Hong Kong: Thanksgiving 2019: Days 1 and 2: Flying

Hong Kong: Thanksgiving 2019

Fall 2019: Days 1 and 2: Flying

Air China 747-8i at SFO, with a Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 in the background.

Feet wet over Daly City, with Lake Merced at left and San Francisco in the background.

The Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, and the skyscrapers of the Financial District in the distance.

Zensai, nimono, and kobachi starters.

Koji-flavored baked salmon.

Can't forget the ice cream sundae!

Chicken katsu was surprisingly good considering it was airplane food.

Showers at the United Club inside NRT are basic but functional.

Food is the usual noodles and machine rolled sushi, but edible all the same.

The lobby of the United Club.

Did a less-than-optimal routing through Tokyo because of better upgrade availability. Doesn't hurt when you can fly business class for the price of economy. ^_^ The Japanese meal option offered is a nice change from United's usual mystery meat, and both the Polaris lounge at SFO as well as the United Club at NRT are among the best lounges in the system.

Even lucked out and had an empty row on the ANA flight from Narita to Hong Kong. Ended up exhausted enough to lay down across all three economy seats and sleep almost the entire flight.