Posts Tagged with "sfo"

the-man

So I'm checking into the my flight at the United Premier section of SFO, and things are going just fine. I notice a man with a dog to the right of me. I take notice because it doesn't look like a seeing eye dog, and it doesn't have any sort of "clothing" on to identify itself as a special dog. It looks like this guy just brought his pet in here. Whatever - this is San Francisco. I turn back toward the counter and stop caring. Then I hear the ...

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SAM_0016

United Family Day is an annual occurence at the SFO Maintenance Base where United celebrates its employees and provides fun activities for families and employees including plane tours, car show, giveaways, and more.  

 

 

And yes, that was both retrojets next to each other.

The engine from an Airbus aircraft.

They also offer a plane pull, and while I was going to miss the ...

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SAM_0012

For United Family Day, I met up with some friends and we originally were going to stay at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco as there was no room available at the Regency SFO.  However, room opened up, and the convenience of the Regency SFO beat out the fancier Grand Hyatt.

The Room

The room was a standard hotel room with nothing special, but nothing really bad.

Standard comfortable Hyatt beds, and a modern decor.  I was upgraded to a higher level (only ...

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2010-10-10 12.55.40IntroductionHyatt Regency SFOUnited Family Day 2011One World Mega DO Launch PartyAndaz West Hollywood

So this coming weekend, I have my whirlwind tour, that the only time I have to relax will be on my flights.  As I mentioned previously, I will be attending the One World Mega DO launch party hosted at the Andaz West Hollywood.  However, this weekend is also United's Family Day at the SFO maintenance facility. 

Because of Family Day, I had to change my ...

The grand finale of our two week trip to Europe included a trip on Lufthansa's A380 from FRA back to SFO. My fiancé and I were super excited for this last part, as neither of us had ever flown on a A380, and we were keen to experience a flight on the biggest commercial plane ever! I planned to use a United systemwide "paper" upgrade converted for use on Lufthansa, but I screwed up, booking a fare code that was ineligible. However, we got extremely ...

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our-bird

What could I possibly be talking about?

Maybe the back row isn't so bad if it's on the top floor of an A380 in Lufthansa Business Class on a 10+ hour flight from FRA-SFO. It's even better when traveling on a non-upgradable Economy Class fare, and all of a sudden, the gate agent angel forgets to look at your fare class, takes your soon-expiring UA paper SWUs, processes the upgrades for you and your fiancé, and puts you in Business Class five ...

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