I'm back at the SFO airport and am eating at the Burger King - Ask me anything

UA2MM wrote:

If you are flying to Asia 24+ times a year you should have the status to get into business. I fly to Manila or HK from SFO 6 or 7 times a year and it's enough to maintain United 1K. I make it a point to never fly economy on a transpac.

I thought airlines didn't do automatic upgrades on international flights anymore. I'm pretty sure American doesn't. What do you fly to Asia that much for. You need your own AMA.

What was the cheapest value meal on the menu at BK at SFO?

I don't think I've ever paid over $10.00 for one. Probably overseas I have.

Did they have a vegan option?

Burger King was dominant at the Belmont States today. Baffert didn't want to jinx matters so he insisted that the Burger King guy was alongside him in the stands, just like for American Pharoah three years ago.

The Whopper is an undefeated sandwich. It's so difficult living in Miami, home of Burger King and barely a couple blocks without running into another one.

I have to stack up on coupons and leave them in the inside driver's door.

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wejo wrote:

UA2MM wrote:

If you are flying to Asia 24+ times a year you should have the status to get into business. I fly to Manila or HK from SFO 6 or 7 times a year and it's enough to maintain United 1K. I make it a point to never fly economy on a transpac.

I thought airlines didn't do automatic upgrades on international flights anymore. I'm pretty sure American doesn't. What do you fly to Asia that much for. You need your own AMA.

You are correct, the days of automatic international upgrades are gone. But United issues a certain number of global upgrades (GPUs) per year to 1K customers and you can earn more by flying more. I don't fly AA but I thought there were systemwides (SWU) upgrades for Exec Platinums that could be used on any flight (assuming availability). I will also occasionally use points to upgrade.

So you ate overpriced garbage food in some sort of weird protest rather than similarly priced healthier food? That just sounds stupid.

Next time get a big burrito at the Urban Tortilla. While you're in line you can laugh about the Urban Sombrero of Seinfeld fame.

Dude, you cannot say that you were not informed about the outstanding food you can get at SFO for the same price. You are missing out. Those burger places, super duper burger, burger joint, are fantastic. Also, the mexican places there have better burritos than you can get in most of the rest of the country.

Always aisle seat because there's more leg room and you can easily get up and roam the aisles to avoid the dreaded thrombosis that nailed that Austrian steepler a few years back.

UA2MM wrote:

Frequent Flyer wrote:

As someone who flies frequently, primarily between Asia and the USA twice a month minimum, I'm often on a plane from anywhere between 6-14 hours per leg. I prefer the window seat as I sleep on the plane as much as possible. Hate it when I need to go to the loo and the plane is in sleep mode as it is hard to get out of the seat and back in. Exit row seats are great but not always able to snag them. I miss the days of being in Business Class!

If you are flying to Asia 24+ times a year you should have the status to get into business. I fly to Manila or HK from SFO 6 or 7 times a year and it's enough to maintain United 1K. I make it a point to never fly economy on a transpac.

Things have changed a lot since the 90's. Back then the packages were better. I also fly primarily on Asian carriers, EVA, China Airlines, Asiana, Korean, JAL, Singapore, etc. as they have better services than the American carriers. It also depends on whose dime the flight is on.

What are you doing at the SF airport when the action was in Eugene?

I think burgerking is pathetic, they make a great thing "The Mushroom King" and then boom they just get rid of it without notice, no warning sign, no talk about it on google, it just vanishes.. I happen to know many people that liked this mushroom king, including one of the supervisors from my local branch.. Who knows what retarded reason they got rid of it for, some moron maybe ordered it and didn't realize the mushroom king had actual mushrooms on it and threatened a lawsuit or something? Burgerking has been compromised by liberals, still better than mcdonalds though.

rojo wrote:

PS. Are you all aisle or window people? If no one is on the plane, I prefer a window as you can look out and also sleep if it's a redeye (like this one is), but I hate waking people up to go to the bathroom on an overnight flight. So I'm in the aisle and happy as they switched me to an exit row.

Do you believe in God, Rojo??

rojo wrote:

Flight it taking off

I don't believe you're flying anywhere. Own up, you WORK at Burger King.

Wendy's has the best burger.

I love the window seat - I am a child at heart and love looking out the window. On the way back from Europe once we flew by Greenland and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world!

You want to have some fun, get one of those giant Burger King heads printed up, then make a mask out of it. With the camera rolling, nudge the wife awake in the morning while wearing said ornament.

Oh the hilarity that ensues.

I had to wait in the Airport for 5 hours and I took a meal that consisted of a burger from Burger King and 2 cups of beer. The best meal ever. Like many people when we travel to other countries, we don't know all the time how to go to the hotel and before arriving in this country, we pay for a transfer company to the hotel, but many of them don't offer the best services. I remember that the best service which offered me was https://89transfers.com. It was perfect from all points of view, a very attentive driver and a good representation of the Airport and at the last the best prices. I left a good tip for their services. One of the best services ever.

vivalarepublica wrote:

So you ate overpriced garbage food in some sort of weird protest rather than similarly priced healthier food? That just sounds stupid.

But if he didn't eat at Burger King, he would have missed out on smugly eating fast food in an airport, where no one gives a literal sh!t what you do, as long as you don't get in their way.

I love to imagine someone being so petty that they sacrificed their own well-being for a performative act no one noticed. It's big rojo energy

I must confess that I think Burger King Is much better than McDonalds. Much better taste I say....

But of course it`s good that people have different taste .......the same with what people think about high mileage and low mileage training. My recipe for high quality low mileage training has the same quality as Burger King compared to McDonalds .

Went back to Guam for my 50th HS reunion and was *really* pleased that my family gave me the $$ for First Class (or whatever they call it now). The trip out was NYC ==> SFO, SFO ==> HNL, HNL ==> GUM. Even with pressure socks, frequent walkabouts, and lying down flat, I still got some swelling in one foot--passed quickly, though.

[Trip back not a problem: straight north to Tokyo, then Tokyo to NYC. Endless vistas of snow and ice.]

If I go back for my 75th (or whatever) reunion I'm gonna spend about three days in SF before I take the leg to Hawaii, and about another three days in Hawaii before the third flight. Twenty-four-plus hours in one shot is tough.

Which leads to my question: Do you folks have any tips (that have worked for you) to prevent swelling in the legs/feet on really long flights? Especially if you don't have a seat that allows you to lie down?