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My goodness you are right! You guys should have stayed in the space room and finished downloading your shows! The wait to get on your plane sounded painful! Glad you made it aboard! We haven't flown a flight that empty in years either! You guys must"ve felt like Royalty!
We did! If only all flights could be that empty...
Your french toast looked really good. Sorry the taste didn't live up to the looks. I'm not sure why they were calling Mark's breakfast a New England breakfast. I think of mushrooms, tomatoes, and baked beans as part of an English breakfast, but not something that would typically be found on a breakfast platter in New England.
Looks like it's going to be a great flight with so few people. Will be interested to see the food offerings, since we don't get much on domestic flights, or even international ones with US carriers.
That's why we never fly with American carriers, unless we absolutely have to - obviously on internal US flights, we don't have much option, but the service is so much better on international operators.
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You're on your way with plenty of space all around! It's been a long time since I have flown without every seat taken and every overhead bin filled to capacity. I hope the US has plans to follow that boarding procedure; how nice to just walk on and grab your seat.
We didn't have that on the way home sadly, so I guess we'll see what happens the next time we fly out to the States in August...
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Disappointing breakfast!
Nice that you were able to walk right on to the plane. Well, right after your full security check. I love when a plane is that empty but it is so rare to see now. Airlines will claim mechanical issues to ground a flight that isn't full in order to combine with another flight. We had an near empty flight like that coming back from China in 2007. Each of us had a whole row to ourselves!
Your french toast looked really good. Sorry the taste didn't live up to the looks. I'm not sure why they were calling Mark's breakfast a New England breakfast. I think of mushrooms, tomatoes, and baked beans as part of an English breakfast, but not something that would typically be found on a breakfast platter in New England.
I'd describe it as an English breakfast too, but I guess it's just Frankie and Benny's trying to be American.
Wow, it's very rare these days to get an empty flight like that. They usually just cancel the flight and consolidate. I'm sure you're right, and they need the plane to fly people back home after the school break.
Wow, it's very rare these days to get an empty flight like that. They usually just cancel the flight and consolidate. I'm sure you're right, and they need the plane to fly people back home after the school break.
I'm sure that's why they made such dramatic changes to our outgoing flight to Boston, as I guess they just weren't filling the two or three flights a day they were offering when we booked, as now it's just down to the one flight - certainly the day we go anyway....
Interesting changes to the airport. Is Heathrow more upscale? Perhaps Gatwick is trying to be more like Heathrow? It doesn't make sense to change an airport like that unless they're trying to compete. Very strange.
Hindsight is always 20/20, right? Time spent in the groovy hotel room would have been better after all!
Very cool that the plane appears to be half full for your flight! Probably makes for a much more relaxing flight for customers and flight attendants!
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Interesting changes to the airport. Is Heathrow more upscale? Perhaps Gatwick is trying to be more like Heathrow? It doesn't make sense to change an airport like that unless they're trying to compete. Very strange.
Oh very much so. Right now, there's a huge debate about where to expand London's air travel - Heathrow, Gatwick or a totally new airport. I have no idea what will happen, but let's just say Gatwick is pushing its case at the airport itself very aggressively, with marketing everywhere there, so I would not be surprised to find the upgrades are part of that campaign.
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Hindsight is always 20/20, right? Time spent in the groovy hotel room would have been better after all!
Very cool that the plane appears to be half full for your flight! Probably makes for a much more relaxing flight for customers and flight attendants!
That's what they told us - if it's a lot emptier, it's much more pleasant for them, and I can believe that.
Wow! I was so happy on our flight to Tucson on New Years Day to have the third seat empty so Dave and I spread out a bit...y'all had LOTS of room to spread out!
What a neat way to do the boarding too. Sorry to hear you got the 'extra love' from security.
So unfortunate that your breakfast food and service was so under par. Also sad that the renovations didn't actual improve the airport. I've never been on a flight that wasn't full, so it would be so cool to fly with some breathing room.
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Wow! I was so happy on our flight to Tucson on New Years Day to have the third seat empty so Dave and I spread out a bit...y'all had LOTS of room to spread out!
We certainly did!
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What a neat way to do the boarding too. Sorry to hear you got the 'extra love' from security.
Nice way of putting it... I must remember that one.
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What a cool hotel room you had! Sorry breakfast was so disappointing. Can't believe all the extra room you have on the plane!! I wish I was that lucky!
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The wait to get on your plane sounded painful! Glad you made it aboard! We haven't flown a flight that empty in years either! You guys must"ve felt like Royalty! 
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