Not only is there someone sitting next to me now but the empty centre 5-seats are all gone too.
This is almost 8hrs HNL-GUM with no upgrade possible.
At least my seatmate is not oversized
Tag: flights
UA BusinessFirst meal
On the IAH-HNL flight. It is indeed in between biz and first.
Plus a warm roll, though no whole wheat rolls. WTF! ? 
This was preceded with a ramekin of warm nuts and followed by a custom sundae. Mmm. I also waltzed behind the curtain and gave some drink coupons to a Cdn couple I had met on the previous flight.
On the downside, the power port is some goofy thing which is not a cigarette lighter plug and definitely not a normal outlet…
Plus snack before landing after almost 8hr flight:
Flight UA #1
It’s not everyday you get to fly on #1 In this case IAH to HNL, although flight #1 is changing to a different route next year
First class snack box
On my United Express commuter jet early this morning in “first” class . Now that’s living the high life
Seems all the Nexus people were pulled over for a random check today at YYZ
The (Cdn) guy who directed me to the extra screening had a sense of humor at least: I asked if the nexus line moved and he replied “yes, and they’ll serve you breakfast in there too”
It took 10 minutes, mostly waiting for my turn for a cursory bag search.
The lounge was open before 5:30 but I couldn’t stay long as it was a long walk to the very end of the commuter jet wing of the terminal.
And my 6am flight? It can’t take off until 6:30 due to noise restrictions.
And yes, I am upgraded on 3 of my 4 flights today.
Flight map for upcoming HKG/SIN/Cambodia trip
Flights for my upcoming trip to HKG/SIN/Cambodia in one week:
(REP is Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is; PEN is Phnom Penh, the capital)
The red lines YYZ-IAH-HNL-GUM-HKG-SIN are 5 flights / 12,718 miles each way on UA (I’m upgraded on 8 of those 10 flights and waitlisted for one more leg). Though I spend one night in HKG on the way, and 12 hours in HKG on the way back.
The 2 green lines are JetStar Asia flights (a LCC = low cost carrier).
PR: tiny flight to Vieques
Flew in an 8-9 passenger Cessna 208B on Vieques Air Link from smaller Isla Grande airport (SIG) in San Juan to the island of Vieques (VQS) off the east coast (20min).
No security, no metal detector, no ID check (they just asked my name and checked their list). Well a dog did sniff the carry on bags before boarding.
Flight hugged the coastline and never went over 1800 feet! I noticed it felt lower than a basic skydive do I peeked at the pilot’s instrument panel.
Main island in PR has a mountainous centre and some swampy areas inland from the scenic coast.
MIA flight delays
My connecting flight is delayed an hour so it worked out.
AA: biz class to SJU via MIA
The good:
Power ports (working), Wi-Fi (had a bunch of free gogo passes) and a good newish smart phone adds up to good times. Well, at look east good distraction, better than the overhead video.
Service is good/friendly too.
The bad:
I was able to check in online yesterday but couldn’t print out my boarding passes so I still had to make the 60min checking cutoff (carryon only).
Lounge dragon claimed my “day pass” for lounge was only good for one airport/entry. Website says you can use in multi cities same day.
Delay on departure reduces my connection from 50 to 5 min. Next flight is 4hr20min later. Maybe connection will be delayed too. Might make meeting my friend Andrea tough, as she happens to be flying through MIA then too
The ugly
Lunch on AA flight in biz (after ramekin of nuts):
Corn kernels 
AA upgrade process works…
UA, get your act together please!
My 2 legs to SJU (Puerto Rico) cleared together right on time at T-100 before the first flight.
Actually, compared to UA, the second flight cleared early since UA potentially clears at T-96 for each individual leg. When the process works, that is. Which it hasn’t well nor consistently since 3/3 merger with CO.
(Times are for EXP and 1K status, resp)