This is a Trip Report from the Upper Class cabin
Ground Staff
Food & Drink
Entertainment
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Cabin Crew
straight into the CH, guested in my colleague, we were the first ones in, fast and friendly service, we were discussing upgrades, i suggested she ask CH reception and they did an EC->PE cash upgrade for $200
we had a meal, drank and chatted the time away until boarding
perhaps due to the bubbly, i'd forgotten all about the order i'd made online for duty free at IAD, luckily remembered when i saw someone else picking theirs up just before the jetway entrance, phew!
quick bubbly on boarding, changed into the sleep suit
unlike the flight out, UC was a bit less than half full, don't think any D/G seats were occupied, i assume similar in the rest of the plane but don't recall the number being announced
as usual, no 'hello AU'
i didn't get a picture of the menu card, the choices were much more appealing than on the flight out, but not enough to delay bedtime
filled in my card for brekkie, and asked if it'd be possible for my colleague to join me at the bar for a drink, but not allowed
i had a solitary bubbly or two, converted to bed and snoozed for about four hours, another hour of laying there wishing i was asleep, then changed and had brekkie
at take-off the flight time was announced as 6:10, which would have meant arriving well over an hour early, but we were stacked for quite a while, in the end arriving just 10 minutes early and clearly behind several other planes, i'd asked for a fast track card, but was told these are now only for non-UK pax, which seems odd, oh well
passport control was backed up, went for the egates queue, eventually got through, saw my bag as i approached the conveyor, out to the limo desk and a quick ride home on the quiet sunday morning roads into london
overall a good trip
glad to be home after a tough week!