Makes me wonder if we’ll ever be able to travel economy again. It’s kind of like air conditioning in a car or getting a dishwasher. Once you’ve experienced these things, you can never go back.
The flight was very smooth, just a little turbulence here and there. Watched 2 films on the way over, the latest Star Trek and Knowing (Nicolas Cage). Both pretty good. Looking forward to seeing the new Terminator film on the way back.
The one and only glitch on the whole flight, was with the food. They had no record of us ordering a vegetarian meal, so there were none on board. Apparently, it’s not something they get a lot of requests for. It was pretty annoying, as I had my flight confirmation right there (which I waved at them) which stated our food choice.
Luckily, we’d filled up in the airport lounge, stuffing our faces with the novelty of FREE FOOD! The flight crew were great though. They were very apologetic and did everything they could to make sure we were looked after. They even shared the crew food with us, so we did finally get something to eat. We just had to wait until till 2 hours after the passengers ate, when the crew got their dinner. So they gave us a baked potato with cheese, some salad and couscous, houmous and falafel. It was REALLY nice and more than made up for the cock-up. It was tasty proper food, not some poncey blue cheese and walnut tart bullshit that you usually get. People seem to think that vegetarians need to be impressed with fancy food, laced with fat. NOT TRUE. Give me something basic and tasty, that’s all I want.
The crew over-compensated for the rest of the flight, bringing us every type of food they could find. We were given fresh fruit, salad, chocolates, copious cups of tea and glasses of wine. Basically as much as we could eat and drink.
I tried to get a picture of Las Vegas as we flew over it, as it looked very cool. But you just can't hold the camera still enough for a long exposure on a moving plane, so this is all I got.
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