to the AA 757 red eye to be honest. :-(
Last edited by happeemonkee; Apr 4, 2015 at 12:05 am Reason: Drunken spelling mistake lol
Apr 4, 2015 | 12:59 am
#79
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS, ZQN
Programs: UA PP (2MM), BA Silver (Soft landing), AS Titantium
Posts: 2,642
Damn- you were high up- now you have slipped a few rungs
Apr 4, 2015 | 7:10 am
#80
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
So the 321T was great. Lovely service. Chicken was superb too ^
My only gripe was the light and noise from the galley heard from 1A. Slept a little then arrived at LAX. Wow what chaos out the front!
Waited about 15 mins for the shuttle which dropped off at the hilton first then the CP. Got a decent enough room on the 15th floor and it's now 6am 
Pics....
My only gripe was the light and noise from the galley heard from 1A. Slept a little then arrived at LAX. Wow what chaos out the front!
Waited about 15 mins for the shuttle which dropped off at the hilton first then the CP. Got a decent enough room on the 15th floor and it's now 6am Pics....
Apr 4, 2015 | 7:23 am
#83
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Aberdeen
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Accor Gold
Posts: 751
I stayed at the CP last year. I kept getting up to check the window was closed - it was so badly soundproofed for an airport hotel. Lobby was cold and unwelcoming as well. However, points need to be used! Keep up the great work teledude
Apr 4, 2015 | 9:30 am
#84
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Currently sat on the beach!
Checked out around 7am from the CP and left my rucksack there No issues. Requested an uber plus to the pier and Tony arrived in his caddy 3 mins later 20 mins to santa monica and here I am!
Just waiting for perry's to open for breakfast
More pics soon...
Checked out around 7am from the CP and left my rucksack there No issues. Requested an uber plus to the pier and Tony arrived in his caddy 3 mins later
20 mins to santa monica and here I am!Just waiting for perry's to open for breakfast
More pics soon...
Apr 4, 2015 | 10:24 am
#85
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 18,323
Domestic and international will be very different, just like on BA. Four hours without food is a bit much though!
For a night flight the AA77W wins for me. The bed is 6ft 3in and feels more roomy to me, and the personal storage space is far greater. The IFE is also superior. On a night flight I am personally not looking for great service, just great sleep!
For a night flight the AA77W wins for me. The bed is 6ft 3in and feels more roomy to me, and the personal storage space is far greater. The IFE is also superior. On a night flight I am personally not looking for great service, just great sleep!
On this trip JFK MIA on 757 was absolutely fine in (domestic) first. Seats something like the ones on BA's Babybus. Warmed nuts and the rest of the food was, well, generously served; and the pint of bloody Mary set me up for a nap. The crew were attentive.
MIA SFO on a (revamped?) 763 was even better: each flat-bed seat in dom-F has direct aisle access, cabin crew were first-rate - though i'm afraid i disappointed them by insisting on keeping my window blind up. On a flight through clear morning skies I'm happier watching america pass by below rather than sit in a darkened cabin watching reruns of Big Bang and some very strange property porn.
I guess I'd have to compare those flights with BA's business-class on routes like Lisbon and Cairo.
SFO LAX and back was perhaps more typical of domestic (short-haul), but even that was well managed.
On all flights the premium boarding thing was rigorously policed.
Apr 4, 2015 | 12:40 pm
#86
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Had a nice wander round santa monica...roasting hot out though
People love running and cycling here! Minicab back from town was more expensive than my uber this morning!
Will head to LAX soon to collect boarding passes and relax in the longue.
Santa Monica....
People love running and cycling here! Minicab back from town was more expensive than my uber this morning!
Will head to LAX soon to collect boarding passes and relax in the longue.
Santa Monica....
Apr 4, 2015 | 1:04 pm
#89
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: BAC Silver, IHG Diamond, Finnair Silver, LH Senator
Posts: 9,426
Was in Santa Monica about 3 weeks ago for the LA Marathon. Seems dead compared to the hoards of people on the beach etc that weekend.
The shopping areas in your photo are prettier at night with the lights on the trees - looks Christmassy.
The shopping areas in your photo are prettier at night with the lights on the trees - looks Christmassy.
