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lasvegan

Hi all!

Well I finally made it home!
Back in Southern California!!
FYI
Flew PAL PR102 and it was a good flight! I hope! Weather was great! The usual bumps and jumps crossing the Pacific! Full flight with everyone wearing masks and about 50% wearing face shields!
PAL is starting to require both so double check before you go to the airport! Airport is on skeletal crew and it shows! Airport crew were great! Long lines but not great Social distancing! Many services not open! Mostly kiosks! Some food available for take out only! On the plane there was only one seat to a row being used except for Business Class! They were full! So easy to stretch out and sleep some! Restrooms were sanitized several times during the flight! Bottled water as you wanted for no cost! No booze! On the other end the Airport was a nightmare! Over two hours to luggage and hit the exit! Four different areas you are routed through! ????? Not sure why! But every little thing was x-rayed at each area! Stood in lines for so long! Seemed like nothing moving! Scan machines for passport processing weren't functioning great! Many of us had to go through more screening just to find out it was a bad scan! They hand you a couple of pieces paper but don't say what it's about!! But you needed it at the exit! Several people had thrown them away and head to back and do it again! The least they should do is explain what they're for!!!! Once outside absolutely no public transportation! Be sure you have someone waiting for you! If you have any questions about the process just ask me!

Dennis

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Great!

pnwcyclist

lasvegan wrote:

Hi all!

Well I finally made it home!
Back in Southern California!!
FYI
Flew PAL PR102 and it was a good flight! I hope! Weather was great! The usual bumps and jumps crossing the Pacific! Full flight with everyone wearing masks and about 50% wearing face shields!
PAL is starting to require both so double check before you go to the airport! Airport is on skeletal crew and it shows! Airport crew were great! Long lines but not great Social distancing! Many services not open! Mostly kiosks! Some food available for take out only! On the plane there was only one seat to a row being used except for Business Class! They were full! So easy to stretch out and sleep some! Restrooms were sanitized several times during the flight! Bottled water as you wanted for no cost! No booze! On the other end the Airport was a nightmare! Over two hours to luggage and hit the exit! Four different areas you are routed through! ????? Not sure why! But every little thing was x-rayed at each area! Stood in lines for so long! Seemed like nothing moving! Scan machines for passport processing weren't functioning great! Many of us had to go through more screening just to find out it was a bad scan! They hand you a couple of pieces paper but don't say what it's about!! But you needed it at the exit! Several people had thrown them away and head to back and do it again! The least they should do is explain what they're for!!!! Once outside absolutely no public transportation! Be sure you have someone waiting for you! If you have any questions about the process just ask me!

Dennis


Glad you made it. I flew through LAX in March, and it was so crowded.. but did immigration/customs on my halfway stop in Honolulu so *much* easier.

So the plane wasn't full in the back? How many people per row going all the way across? Was it a wide body? Not clear on what the seating was.. sorry..

Welcome home (for better and worse, haha).

John

lasvegan

Hi John

777-300er........2,4,3 up front and 2,3 at back. So 1 on the 2, 1 on the 4 and 1 on the 3

mugtech

Back in June they tried to fill every seat, only about 10 vacant with the 3-3-3 seating.

TeeJay4103

Enjoy your stay in Ca.

pnwcyclist

lasvegan wrote:

Hi John

777-300er........2,4,3 up front and 2,3 at back. So 1 on the 2, 1 on the 4 and 1 on the 3


Great, thanks Dennis.  Excellent seating.

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