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Evil, thanks for the great photo report which brought back some very pleasant memories. Thai sell upgrades at the gate and when I was working I used to buy those to bump to First on BKK-FRA and LHR. It was a nice treat.

 

I'd get to the airport 2 hours ahead, buy the u/g and then ask for a massage in the spa TG operate at BKK. They have a beautiful spa and the full body massage is truly first class. But no happy endings on offer. :bhappy

 

I'd also get a double order of caviar to start with the chilled vodka and then move on to Dom Perignon.

 

It's a great way to travel but those pleasant adventures are in the past for me. But a few weeks in LOS can make up for lower class flights.

 

Thanks for the report.

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When I realized this, I asked a United employee who was standing nearby if she knew the departure gate for the Newark flight. She barked at me, "I don't know, I'm meeting arriving passengers," and demonstratively stepped away. It was easy to find the departure gate by looking at a monitor, so real harm done, but the United staffer had a piss-poor attitude.

 

 

For my return flight in a week, I'm booked on Asiana in one of their first-class suites where you can close a door for full privacy. JFK to Inchon (first), then Inchon to BKK (biz). And in December, I fly between Narita and Denver on the Boeing Dreamliner. The upgrade situation isn't clear yet.

 

Evil

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Years ago, when I was based in the USA , we did a lot of Business trips to China, usually through Hong Kong.

We had to travel as a group, and since all the other guys were from the USA we had to fly United for their 'miles'. I told them they had rocks in their heads as the United cabin staff were all dragons who begrudged serving any man, especially with a few drinks. I kept wailing we could have used Cathay Pacific. Oh well, we always slipped notes to the hotel transport in HK on the way back and got a free upgrade to 1st where they were better!

 

Emirates have a suite 'door' in 1st for privacy.......you need to try 1st on a 380!

Hope the 787 flight doesn't have to turn back!

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Dreamy but entertaining and in truth the aspirations of many. BTW you've been reading too much porn :shame:

I think it is an embellished Benny Hill sketch.

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I told them they had rocks in their heads as the United cabin staff were all dragons who begrudged serving any man, especially with a few drinks.

Actually, I don't mind the dragon-like stewardesses; I regard them as "waitresses in the air" and I've never had problems with them bringing me my meals or drinks. More I don't need from them. I also stick with United because of the FF miles. United has one of, if not the best, frequent flyer programs. I haven't flown cattle class on a trans-Pacific or Atlantic flight in over five years (on Continental before the merger) because of the upgrades.

 

And on the ground, United has been extremely helpful when there have been flight cancellations (not often, but it happens because of weather or congestion at NYC airports). Along with 15,000 other travelers, I was trapped at Narita by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The onward United flight to BKK was canceled, but a hard-pressed United agent got me onto a Air Nippon flight leaving that same night from Haneda. I was delayed in getting to Bangkok by only eight hours, remarkable under the circumstances. I heard about passengers on other airlines (some of them major airlines) who had been stuck three days :yikes: at Narita before getting out.

Emirates have a suite 'door' in 1st for privacy.......you need to try 1st on a 380!

The Thai flight to Frankfurt was on an Airbus 380-800.

Hope the 787 flight doesn't have to turn back!

I need more adventure in my life.

 

Evil

:devil

 

Some pics of the biz meals on United. Pretty decent!

 

Smoked salmon appetizer:

 

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Salad:

 

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Beef tenderloin with spaetzle:

 

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Cheese, fruit and port:

 

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Caramel sundae:

 

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Pre-landing:

 

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Actually, I don't mind the dragon-like stewardesses; I regard them as "waitresses in the air" and I've never had problems with them bringing me my meals or drinks.

Of course they are waitresses in the air..... and they brought my food and a few drinks as required.

But Singapore Girls they ain't, nor ever were.

I like a bit of attractiveness and Thai, Cathay, SQ and a few others, well of course they turn heads as they walk through a concourse rather than stomachs!

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But Singapore Girls they ain't, nor ever were.

I like a bit of attractiveness and Thai, Cathay, SQ and a few others, well of course they turn heads as they walk through a concourse rather than stomachs!

 

 

Shows there's a little bit of Benny Hill (God Bless him) in all of us.........

 

My own survey favours EVA.

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Shows there's a little bit of Benny Hill (God Bless him) in all of us.........

 

My own survey favours EVA.

I have actually never flown EVA, but I did the one via Amsterdam,China some-thing-or-other (Gazelle Travel, Newcastle) and was having lustful ideas at 30,000 ft, and making night-out plans for my BKK arrival. I definitely associate that Oriental look with hanky-panky. Shit, my mind wanders on Air-Asia while fighting Chinese for overhead stowage!

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