Off to Hawaii

Mrs. SFO and I are off today to Honolulu to attend a family function. As long as we have to go, we decided to stay an extra day and explore Oahu. We used to visit Hawaii a lot and indeed lived on the Big Island for year, but hadn't really spent much time recently in Honolulu. We're staying at Halekulani for the first time and naturally dining at Alan Wong's later this week.

No mileage run today as Mrs. SFO made it known that she wanted the nonstop. Although I did convince her that AA's HNL-DFW angled lie flat seat 767 redeye would be more comfortable even with a connection back home. We left home at a civilized 10AM and arrived at West Valet Parking lot a half hour later. PreCheck was backed this morning so we jumped the queue with CLEAR, arriving at the gate 5 minutes before boarding. And as usual with United, we became gate lice waiting to board.

Denver-Honolulu
UA 328
777-200
11:30A-2:40P
July 28, 2015
Wifi and Personal Entertainment streaming
Lunch

First time on a UA Hawaii configuration 777 with 2-3-2 seat in the "First Class" cabin. Lots of leg room and good recline but I wouldn't want to do a redeye on this bird.

What do you do when you want to hide controls that are no longer used? Tape it over of course, until inquisitive types start picking away at it.

But there is power today.

So far so good. Mrs. SFO is impressed with seating on this domestic flight.

Although the seats are short, even with the dopey extender, and it takes a while to find a reasonably comfortable sweet spot.

UA continues to impress. Exceptional and personable service by a wonderful DEN-based crew led by Purser Donna.

Open bar PDB and three rounds of drinks before lunch.

Three choices and a nice variety of mains fully and patiently described by Purser Donna.
- Salmon with peppercorn, carrots, quinoa with lemon sauce
- Chicken breast with BBQ sauce veggies and basmati rice
- Indian paneer with tofu, rice and veggies