Had some complimentary unagi nigiri and Veuve Cliquot at the SFO lounge near Gate 96. Then a few plastic pre-flight cups of the 1998 Henriot champagne, which as usual, got me yelled at for having to pee at somewhere between 0 and 10,000 feet. When lunch came, the whites were a Chablis Premier Cru and some kind of Carneros chard that tasted like viognier. The reds were a Chateauneuf du Pape and a merlot of little consequence. All of these bottles were squeezed between the thighs of 60-year old flight attendants during the uncorking process. (I was in seat 2K, next to the wine bar.)
At this time, I will divulge that my First Class flights from ORD-SFO and SFO-HKG cost a grand total of 72,500 miles and $5.00 for taxes. To put this into perspective, a successful application for a United Mileage Plus credit card gets you 30,000 bonus miles. Today I bought $101 of multi-vitamins I normally buy from GNC. I shopped at drugstore.com instead. They were cheaper, free shipping, and no sales tax. I also got 2,200 UA miles. (1000 for sign-up bonus + 10 miles per dollar promotion for purchases over $100 + 2 miles per dollar spent as a qualified purchase on my UA visa.)
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