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United Airlines First Class A320 New York to Houston

an aerial view of a city

A Weekend in New York City – Introduction


United Airlines 369
New York (LGA) – Houston (IAH)
Airbus A320
04 May 2015

Boarding began about five minutes after I cleared security and there was already a massive queue of gate lice waiting in all groups, perhaps I was among the last to board via Premier Access lane Group 1 and quickly took my seat in First Class, 3A.

Upon boarding I was welcomed by a very friendly purser who asked if he could ‘kiss my Gold ring’ and later I heard him saying “Can I kiss your Global Services ring?” to a bunch of people on the flight. Overall it was an amazing flight in terms of crew, both the purser and the flight attendant helping him were constantly chatting with us and making jokes. Be sure to read this post as it just might have been one of the funniest flights that I’ve ever been on, all of us were constantly laughing the entire journey to Houston.

We pushed back about five minutes before scheduled departure time and made it to the runway shortly thereafter. LaGuardia airport is somewhat compact, and while it’s a horrible airport since virtually most of the gates aren’t connected airside, we made it to the runway a minute before scheduled departure time.

LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport
Pre-departure drink
Pre-departure drink

Once airborne, we were presented with some stunning views of New York City and the surrounding areas.

New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City

I love seeing airports from the sky, and especially photos of them because I just think that the runways and the terminal building look so cool with a ton of airplanes attached to them.

LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport

Manhattan Island presented itself very beautifully as we were climbing out. There were just a few clouds in the sky, and as mentioned before, it was a perfect weekend in New York City.

New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
New York City
View
View

Once we reached ~38k, the purser began to prepare the lunch, the other flight attendant talked to us for a bit and as we continued to laugh, she made her way back to Economy.

United A320 First Class
United A320 First Class

The lunch service began first with a ramekin of warm nuts and a choice of a drink, mine consisted of tea with lemon and sugar.

Warm nuts & Tea
Warm nuts & Tea

For lunch there was a warm chicken sandwich which was tasty, some sort of strange salad (?), bread, and chips. The sandwich was delicious and perfectly edible, but I didn’t touch the strange item/salad (or whatever it was).

Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch

Most people finished their lunch relatively quickly meanwhile I took longer since I was constantly looking out the window as it was a beautiful, clear day and you could see most of the scenery on the ground.

Cookie
Cookie

I worked on my laptop for the rest of the flight and about three and a half hours after departing New York City, we began the initial descend into Houston.

Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston

Overall, it was a very pleasant flight in terms of both the food service and the crew. It was by far the funniest flight I’ve ever been on, everyone was constantly laughing as the purser kept making jokes. Be sure to read the linked post above if you’d like to know the whole story.

8 Comments

  1. The salad looks like either couscous or pearl barley with raisins.

  2. I’ve commented before about your first class fares. Can you please explain where you learned of these and what may be available currently? I cannot find anything from the west coast to the east coast in A or F for less than about $1,100 r/t. There are plenty of good P fares…

  3. Tomorrow will be the last time in my life I ever fly UA….had 2 FC tickets SFO-IAD with seat assignments since November…….today as I tried to check in my aisle seat had been taken away (Sky Marshall)………and my wife who has medical issues that need not be shared will now have the anxiety of having to sit near Sgt Snuffy because of piss poor planning on the Sky Marshall’s and United’s part to not block the seat they wanted in the first place or have the decency to keep a family of 2 (on the same reservation) together………that’s fine as a retired Army Officer I am not amused at the lack of leadership on both their parts and will have no difficulty buying a Gulf carrier seat in the future………..US flag carriers…..it is a del inflicted wound that open skies mean you lose……….

  4. Any help on those first class fares? You know my email address… 🙂

    1. It depends on the origin, Seattle has great fares to several non-major cities.. like non-hubs and non-big cities. Most of the cheap fares I booked in January/February since that’s when they are sold for the lowest price. Use ITA Matrix and type several airports for your destination and once you keep looking you will eventually find something. Although right now they will be more expensive due to the fact that it is the summer. Usually January-April are the best times to find cheap A fares.

  5. Thank you. I have never understood why fall and winter fares are higher during summer, but thanks for the reminder!

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