That’s so funny! Looks like the blue label sandwich has new packaging - to paper? I’m so pissed at United. Their LAX/SFO - JFK PS was a fine product back in the -757 days. Just flew the triple 7 on the route and they served that garbage. After making my way down to Miami I decided I’m flying home American. Flagship First on their 7.

That United thing is disgusting. From DEN-SNA a couple of weeks ago.

As the calendar turned to October, so did Mrs. SFO777's desire to get out of the apartment and find a house. So, we stepped up our efforts and explored more of Denver's beautiful burbs.













And finally made an offer and were under contract. Unfortunately, the home had too many inspection issues for the price and we pulled the plug a week later.

Dinner at La Merise, our first time at this supposed Cherry Creek institution. Meh, this was a one and done.









The next morning, back to DIA for a week long trip to Montreal and (very) upstate New York, taking the land and sea route via Burlington, VT to which United flies nonstop on the right day of the week.







And the Lake Champlain Ferry to Plattsburgh, NY.



Three days later, back across the border into Vermont and an early morning flight to JFK.









On time arrival at JFK and 20 minutes later, I was in Terminal 4 and American's excellent Flagship First Dining, where I spend the next 3 hours waitiing for my 12:30pm flight to LAX.





First up is breakfast starting with a glass of Laurent-Perrier Grand Siecle.



Steak and eggs.



And amazing French Toast.



After some work, time for lunch.



OMG, the corn bread.



Salmon tataki.



And the delicious herb crusted halibut.



AA First Class to LAX.



Transcon First and AA is still using plastic cups.



Fortunately, a carry a DIY glass tumbler kit for domestic travel.



I wasn't hungry at all, but out of morbid curiosity, took this for the photo op. Huh?



I have no idea.



This looks really appetizing.



Once unwrapped, the artichoke ravioli was pretty tasty.



For more pics and an HD version of this report, please visit SFO777.com...

• Off to Denver
• And back later that day
• Off to Denver Again
• JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek
• Denver Apartment Hunting
• Back to LAX
• On the road again... to Las Vegas
• 500 miles of Arizona, Utah and Colorado
• And finally Denver...
• Waiting for the movers to arrive
• Settling into Denver
• Our day at Vail
• Dining around Denver and more
• August in Denver
• A busy September

Additional installments available on SFO777.com. Will post to FT as soon as possible.

• And October

Still to come...
• Exploring and house hunting in metro Denver burbs

That Blue label garbage - which has been on United since January (@ least) or this on AA? Both trans-con flights.


Real glass - United now says they are bringing theirs back.

Did they really give you a sack of Arugula? The last time I saw greens stuffed in a bag like that was in college

That's the craziest thing I've even seen. I would have asked the flight attendant if I was to smoke it when I got home.

Might make you care less about the food/lack of service

Indeed, the baggie was on the tray when the FA served my meal... some 20 minutes after his first attempt which was barely 3 minutes into cocktail service. Seriously? I asked him to go away and not bring lunch back for at least 15 minutes. I'm sure I cut into his reading or video watching in the galley.

LOL. Hadn't thought of that one.

Hmmmmm. Lecker as we say in Germany.

LOL, probably not.

Colorado is beautiful I almost went to college there.

I remember reading about your move to California 5 years ago, so it was nice to read this return to Colorado; I really enjoyed the blog format of this report and following along on your house-hunting journey, including the road trip images and those of your apartment.

I wonder how long UA plan to keep their 757 fleet, now that AA have retired theirs? They certainly look rather retro on the inside, but great that you have the chance to fly them regularly still; we no longer have that joy in Europe. The less said about UA and particularly DL’s inflight catering the better - and that AA Flagship First service is dreadful!

I wasn’t aware that you could use domestic lounges as arrivals lounges in the US; the Amex Centurion lounge in Concourse C at DEN looks pretty smart - the catering notably so for a domestic lounge. It was nice to see AA Flagship First Dining make an appearance towards the end of the report!

The JW Marriott seems a little bland, and there’s no excuse for the cleanliness failures. Removing useful items from the room and reducing housekeeping is not really on for a 5-star property. The properties you stayed in along the road from California to Colorado all looked reasonable for what they were.

Thanks as always for sharing, and looking forward to the remainder of this read - and hopefully seeing your new house!

Thanks so much Genius1 for reading this report and for all your comments. While I enjoy apartment living and all the nearby restos, Mrs. SFO777 is getting really tired of apartment living. But the end is in sight as we bought a home in the sleepy foothills southwest of Denver. We're doing some renovating so we probably won't move in until February.

Indeed US domestic lounge access is on departure and same day arrival, so pretty generous as long as you have the right status or credit card to get in.

American Flagship First is indeed pathetic even now that they've brought back real glassware. But in true AA style, they've been slow to reopen the FL and First Dining at LAX and DFW and there are recent reports of MIA running out of and not restocking the nice wines. Hopefully, they get their act together by March when I'm flying AA and BA First to/from a weekend in Copenhagen. It's basically a cheap TP/BA segment run as July BAEC members are getting the shaft again this year.

Glad to hear you found a place! I know Mrs. SFO777 can't wait to move in.