As I hinted at last night, I had quite a mileage run this past weekend. While it started off on a good foot with a $600 bump (and then some), yesterday wasn't quite as pleasant. Let's start from the beginning. I got off a PS redeye at around 7AM after a decent night of sleep.…
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Yeah, I am with Oliver. If that is common, I can't wait to make 1K in August. 🙂
Lucky, does your experience in 22B take some of the shine off of you recent good experiences with AA? No economy plus....
That's why it impressed me, Oliver. I wasn't expecting anything and I sure as heck wouldn't have complained.
Justin, it's tough to say. This is the first time I've had to fly regular economy on United since I've been an elite with them, which I'd say is a pretty good record. I'm still considering flying with American, but there are a few things I have to take care of before making the switch.
A one time 5 hour stint in the back of a CRJ is still better than riding on them exclusively every trip for a couple of years. If I sort my spreadsheet by aircraft type I think (CRJ+ER4) is still more than the first mainline jet in the list by an order of magnitude.
I never book the exit on a CRJ since it's pretty much the same as any other seat - just get the first aisle towards the front so I get off sooner. ER4 on the other hand the exit is pretty good.
Loved the "these seats are tight"comment. My wife and I came home early about two years ago, giving up F seats on a later flight for the last row of coach. I thought they were tighter than the other rows, but during the flight determined all the rows of coach are spaced that way! You brought back memories, although bad ones! See you in July.
Regarding exit row, last time I was on a LH CRJ200, I was assigned exit row. No real upside -- on the contrary: the FA forced me to remove my backpack from the seat in front of me and squeeze it into the overhead bin (which I could only do by removing a whole bunch of items).
Just like the short stories in Hemispheres! Row 22, Seats A & B!
As an aside, does the LH Senator Lounge in IAD accept Priority Pass? Did you connect into JFK from an international flight? How did you get past the matron?
@ warreng24 -- I hadn't thought of 22 A&B. That is pretty cool, and it's actually funny because I was talking to the guy next to me in 22A for quite a bit!
I don't believe the lounge accepts Priority Pass. As a Star Gold (even with UA/US) you get access to the Lufthansa Senator lounge. I wrote a review here, and also posted a link to the rules:
https://onemileatatime.com/new-lufthansa-lounge-at-iad/