UA 919

[PHF2ATL]

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to write about one of the best flights I've ever taken.....It's been a while so I might leave out a few details...

UA919 April 27, 2003
LHR-IAD Boeing 777(N778UA)
Depart-1:00pm(On time) gate 16 terminal 3
Arrive-3:30pm(35 minutes early)gate C1
Seat 39B

After 10 days of fun with my soccer team in England, it was time to leave :( . We left the hotel around 9am to Heathrow. Me, being the only one on the team the least bit interested in aviation, watched planes on finals into LHR including some BA 757's and 747's while everyone else slept. At check-in, we were the only people there and everything went smooth. We all spent about an hour in Teminal 3 before passing through security. I went to Starbucks and then went to the arcade with everyone else to use up our British pounds before leaving. It was a lot of fun but it was time to leave. Security took about 20 minutes and we went through without any problems. My mom and I went to exchange our money (I got $26 back :D ) At the gate, we went to a holding area and waited for about 20 minutes until they began boarding. After first class and special needs and children board, it's our turn since we're all the way in the back. I got an aisle seat(and was glad) so I could stretch my legs. We pushed back right on time, and I was already plugged into channel 9 :D we taxied out behind a LH Airbus and an AA 777 to BOS. Take-off was powerful and quiet. It was a little bumpy over Ireland but that would be the last of the bumps until we were on the ground again. Lunch began to be served about an hour into the flight. The food was awesome for airline food, we had the choice of pasta and something else(sorry it was a while ago) along with a salad and garlic bread. For desert we had Cadbury's chocolate fudge chunk ice cream mmm mmm mmm :D that was the highlight of my trip! After lunch I watched Jay Leno and did some homework. The FA's (who were extremely friendly, great job UA) passed out some cracker's and drinks. Those were the best crackers I've ever had and I went back to the galley when I was done and got some more and had a chat with two of the FA's (very nice). After that we were only about 2 hours from arrival. I was in heaven....38000 feet above the earth. After a little nap in the rather comfy seats we were over the NYC area and I plugged back into channel 9 and listened until we were at our gate. The descent was great! It felt like a roller coaster when you have butterflies in your stomach. It was great, the whole team had their hands up in the air like they were on a roller coaster. After a perfect landing, we taxied to gate C1. I said bye to all my FA friends and thanked the pilot for an awesome flight.

Great service, great aircraft, great people. Long live UA!

[FlyCharlestonSC]

good review! :D

Also, I don't think I ever welcomed you to the forum...so:
Welcome :P
:lol:

[Fly_Southwest]

Great First Report! I know you have some more- you should post them!

Patrick
:wiggle:

[PHF2ATL]

Since this flight review forum has been so quiet today (March 6) I decided to write a review on my flight from IAD-LHR which was pretty much the exact opposite of flight 919. So here goes...

My soccer team all met at around 10 at the local rec-center and boarded 2 busses that were IAD-bound.For some of the kids it was their first time flying and I had to re-assure them that its fun (since I've probably flown the most out of the kids on our team :wink: ) When we got to IAD after a 3 hour bus ride, we were the only people in line at the check-in counter. One of the parents and his son got to fly a Virgin Atlantic 747 while the rest of the team was stuck on a UA 767 :( . I don't dislike the 767 but I'd rather fly the 744 any day. We all passed through security and made our way to gate C23.

United Airlines flight 920
IAD-LHR April 16, 2003
Depart- 6:30pm (ontime) gate C23
Arrive- 7:00am (6:32am actual) Terminal 3 gate 23 (weird huh?)
Boeing 767-300 (N650UA)
Seat 33D :(

We boarded the very warm 767 and I squeezed into 33D in the middle of the 2x3x2 seating. I was stuck between my mom and one of my teamates who had never flown before :roll: . To make it worse, channel 9 wasn't on for this flight :( . I wish I was on the 747 that was taxiing out right behind us. Take-off was smooth and thats when everyone started asking me questions. "How high are we?" "why are we flying over Canada?" "whats that noise?" I simply put on my headphones and watched drumline until they all fell asleep. This had to have been one of the bumpiest flights I'd ever been on, especially over Boston. The seat belt sign was on for about 6 hours out of the 7 hour flight. I didn't get much sleep so I watched Drumline twice and Analyze That. Not to many movie choices. For dinner I had some sort of chicken and mashed potatoes :roll: . For a little while I started to drift off listining to my cd player. As we were entering over the Irish coast, everyone began to wake up and I was flooded with questions. Most of them were occupied watching the sunrise and the fields below. I was probably the only one on our team who knew that we were descending into LHR at that time. The airspace around London that Thursday morning wasn't to crowded. I switched seats with one of my friends for a while that's the only reason I knew there was no other traffic flying around that was visible. On our final approach, we hit a very large bump and some people let out a shout. No biggie though. We landed a good 30 minutes later right behind the VS 747 from IAD. It beat us even though we got a head start. We taxied into gate 23 among some UA 777's that had come in earlier from America. That was one flight I was ready to get off of. The return (which is above) was much better. The flight attendents of this flight also seemed like they didn't want to be on that plane :( .

[FlyCharlestonSC]

another gr8 report! :D

[G-MIDY]

Nice report :nod: i was on the same flight last August but on a 772.

[u2o]

Nice report :clap:

i always love it when there's another aircraft/airline departing at more or less same time to the same destination and when arriving at the destination i look at the arrival screen to see who won :D