Well, I woke up one morning last week thinking it was about time I should head out on a vacation. I bought my mom and grandma and me tickets to Paris in March, but I couldn't wait that long to fly on an aircraft. So I looked around and found a decent night before fare to Istanbul from OKC and booked it.

UA735
OKC-DEN
A319
8F (Economy Plus)



Here are a few pics of the aircraft heading into OKC and to the gate:







The aircraft was N641UA and A319

The legroom in economyPLus was very ample as shown here:


Some in flight pics taking off from OKC: ]






The flight to DEN was smooth. We took off from the south of the airport as there was a north wind, and it was your typical OKC-DEN flight. Seems you know when you enter Colorado because all of the crops turn into circles and not squares.

Landing in DEN was quite smooth, which is abnormal it seems for this airport. Most of my flights here are incredibly turbulent on approach. Here are some taxi shots:






I had found out at OKC that they could not book me into my assigned seats for the LH and TK flights. I was bummed because I thought I had booked it, and I thought I had a window seat. I went to the LH desk at DEN, but they could only get me an aisle. CRAP i thought!

But as it turns out, I heard a guy screaming at a CSR for LH about how they gave him a window when he wanted and aisle so I said I would trade him. The CSR really appreciated it I think.

Here's the main terminal at DEN

And some random shots around DEN:


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Here's me waiting at "Mesa Verde" Restaurant for a delayed flight from FRA. Apparently there was a snow storm at FRA which delayed the flight. I look like a douchebag


And finally, the aircraft I had been waiting to fly on, that beast, the A340-600 arrived at DEN from FRA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS0NjvJtDm0

It was so majestic, big, and LLOOOOONG!

Here are some pics of it being readied for the long flight to FRA:







Here is the BA flight headed to LHR




Flight LH446
9:30Hrs



I had 57K which was a window, and the legroom was not as good as United Economy Plus, but the aircraft simply sparkled. The rego was D-AIHX which I believe is fairly new.




The cabin crew were well dressed and very proper. They were a joy to work with!

The cabin:

The below deck lavs:




The food was on par with any economy international service, with one minor exception, LH does give you the hot towel service, which I really do like!



The next few images are of the sunrise with that beautiful A346 wing, enjoy:


The Tail



The Winglet


The 1 Engine


:Landfall over the land of Harry Potter


Here is breakfast. Nothing fancy, but it was good all the same:


The cabin as we start our descent into FRA


Believe it or not, that is an LH MD-11 along side us as we descend into FRA

Our shadow:

On final descent into FRA after holding some time. I guess their snow storm has things slowed up a bit:


Landing at FRA airport: Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxEfUeL2w0

Some spotting around FRA




My A346 in the mirror















My thoughts on FRA. It's great if you don't have a long layover, but in my case I did. Due to the weather the inbound TK flight was delayed an hour, and it's hard to find a place to sit, especially when many flights are delayed. They didn't assign a gate to TK1590 for a long time, so you just walk around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I ended up boarding TK1590 about an hour late and arrive in IST around 11:55PM. Ataturk is a nice airport from what I could see. Customs and Visa immigration were very easy, and in reality, it's a nicer airport than Frankfurt. I hope you enjoyed my trip so far. Sorry for not having pics of the Turkish flight, my battery died on my camera. Too bad because the male flight attendant was VERY VERY hot!!!! We'll see how the return goes. Happy landings!

UAL