BRUTALLY HONEST | San Francisco to Tokyo in ECONOMY aboard UNITED's Boeing 787-9!

WOW ! ! ! At 07:37 you see a perfect slot transfer timing! The incoming plane needs to be safe on the ground before the outgoing plane reaches "V1", the point you can not abort a takeoff. I haven´t seen it so well-timed before. Nice work by the tower crew.

SFO is my home airport and as a result, fly United quite often for business and personal travel. As always your trip report is 100% spot on. The direct and honest feedback of the good and bad is the gold standard of airline reviews. The neck pillow availability is as inconsistent as you pointed out. 50% of the time I get one and 50% of the time it is upon request. Never thought to ask why this is and glad you did. I have eaten the chicken and noodles dish at least a dozen times last year and concur it is as awful as you state. It is not hyperbole when you state it is overcooked and bland. Fully concur with your statement about breakfast as well. It truly is mediocre at best. When asked what I ate on the flight, my standard reply for United catering is, "a plastic tray of brown." The ice cold croissant is the parting middle finger letting passengers know the airlines does not really care. United's long haul food service appears to be standardized across all stations as I've always received the same starch/chicken lunch/dinner and a starch or scramble breakfast. One last item to add insult to injury. The awful and cheap plastic trays slide across the table like ice on ice. On one of my flights, the plane pitched up slightly during meal service and dozen of trays went sliding onto people's laps.

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Great brutally honest review! I flew that exact route in June and returned 2 days before you flew.

Great video. I’m new to your channel. Really appreciate the open & honest review. Lots of valuable information.

This video is proof Simply Aviation is one of the best review utoob channels. Great work as usual David.

Great review! This will be useful as I am taking this same SFO-NRT flight on United next month, so I'll be looking forward to see if I have the same experience or not

Great trip report David and thanks for posting. I agree the catering left a lot to be desired!

Hello David. Very good trip report. I agree with you - on a flight of 10+ hours, the food selection and quality should be at the top of the chart. Kudos to being able to sit in an Economy seat for that length of time. For me - with Japan on my bucket list of places to visit - it would have to be Premium Economy or higher as I prefer the larger space. Was surprised that you were able to obtain the flight for such a low cost which is rare these days. Keep up the good work!

I usually fly United in premium class and their food leaves a lot to be desired. It needs a total overhaul

Omg new vid. I'm so happy you make our days better!

You might not see this but a airline I have NEVER heard of is going on a flight from London Stansted to Boston with a stop over in kefavik and is leaving on the 22nd of April

I've always wondered exactly why Tokyo has two international airports in Narita and Haneda, and exactly what purposed they served. It look all the way up until two weeks ago when I learned Haneda is located within Tokyo itself and Narita was built 2 hours away as a way to relieve the amount of flights Haneda used to experience.

This is why I fly with ANA or Japan Airlines when traveling to Tokyo

I really think you are right. Amazing foods are waiting after arrival!

I remember seeing this in your instagram story. I also flew this flight but from NRT-SFO, couldn’t film much but the flight and the food was amazing

Great review and detail thanks you

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Taker off was butter smooth! I live in the MDW/ORD hub. I got UA, AA, and SW. I WISH Delta hubbed here. Seems like a cut above right now.

Another great video 👍 Thanks for sharing