We arrived at check-in at 7.15am no wait at UC, the securicor screener was pleasant and professional. At the desk another smile our hand baggage was weighed as we had no checked bags. All 3 pieces were tagged and the agent knew the limits as my suit bag came in at 15kgs she said dont put anything else in it.
Straight to the lounge as junior had a hair cut booked at 8am and for the first time ever I was booked for a shave at the same time. Lounge was quite at 7.30am, we were offered menus and drinks within 30 seconds of sitting down. I enjoyed a cup of coffee and a couple of glasses of OJ as I filled in the visa waver forms.
Junior and I headed to the V-touch, all bookings present and correct. I must say I have been a total idiot for not using V-touch before, the best shave I have ever had, 45minutes latter with skin glowing, I passed mrs jag heading for her hair cut. The stylist recognised her from LHR as she had recently transferred to LGW. I ordered the full Monty breakfast. It did taste every bit as good as it looked, washed down with a very hot and spicy bloody mary as requested.
Several champagnes latter the flight was called about 45 minutes late we made our way to the satellite. Boarding was almost complete so straight on to 6a, 6k and 7a, I asked the crew to stow our bags as there are no overheads for the first 2 rows. I think I had my glass refilled 3 times at least before take off. The FA who was in charge of UC sat with every pax and introduced herself and welcomed us on board. She knew mrs jag and I were Au card holders and addressed us by name the entire flight. Out of the 14 UC seats 8 were taken by crew (full 747 flight and cabin crew were on board who were crewing a return service the next day).I must add that us 6 non crew pax had all the service and were spoiled rotten. We were off about an hour late but our arrival was going to be on time.
Service was fantastic just how it should be, after a couple of G&Ts we ordered off of the reduced freedom menu, no light bites now, I had the soup asparagus and the fillet both were excellent and to finish summer fruit tart then cheese and port.
Junior and mrs jag dinned together and with me opposite it was the best way we have found for the 3 off us to sit together, In Upper I will now always go for 6A&K on 747 services
After the meal we all put the beds down and slept a little of the alcohol off. I woke for the afternoon tea, sarnies ginger scone with clotted cream jam and a pot of tea oh and there was a glass of champagne left in the bottle so the FA insisted I finish it off.
We got a good view of Cape Canaveral as we crossed the Florida coast.
On our approach the captain announced we were going to do a fly round as a thunder storm had just parked itself over MCO. We landed about on time at a very wet Orlando Airport. We were off after PE behind us and PE upstairs then into a packed immigration hall. I have never seen immigration officers anywhere else in the states take so long to stamp passports. When we eventually got to the front of the line the official was pleasant and chatty and seemed to process the 3 of us in record time. We passed through the weird security arrangement when moving from terminal B to A, our driver from the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes was waiting.
One of the best VS flights we have taken top marks all round.
