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
Category: Canada
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!
Almost a full moon
Through the airplane window on the way to Tokyo on AC1
Economy meal on AC1 YYZ-NRT
Another flight #1! Seat 18Just is one of the best economy seats on this 777 (confirmed on FlyerTalk) as it is only 2 seats instead of 3 with lots of bulkhead leg room, and still had power (both normal outlet and USB); only downside is that the personal screen is a little far away, though not enough to bother me.
YYZ Maple Leaf lounge
Nice bright lounge in YYZ; lunch (and alcohol) are served starting at 11:00 (actually the alcohol is self service)
Let the insanity begin: 2 day mileage run YYZ-NRT-SIN-NRT-YYZ
Won’t even be leaving the airport, as I have a 6 hour room booked inside SIN airport (S$47/US$38 for budget single, i.e. shared bathroom)
19,448 miles round trip.
Interestingly, YYZ now has a Nexus security lane even at the international (non-US) departures, at least in T1 from where AC flies.
The Maple Leaf lounge puts out lunch (and alcohol) at 11am, so I’ll have 15-30 minutes to enjoy that before heading to the gate.
Sanitary door opener
Seen in a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Ontario, Canada
No panhandling on Toronto subway car
Heard on TTC subway pa system today: “sir, you can stop bothering my passengers for money or you can get off at the next station”
Sweet!