Who is on the First Polaris International Flight SFO-HKG on March 25?
Mar 23, 2017, 12:55 pm
#31
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Inaugural Polaris international flight: SFO-HKG Sat March 25th 2017
Some chat about it has been buried in various comments of old threads but I don't see a thread for the first official commercial international flight of the new Polaris hard product (777-300ER) this coming Saturday 25th : SFO-HKG at 1pm
I'll be on it and will post about the experience.
I'm hoping for goodies. Who else is on the flight ?
Does SFO have an international "Polaris" lounge that is different/better than the United Club (I was at the united club in t3 near gate 70 last weekend and it looked nicer but the food and drinks were bad and it was also crowded) - will they send us to the GF lounge?
Are we getting special goodies for this flight ?
I'll be on it and will post about the experience.
I'm hoping for goodies. Who else is on the flight ?
Does SFO have an international "Polaris" lounge that is different/better than the United Club (I was at the united club in t3 near gate 70 last weekend and it looked nicer but the food and drinks were bad and it was also crowded) - will they send us to the GF lounge?
Are we getting special goodies for this flight ?
Mar 23, 2017, 1:25 pm
#32
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I looked up the flight status for the first flight on Saturday and though the seatmap shows the correct aircraft, under aircraft information it says it is being operated by an ATR-72...... That's a lot of refueling stops.
Mar 23, 2017, 4:13 pm
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No experiences yet.
Due to the construction for the SFO Polaris lounge, space is tight and some overflow is being sent to GFL. That might be limited to higher UA elites or the crowding situation.
Mar 23, 2017, 6:59 pm
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Still 6 months away - This is a topic for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...2017-a-15.html
Mar 23, 2017, 9:19 pm
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Still 6 months away - This is a topic for http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...2017-a-15.html
i meant specifically the last SFO-HKG turns on the 747. That has been been in place since at least 1999 if not earlier as part of UA 1/2 RTW. A real legacy of awesome.
seats 15a/b upper deck barcaloungers FTW!
folks on the new aircraft in Polaris SFO-HKG - enjoy!!! Hopefully it lives up to the billing!
Mar 23, 2017, 9:50 pm
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thanks
i meant specifically the last SFO-HKG turns on the 747. That has been been in place since at least 1999 if not earlier as part of UA 1/2 RTW. A real legacy of awesome.
seats 15a/b upper deck barcaloungers FTW!
folks on the new aircraft in Polaris SFO-HKG - enjoy!!! Hopefully it lives up to the billing!
i meant specifically the last SFO-HKG turns on the 747. That has been been in place since at least 1999 if not earlier as part of UA 1/2 RTW. A real legacy of awesome.
seats 15a/b upper deck barcaloungers FTW!
folks on the new aircraft in Polaris SFO-HKG - enjoy!!! Hopefully it lives up to the billing!
Mar 24, 2017, 7:50 am
#38
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Tried to check-in for the inaugural but couldn't online. Called-in the GS line to see if there were any problems with my reservation; she said my reservation is OK, but the system to process check-in appears to be down.
Hope this is the only hiccup with tomorrow's flight
Hope this is the only hiccup with tomorrow's flight
Mar 24, 2017, 8:13 am
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Mar 24, 2017, 1:50 pm
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One particular FA said that she wasn't looking forward to how small the new 777 feels, and how packed economy was going to be in that configuration on such a long flight.
Mar 24, 2017, 2:31 pm
#43
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Tried to check-in for the inaugural but couldn't online. Called-in the GS line to see if there were any problems with my reservation; she said my reservation is OK, but the system to process check-in appears to be down.
Hope this is the only hiccup with tomorrow's flight
Hope this is the only hiccup with tomorrow's flight
I just checked in - somehow couldn't check in my next leg which I did directly with the carrier (CX)