United Airlines 327
Houston (IAH) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Airbus A320
02 January 2015
I had a few minutes after clearing customs and decided to spend a few minutes in Terminal E’s United Club, which wasn’t the smartest idea. Why? Because I had thirty minutes and it took half of that time for the lounge dragon to verify that I was indeed eligible to use the United Club. I find it so funny that American carriers defend their lounge access so much even though their lounges for the most part are horrible… and she denied me entry three times before a supervisor came and finally let me in. Basically the lady was saying that I can’t come in because I’m connecting from an international Economy flight to a domestic First flight… right, that’s correct. Except that I have a Star Alliance Gold card which is how I gained access and she seemed to not know that.
The flight to Los Angeles was operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft with just 12 seats in First Class along with a generous amount of legroom.
A320 Legroom
Gate
Legroom
First Class Cabin
Wing
As soon as someone took a seat in First Class, the lead flight attendant offered them a pre-departure beverage.
Pre-departure water
We departed ahead of schedule.
Runway
First Class Cabin
As soon as we reached our cruising altitude of 11k metres, all of the crew began meal preparations which included passing out warm nuts to everyone in First Class along with a drink of our choice. I had some Tea with Lemon and Sugar.
Warm Nuts and Tea
For the lunch there were two options: Pasta or Chicken. Since I just ate some chicken on one of my last United flights, I decided to give the pasta a try and it wasn’t great.
Lunch
There was also a salad with sesame dressing and a piece of bread.
Lunch
Lunch
As we began approaching Los Angeles, we were presented with a beautiful sunrise.
View
View
View
View
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
We were on the ground in no time and had to wait about ten minutes for our gate to be free and we were fortunate enough to stop and wait by the international terminal which had some beautiful birds!
Just my opinion…domestic first class flights do not require a trip report. We know they all suck!!
Not all, in this case I enjoyed the flight, the only thing I didn’t was the food.
I can’t agree with Vivek in this matter because so many times I have traveled with domestic flights and really I enjoyed my trip fully.
I completely agree! Most of my domestic First flights are superb!