Category Archives: Airline

Red wine to ease the international flight – United Airlines

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Red wine - United Airlines
Marrenon, Mediterranee, Classique 2011. $7
San Francisco (SFO) to Paris (CDG), United Airlines

Uh, I hate long international flights! I used to get excited about flying, but now it’s such an inconvenience to get to where you want to go. Or maybe it’s because I’m always flying economy, lol! Someone needs to give me their unused upgrades! 🙂 It helps to drink some wine to wind down and relax before settling in for the upcoming movie marathon. And please do yourself a favor and don’t eat the lame Summer Harvest mini pretzels.

Bay Area

Bye-bye Bay Area!

Red Carpet Club, we meet again!

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Rose Kennedy cocktails - Red Carpet Club
Rose Kennedy cocktails (vodka, cranberry, splash of soda). Complimentary
Red Carpet Club, San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

Yay, flying off for another weekend trip to Palm Springs! It’s great to be able to easily leave The City for warmer weather. It definitely recharges me and calms me down.

Rose Kennedy cocktails - Red Carpet Club

July 29, 2013. In the International Terminal lounge before our flight to Paris.

Preparing for the long flight back to SFO – Red Carpet Club

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Pre-flight snacks - Red Carpet Club
Rose Kennedy cocktails and snack mix. Complimentary
Red Carpet Club, Honolulu International Airport (HNL)

Wow, that’s definitely just a splash of cranberry juice in those cocktails! It’s barely pink, lol! Time to get my drink on before flying back to San Francisco.

Hawaiian sky
Bye-bye Hawaii! Unitl next time. 🙂

Breakfast of champions – Red Carpet Club

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Banana and coffee - Red Carpet Club
Banana and coffee. Complimentary
Red Carpet Club, San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

I hate morning flights, but I do love getting free snacks and drinks at the Red Carpet Club. And few cocktails are always a great idea before boarding a long flight, lol!

Bloody mary - Red Carpet Club

Bloody mary. Complimentary

Terminal 2 Air Train station

Terminal 2 Air Train station.

Refreshment – Virgin America

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Diet Coke - Virgin America
Diet Coke. Complimentary
San Francisco (SFO) to Seattle (SEA), Virgin America

I love flying Virgin America! Their planes are so nice and clean and their staff is vibrant and friendly. And I get to fly out of T2 at SFO which makes a huge difference. You don’t get much in terms of refreshments on short flights, but I don’t mind.

Terminal 2 ceiling artwork installations
Terminal 2 ceiling artwork installations, SFO.

Pre-flight snacks – Red Carpet Club

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Pre-flight snacks - Red Carpet Club
Cape cod vodka cocktails, Chex mix, Tillamook cheeses, Pepperidge Farm crackers. Complimentary
Red Carpet Club, San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

I’m so glad when I fly on United with David cause then we can relax at the Red Carpet Club before boarding and enjoy free cocktails and snacks. Yay!

Flying brain sticker
Flying brain sticker on an elevator door at the airport.

Snacks – Alaska Airlines

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Snacks - Alaska Airlines
Crunchy snack mix with mini pretzel twists, roasted red pepper sticks, and cheddar corn nuggets. Diet Coke. Complimentary
San Francisco (SFO) to Palm Springs (PSP), Alaska Airlines

Crunchy snack mix - Alaska Airlines
Sometimes I wish I grew up during the time when air travel was an occasion and the meals were fancy. Or at least I had permanent first class status, lol!

Snacks - Alaska Airlines
Snack mix with pretzel sticks, soy nuts, and chili cheese rice triangles. Sahara Burst orange juice.
SFO-PSP, June 20, 2013

Snacks - Alaska Airlines
Crunchy snack mix with mini pretzel twists, cheddar sesame sticks, and ranch corn nuggets. Sahara Burst orange juice.
PSP-SFO, June 24, 2013

Snacks - Alaska Airlines
Cinnamon bagel chips and pretzels.
SFO-PDX, June 14, 2014

Snacks - Alaska Airlines
Cinnamon bagel chips and pretzels.
SFO-PDX, June 14, 2014

Orange juice - Alaska Airlines
Orange juice.
SFO-PDX, June 14, 2014

Afternoon tea – Virgin Atlantic

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Afternoon tea - Virgin Atlantic
Mixed cheese and red onion finger sandwiches on white bread, scone served with Frank Cooper’s “Oxford” strawberry jam and Rodda’s classic cornish clotted cream, and coffee. Complimentary
London (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO), Virgin Atlantic

I’m not a big tea fan so I opted for coffee. I have to say that I really liked the finger sandwiches. They were really flavorful and the white bread with mixed cheese spread had a delightful texture and would playfully stick to the roof of my mouth. The scone with jam and clotted cream were also tasty and different. Yay!