9 hours ago, Asean Tiger said:

It's not necessarily the same plane and depending on the local airport rules you have to get off and get xray screened again.

These cabins are trashed after a 12 plus hour flight and need to be cleaned by the aircraft cleaners

 

 

So what is so great about a "direct flight" in any way better than any other connecting flight with differnt flight numbers?

 

 

Get off,  have a snack and get on again. 

May not need doing X-ray security 

On 10/27/2025 at 9:24 PM, Snowbird 7 said:

Yes!  I agree, Especially AA inflight crews!  Asia Pacific flights were only for the "OLDER" Ready and Senior flight crew's.... United the same!  When the food trays went out I was always watchfull to help hold  the tipping side of the food tray in case.......

 

Aditutes as well................

 

I was on one of these flights when they made an announcement congratulating one of the flight attendants for 50 years service. She did not look too bad for pushing trolleys into her 70s. And they were probably mostly hotties when they got hired  in the 1970s.

1 hour ago, Asean Tiger said:

I was on one of these flights when they made an announcement congratulating one of the flight attendants for 50 years service. She did not look too bad for pushing trolleys into her 70s. And they were probably mostly hotties when they got hired  in the 1970s.

 

Don't bet on it....

2 hours ago, sscc said:

Agree. 

Even just Economy Vs Economy,  experience on the A380 jet is better than all other model.

 

Right. Done Economy and Biz with LH + TG. Incomparable on all counts.

 

I'd really like to try the Emirates one though with the shower and all the other bells'n'whistles. Got it on my bucket list 555

18 hours ago, Asean Tiger said:

It's not necessarily the same plane . . . . .

 

It is.

On 10/27/2025 at 6:49 PM, blazes said:

I know nothing about United Airlines, except that they sponsor Wrexham, the Welsh team who will in a few short years be dominating the English Premier League....

Well, if Bournemouth or Brentford can stick it to the Liverpools of this world, why not?

Yeah I don’t know anything about “soccer” but still have the business class amenity bag from a couple years ago.

 

One wondered Why? a US airline that does not fly to Wales was sponsoring an underdog Champion league team? Turns out they had a reality tv show and did a US summer tour, Another marketing scam, just like this “direct flight” nonsense 

 

 

On 10/28/2025 at 8:21 AM, still kicking said:

Has anybody used BKK to Tokyo with JAL?

Yes!  A couple of times.

On 10/29/2025 at 12:21 AM, still kicking said:

Has anybody used BKK to Tokyo with JAL?

Japanese run cold. The cabins are as kept extremely hot as American carriers are ice cold. Especially winter.

One time I asked  JAL flight attendant if they can cool it down she lied and said the cabin temp can't be adjusted. Nonsense.

 

On 10/29/2025 at 12:22 PM, Asean Tiger said:

She did not look too bad for pushing trolleys into her 70s. And they were probably mostly hotties when they got hired  in the 1970s.

I'd say so, looking at the wife's group graduation photo from PanAm stew school in 1970. And for years afterwards, they had required weight checks twice a year. Then, the union decided somehow that the company had no right to dictate standards. And thus we entered the era of fat stews, who besides being unattractive, would be of little help should evacuation be needed. The wife flew for 32 years -- and never required the union to keep in shape. 

 

Speaking of unions -- when United flew to BKK pre 2015, they had a group of locally hired Thai stews -- that flew intra Asia -- and were non union. These were inherited when they bought PanAm. And the wife was asked to help train these gals at the Miami stew school, when PanAm introduced the program. Afterwards, she was lambasted by the union as some kind of scab. 

 

Anyway, this reopening of UAL to BKK won't see a contingent of non union young Thai gals on the BKK-HKG-BKK flights. Shame.