A couple of months back, I climbed to 42,000 feet across the Pacific Ocean on board United Airlines‘ Boeing 777-300 service from Melbourne to San Francisco (Flight UA61). It had been about a year since I last few across the Pacific with United (then from Sydney to Houston on the Dreamliner), so how did this experience compare? Read on to find out.
Departing from Melbourne International Airport
Skybus remains the best way to get to Melbourne International Airport, if you don’t have someone to drop you off or people to share a ride with. The cost for Taxis and Ubers between the CBD and the airport are high.
A lot of updates have happened in recent years in Melbourne’s terminals, however. As a whole, the airport is looking great, and the United Airlines check-in area was easy to navigate. Having Premier Access thanks to Virgin Australia Velocity Gold status may avoid some lines at bag check in, but there weren’t long queues for anyone on the day I flew out, in spite…