A Last Star Alliance Fling? I was welcomed aboard and headed past business class and to my home near the back of the plane. Carefully stowing the luggage I noted at the gate it looked pretty full and that United were going to get a full load today to Washington Dulles. The beauty of course with a Priority Boarding option is simple: you get first pick of the luggage bins β and on a North American carrier that is key if you want 1 somewhere to stow it and 2 not wanting to check it at the gate later when the bins are solid.
Retrieving what I needed for the flight camera, iPhone, other random bits , I settled down, and I got a seatmate. I suppose the video does the job, but surely someone could had come up with a slightly better video?
Ho hum. A short taxi to 9R past the terminal 5 complex and the engines spooled up, ready to take the into the sky. Take off was swift with the plane turning after take off tracking north, then across the Irish sea, then the Atlantic. Leaving the Heathrow complex. Thorpe Park. Clearing the coast. It was a nice and gentle climb into the sky, with the usual breaking the cloud layer, and then setting a course across the pond.
Soon enough as we cleared the coast, and begun tracking towards Ireland, food was served. And⦠oh dear. So lets examine the savoury breakfast Yoghart, Orange Juice and breads.
Sealed Cutlery with Chinese Diet Coke in the background. Ok, I know its near impossibility for decent food for Economy classβ¦ but seriouslyβ¦ burnt food in this state? Sorryβ¦ not impressed here at all. I know catering budgets are squeezed, but a little more effort could have resulted in a better meal. Not impressed. Once that disaster of a meal was cleared down, I did what I normally do for these runs after breakfast and being up half of the night β I crashed out for a bit.
