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if theres one thing retail taught me its how to be coy. my seat reserved was the turbulence+bathroom seat, and i did not want 14 hours of torture SO i decided to be COY with ANA express.
"i dont know my seat (BS) but may i get the non-bathroom seat? i dont know anything?!"
"oh ok, i can give you a seat on the business class, but no lounge."
"for free?"
ta da! this is an itinerary.
and this is a seat, with lumbar control?! i wasn't expecting business, just an economy far as possible from the dreaded back. it was nice not having to see and hear chinese/se asians yapping and pushing those "ding" buttons every second.
the page i chose (left left) because i really like whelk and duck breast, or maybe because i didnt feel like butter and bread? pic referenced for food picture below.
I LIE this pic is the exception to the reference thing. this is a snack?
"zensai," "kobachi," and "sunomono" on menu. colorful and tastes BLAND. still, DUCK BREAST AND WHELK. oh and the attendant made me watch blades of glory in the background i swear.
"sake-steamed cod with special sea urchin egg sauce" or "shusai." also miso soup, fruit, and rice. note you cannot survive this flight (or asia for that matter) if you are a vegetarian.
"ANA's original parfait" whoo? this made everything better.
america looks better on a good seat?
america! jet and wing is present as a visual cue [LERNED IN SYCH YES I PASSED RICHARD YUO ASHAT](sic).
lesson learned:
be naive and demand resources to party like a rockstar.
dont go for food just because of color (or duck/whelk).
never mind those travel etiquettes that tell you learning the language is in, use english (roll your r sounds and do whatever american with the f sounds).
dont resort to watching blades of glory (rather, videos on how to fill immigration forms and how OKONOMIYAKI is served).