New York: January 2019: Day 1: Part 1: Shiny new airplane smell

New York

Day 1: Part 1: Shiny new airplane

Boarding at Gate 77.

New Premium Plus (Premium Economy) cabin, 21 seats in 2-3-2.

Bulkhead seats are pretty spacious. Note regular Economy class blanket.

Mmm, shiny new airplane smell!

Little plaque, as opposed to the much bigger one for Polaris.

Sunrise over LAX Terminal 7 and a United 737-900ER.

Different view of the bulkhead.

Seat controls are manual, but that's okay. Just wish there was a lumbar adjustment.

Fancy tray table, half open.

Tablet/phone holder partially extended.

Tray table fully extended.

Cabin dimmed mid-flight.

And the in-flight map with the cabin dimmed.

Bulkhead seats get a flip-up monitor.

The infamous Stroopwafel.

Standard economy class breakfast. Egg and potato are gross.

44 seats up front in Polaris (business class).

High quality in-flight map. Sadly no tailcam.

Cruising at 39,000 feet.

There's a survey?!?!

Split-screen view, one of two kinds of split-screen.

Can't beat this view!

Snow on the ground!

New Goethals Bridge bridge, connecting New Jersey and Staten Island, New York.

United 787-10 #1001, N14001 at the gate. All of ~229 hours on it!

Lucked out with the blizzard on this quick trip to New York!

United's shiny new 787-10 Dreamliner with the new Premium Plus (premium economy) cabin is a pretty good seat, just don't think about the fact that it's much closer to what a regular economy seat was 30 years ago, only now it's an upcharge. Recline isn't bad and the leg rest, at least in bulkhead rows, adds a lot more to comfort than I expected. The in-flight entertainment has a nice screen, but currently the selection of stuff to watch seems pretty limited; hopefully that'll change in the future?

Note that rest of the amenities are regular economy as expected, which may change-- until 30 March PE is being sold as regular E+-- so this is not a full review of PE.