Svetlana flies new United Boeing 757-200 BusinessFirst Premium Service LAX – JFK

Last weekend, Samba for Miles ended her trip to Rio de Janeiro and began her trip to the Cayman Islands. Except she came back from Rio de Janeiro in December 2012 and doesn’t plan to visit the Cayman Islands until February 2014. And, actually, last weekend, she was in NYC. But that’s the beauty of using United Airlines miles and taking advantage of their stopover and open-jaw flexible rules. The business class trip to New York was added onto an itinerary to South America and the trip back from New York was added on as a free one-way for a trip to the Cayman Islands in February 2014.

Even though she didn’t get to go to Rio or the Cayman Islands, the most exciting part of the trip was getting to fly United’s newly reconfigured premium service BusinessFirst cabin. This is an exclusive product offered only on the transcontinental route between New York and either Los Angeles or San Francisco.

When Svetlana booked the flight, United’s p.s. premium service planes had three cabins: Economy, Business and First. However, in the past few months, United started revamping the planes to match the international two-cabin configuration. United flies 15 aircrafts on these routes and, as of June 18, 4 out of 15 had completed the two cabin renovation:

Svetlana got very lucky and got one of the newly renovated planes! She was able to enjoy full 180-degree flat-bed seats in BusinessFirst replacing the previously angled lie-flat seats in the Business and First class cabins. Everyone knows lie-flat seats are great for sleeping, which is perfect on a red-eye flight to New York!

Here are some more highlights of what she got to experience on her trip… and luckily took some pictures for us!

Onboard amenities

• 180-degree flat-bed seats
• Up to 6 feet 4 inches of sleeping space, 21 inches wide

• Complimentary amenities including eye shade, ear plugs and dental care kit
• Complimentary duvet and pillow for use during your flight

Meals and beverages

• Pre-departure beverage service

• Hot towel service
• Printed menus
• Multi-course meals that include appetizer, salad, choice of entrée, and ice cream sundae

• A variety of premium cocktails, beer, wines and non-alcoholic beverages
• Pre-arrival refreshment on select flights

Entertainment

• Personal on-demand entertainment offering hundreds of movies, television shows, music and games on a 15.4-inch in-seat monitor
• iPod Connect to watch your own movies or listen to your own music on the LCD screen
• Gogo Wi-Fi Internet access available
• In-seat power (accepts 110V and plugs from select countries) and USB port
• Complimentary noise-reducing headsets

Airport arrival and departure

• Premier Access^SM priority check-in, security lanes (where available), boarding and baggage handling
• United Club access in New York (JFK), Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO)

Svetlana had an awesome flying experience! Let’s toast to that!

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