Hello, everyone. I am in what I call the priority pass heaven airport Houston airport (IAH).
Last time I was here, I used three different priority lounges & restaurants so check it out.
Today, I will be flying United Premium Plus, which is their premium economy product to Frankfurt (FRA).
I will share what it’s like to fly a class between business and economy class on United Airlines.
IAH has two restaurants and two lounges that you can use with priority pass.
Moving between the terminals at IAH is painless so you can dine in one restaurant and then head to a lounge to grab a beer just like me.
It’s always interesting to see airplanes parked at the international terminals. I spotted Lufthansa, and British Airways. Does anybody know who the small airline is? kinda looks like Singapore.
The KLM lounge at terminal D (international) is pretty nice in that they provide salad and soup. This is still considered a better US airport lounge.
Let’s go to FRA with UA 777-200! This 777-200 was recently reconfigured with new Polaris business class seats.
Unfortunately, my seat today is not here but behind it. UA Premium Plus are arranged in 2-4-2 configuration and three rows. The cabin is separated from the economy by the lavatories so it feels more private and quieter.
A small pillow and thin blanket were on the seat, which is the same as the economy.
You can adjust the recline of the seat and angle of the ottoman.
I sat in 20L which is the very front of the Premium Plus cabin so the legroom was pretty nice.
The tray table has a built-in tablet holding function and the surface is coated with some rubber materials so that the tablet won’t slide.
But the supporting wall is not sturdy, which is useless unless you have VERY light smartphone.
By pushing the little button, the monitor pops up.
The leg support control has two aspects. 1) adjusting the angle of the support and 2) you can unfold the bottom surface of the leg support so that your foot can rest.
The seat recline is not too bad. Nice legroom too. Two windows for my self!
The distance of this flight UA 46 from IAH to FRA is 8,420 km and the flight time was about 9 hours.
Recently I traveled a lot and I watched most of the movies. Instead, I played around with the map. Please let me know your favorite way to spend time during the flight in the comment section below.
The description of UA Premium Plus was provided on IFE. variety of amenities.
The food was provided twice (after takeoff and before landing). For the dinner, I went with chicken with some quinoa salad. This mango sorbet was refreshing.
I wanna share my thoughts on UA Premium Plus so far.
UA advertise Premium Plus passengers get noise-cancelling headset, Saks Fifth Avenue Bedding, and enhanced amenity kit. But I received none of those.
As it turns out that, this Premium Plus is new thing and mainly focused on flights departing/arriving SFO. The crew said that it will expand to all flights eventually. I wish UA explicitly let the customers know that in advance.
As to the food, I was actually surprised with the quality. It’s decent for US airlines. I ate it all!
Prior to the landing, the crew provided me with yogurt and croissant, which are nothing special.
Here’s the question for you guys. Why did I come to FRA? You can find the answer to that question next week.
See you in the next flight!