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Wow, now that's what I call traveling!!! Your meals looked amazing, almost better than some of the meals on the cruise. Oh, did I say that out loud??? LOL
Wow, now that's what I call traveling!!! Your meals looked amazing, almost better than some of the meals on the cruise. Oh, did I say that out loud??? LOL
There's one meal in particular that springs to mind and the meal on the plane was better than that one!
About four hours into the flight, after we’d had our lunch/dinner (it depends which time zone you’re working on at this stage – London or LA... ) I was the first in the cabin to ask for my seat to be converted into a bed. This has to be done by a member of staff and it’s a fascinating process to watch. I then settled down to some sleep, deep at first and then a bit more fitful later. However, in total, I slept for about six hours, which wasn’t bad going and was exactly what I needed to refresh me. Having said that, later it would perhaps prove to have been a bad move...
Again, I was the first one awake, and found one of the members of staff and asked for a top-up of the smelling salts, as I was having problems with my breathing while I was sleeping. Not great to have sinus issues on a flight!
I got my bed converted back to its seat and the staff began the long process of doing that with just about everyone. There were a fair few empty seats in Upper Class, but my goodness, it was huge! There had to be at least 30 people, if not more, in there, which is a lot of people to look after.
The view outside
Almost as soon as that was done, we were served with afternoon tea. Mark went with prawn mayonnaise and chicken sandwiches, while I had prawn mayonnaise and cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches.
Next up was a scone with jam and butter, then a selection of small cakes – chocolate éclairs, raspberry whoopee and mini-cupcake. It was all very civilised and I saw down with Mark to enjoy it.
By now, we literally had about an hour and a half left of the flight. The whole thing had gone by very quickly. Considering it was 12 hours, rather than my usual nine and a half hours to Orlando, but despite that, I found the whole flight much quicker. No doubt that had something to do with being in Upper Class, rather than Premium Economy. As Mark said, if only we could travel this way every time, but sadly, unless we win ourselves the lottery or the prices go down dramatically, I can’t see that happening.
Some of the in-flight information about our journey
Soon enough, we were coming into land and it was fascinating to see Los Angeles sprawling beneath us. It seemed to go on forever with the infamous freeways clearly in sight. Rather worryingly, it looked like they were moving. What’s going on?
There was another surprise. I don’t know why, but I never realised that LAX is right by the sea, so that was neat to see that, as we flew in. Well, at least through the all too familiar haze that hangs over the city.
Touchdown was pretty smooth, although it seemed to take an age to get to our gate. When we did, we had to be towed to the gate. It was very surreal to see such a small thing bringing such a huge plan in. It’s not something that’s happened to us before. :
We learnt coming out of LAX that this is actually a restaurant!
Sounds like a relatively uneventful flight, which is always a good thing. I'm so jealous of the food you guys always seem to get on transatlantic flights. I got some peanuts on my last flight . . .
Those seat/beds look SO comfy!!! Better even than the wide, reclining business class seats on some planes. And afternoon tea, complete with scones?! How civilized!
Funny thing about that restaurant at LAX - when we lived there, they had an ad for it that featured this woman who must have been about 80 years old, looking half-embalmed already, that was NOT flattering at all. We used to laugh every time we saw it, thinking, THIS is supposed to entice me to eat there?! So, I never have eaten there....
Now that is the way to travel. What a great flight!
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OMG, how comfortable your bed in upper class looks! Man, I wish we could fly like that! Sooooo much better than economy!!! Can't wait to read more about your amazing trip!
What a comfy way to travel! I love it! I love being able to see the flight data during the flight! I'd probably be watching that for most of the flight!
Yes, you certainly did see the urban sprawl in Los Angeles. You were kind to call it "haze" above LA...we all know it really was just pollution! Thankfully it has improved a bit over the last few decades, but sometimes it doesn't seem that way!
I ate at that LAX restaurant probably 25 years or so ago. It was a fancy restaurant back then (it's gone through quite a few changes over the years), and one of my best friends took me there to celebrate my birthday. It was really cool eating there at night and looking out at the airplanes coming and going.
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the meal on the plane was better than that one! 
) I was the first in the cabin to ask for my seat to be converted into a bed. This has to be done by a member of staff and it’s a fascinating process to watch. I then settled down to some sleep, deep at first and then a bit more fitful later. However, in total, I slept for about six hours, which wasn’t bad going and was exactly what I needed to refresh me. Having said that, later it would perhaps prove to have been a bad move... 
There had to be at least 30 people, if not more, in there, which is a lot of people to look after. 
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Man, I wish we could fly like that! Sooooo much better than economy!!! Can't wait to read more about your amazing trip!
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