Round The World and other travels
A frequent flyer's collection of trip diaries
This is: Round The World 2015
Over the top in Cathay First
It
was Thursday 26 November 2016 - Turkey Day, and time for our very
own long-haul, first-class Thanksgiving! We skipped on breakfast at the hotel and instead
quickly packed and took a busy hotel shuttle bus to the airport.
This managed to take a ludicrous 45 minutes to reach the British Airways-owned
Terminal 7, now devoid of its former joint-occupant, United. After a
particularly easy check-in and passage through Security, we
passed the remaining time and had a light first breakfast of the day in the BA
Galleries First lounge. Despite being a lot quieter than on
previous occasions, especially once the day flight to London had
gone, the lounge somehow didn't strike me as feeling as special
as I thought it should have - although the first of the photos
(below) looks reasonable enough and there was smoked salmon on
offer.
Either way, it was certainly a whole lot better than sitting out in
the main concourse.
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| ABOVE: British Airways Galleries First lounge at New York JFK | |||
General boarding was already well underway when we made our way to the gate to join the flight that would carry us across the top of the world, keeping us entertained and in the lap of luxury for the rest of this special day.
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LEFT:
Pre-departure welcome drink of Krug champagne, served with
an amuse bouche, on flight CX841. (Click picture for full flight log) |
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| RIGHT: Our transpolar route. Map generated using Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L Swartz |