Cannelloni with salad and a smoked skin appetizer
Followed by an ice cream sundae
Followed by an ice cream sundae
Biz lunch on UA
Airline meals in UA domestic “first” class
Breakfast CLE – FLL, a sausage egg mcmuffin type of sandwich, which tasted good though I’m sure it’s not healthy
Lunch FLL – DEN, acceptable chicken
Dinner DEN – SEA, tasty chicken soup with a sparse but healthy shrimp salad
YYZ-SEA “round trip” this week
To maximize miles, plus have dinner with my friend Thomas on Maui before a redeye back.
That’s YYZ-CLE-FLL-DEN-SEA, then SEA-SFO-OGG-SFO-ORD-YYZ, currently with 5 of those 9 flights upgraded (some complimentary, some using one of my upgrades).
B777: UA vs AC smackdown, I mean, comparison
Last week I flew AC1 YYZ-NRT and UA803 NRT-SIN (and vice versa on UA804 and AC2)
Flights on each airline were on similar 777 aircraft.
All my notes below (except the obvious) are for Economy/Plus.
Air Canada
- 777-300ER, 2 class config: a double Excecutive First lie-flat, then Economy
- Economy is 3-3-3 seating
- 18AB and 18JK are great seats because there is no 3rd seat and the bulkhead gives lots of leg room
- Tight legroom in economy
- Power ports at 2 out of 3 seats, inc. a USB port
- Personal TV/IFE
- All alcohol free
- Food was better than expected
- Friendly flight attendants
United Airlines
- 777-200 premium, 3 class config: lie flat in Global First, lie flat in Business First, then Economy Plus and Economy
- Economy is 3-3-3 seating
- 20AB and 20JK are great seats because there is no 3rd seat and the bulkhead gives lots of leg room
- Good legroom in Economy Plus (but tight in regular Economy, also known as E-Minus
- Power ports, but no USB port
- Personal TV/IFE
- Beer/wine free, but not hard liquor/liqueur
- So-so food
- Pleasant flight attendants
Overall, the experience on Air Canada was better, though if I didn’t have the bulkhead row, I’d prefer Economy Plus on United for the extra legroom.
Trash compactor on an AC 777
Cool, that’s the first time I’ve seen one in a plane!
Respectable economy breakie on UA
HD ice cream in a vending machine
In Tokyo’s NRT airport.
Breakfast in SIN @ SATS contract lounge in T3
Very tasty breakfast buffet, both Western and Asian foods.
Like my duck congee, dumplings, nasi goreng with seafood, scrambled eggs with olives and tomatoes plus turkey bacon and tomato concasse. Mmm!
Booze was available this early (5:00am) but alas no Baileys for the cappuccino 
SIN KrysFlyer Gold lounge in T2 at 2:00am
Actually they took away the food at 2am, but not the drinks nor snacks. I just managed to grab a bite before they cleared it, as I had slept through dinner on the plane.
I was the only guest there (it’s open 24 hours) and the have fast Wi-Fi but there was a lot of construction (jackhammer) noise from the terminal
SIN airside transit hotel budget room
Budget room has nice shared showers and WC (private within the washrooms), for S$47/US$38 for 6 hours (min).
As it turns out, I didn’t really need it as I slept on the previous flight and am trying to keep my body on EST.
No Wi-Fi in the rooms (actually I did get a weak signal) but the power outlets we’re multi national.
