What's up everyone. Hope you are having a wonderful day. It's Kaz. Today I will fly Untied economy plus and first class from Austin to Omaha via Houston.
I intentionally took two hours layover at IAH. So I will enjoy priority pass restaurant and lounge. Let's get going.
The flight between AUS and IAH was operated by A320. I usually travel with my son and wife so haven't sat on emergency exit rows quite a while.
But today I'm traveling alone so I chose 21F.
Wow, impressive leg room on emergency exit rows. No wonder people want to select these seats.
There was no armrest which means my seat is wider!
The arrival gate at IAH was C42. Do you know what's close by? Priority pass restaurant Landry's Seafood.
This time I ordered fish tacos and beer. Decent food.
Next I headed to KLM lounge located in terminal D. This lounge is also accessible with priority pass.
The lounge is not so large but has enough seating areas.
One disadvantage of this lounge is that there is no view. Other than that, food, snacks, and drinks are average US domestic lounge quality. Nothing to complain.
Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for waiting. Let's check out US domestic first class. The aircraft was 737-800 and you can see the interior hasn't been refurbished.
The first class on this aircraft consists of 2-2 configuration and 16 seats in total.
Pre departure beverage was offered in a plastic cup.
IFE was usable but the screen was small in today's standard.
The one thing you definately notice when you sit in domestic first class is how wide the seat is. Your shoulder and elbows won't touch neighbors.
Interestingly, the seat pitch on first class is somewhat less spacious than the one I just flew in economy plus emergency row. The seat pich in domestic first is 37" and the width is 20.5"
A flight longer than three hours provides meal service in United domestic first class.
Unfortunately, IAH-OMA was only two and a half hours.
Well, is it worth upgrading to domestic first class? If I were to pay to upgrade, this would have cost $150.
I got only snack and drink service. The seat was tiring.
My opinion is no it's not worth the money.
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