E+ on 747
May 10, 2008 | 3:15 am
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E+ on 747
Does anyone know if UA now has individual screens for the inflight entertainment in E+ on their 747? The last time I was on a 747 is quite a while ago (2004 I think) and back then they didn't have it.
May 10, 2008 | 3:26 am
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Nope, they don't, sorry. Even the newly reconfigured aircraft won't have them, although they won't have the crappy projectors anymore either but a newer screen instead.
May 10, 2008 | 6:57 am
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E+ on a 744 is dreadful. Avoid it at all cost. In addition to no individual IFE, there are no particularly good E+ seats to be had and the 3-4-3 configuration results in even more undesirable seats than the 2-5-2 of the 777.
May 10, 2008 | 7:20 am
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May 10, 2008 | 7:21 am
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Another question: Does anybody have any recommendations on what to do in SFO on a 7 hour lay-over? Is it worth traveling to San Francisco? Or anything to do close to the airport?
May 10, 2008 | 7:25 am
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Why not go to a Giants game. You could be like the lucky Mets fan who caught Barry Bonds' 756!!!!!
May 10, 2008 | 7:44 am
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Remember that $400 you saved and try buy up to C ^
May 10, 2008 | 10:49 am
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With that sort of SFO layover, I generally take BART to town, ride a cable car (tourism value; photo ops) to Fisherman's Wharf and have a good meal at Scoma's or No. 9 Fisherman's Wharf. Then reverse the trip, perhaps with a brief shopping/dessert/whatever stop at Ghirardelli Square.
If it's morning, instead of Fisherman's Wharf get off the cable car in front of Buena Vista Cafe and stoke up on Irish coffee and breakfast (outstanding) before the next flight... then back on the cable car, up the hill, transfer to BART, and life back in the hands of UA.
Tom
If it's morning, instead of Fisherman's Wharf get off the cable car in front of Buena Vista Cafe and stoke up on Irish coffee and breakfast (outstanding) before the next flight... then back on the cable car, up the hill, transfer to BART, and life back in the hands of UA.
Tom
May 10, 2008 | 10:56 am
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I've provided a link to the appropriate thread in the San Francisco Forum; please follow the discussion there.
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FlyinHawaiian, Co-Moderator
United Mileage Plus Forum
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United Mileage Plus Forum
