(4K) San Francisco to Sydney TRIP REPORT United Airlines UA 863 Boeing 777-300ER Economy Plus

This past year I've been making frequent visits to Sydney. For this flight in May 2023, I traveled on this United nonstop flight from San Francisco in Economy Plus. I was able to try both my meal and my wife's gluten free meal and surprisingly the gluten free meal was delicious, especially the dinner entree. It seems that the catering has changed and the food quality has improved. My one critique of UA is their new pillows for Economy and Economy Plus class is just terrible. The pillow does not have enough stuff inside for it to be comfortable. it's absolutely useless. Enjoy the beautiful views descending to Sydney. Such a beautiful city!

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Flight: United UA 863
Route: San Francisco to Sydney
Type: Boeing 777-300ER
Registration: N2846U
Seat: 33A Economy Plus
Date: May 27 2023

Highlights of flight (time stamps)
Takeoff - 7:49
Dinner - 9:08
Lavatory Tour - 9:40
Breakfast - 11:04
Landing - 13:40

Equipment - iPhone 13 Mini

[nikolauswolff]

On a sunny day in May 2009 i walked trough the botanical garden near the Sydney Opera and i looked up to the sky. There was a United 747-400 in the older color sheme climbing trough the clouds very slowly on it's way to SFO. I will always remember that. . .

[DanielTrue]

Awesome video. I'll be on this flight in 34A in january. First ever international trip. Very excited.

[air_mkb]

As a Sydneysider who's recently moved to The Bay Area, man do I miss my beautiful city. Thank you for this video. I did Fiji Airways Sydney - Nadi - SFO. When I go back to Sydney, I'll do the direct United flight.

[GenkisTravels]

Great video! :) The meal you had was better than my Premium Select meals I had with Delta (to Sydney).
That pineapple has seen better days. lol

[mrkc]

Very nice. Hope you enjoyed your time down under.

[scottadair]

I did LAX/SYD/LAX on UA back around 1998 or so. Flights 815/816 (same flight numbers of the PA flights they took over). The SP’s had been replaced by 744’s by then however.

[Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

I don’t know, I guess I’m kinda old. But in the 1980s-1990s the economy class seats seemed to be wider. Or maybe I was just skinnier then.😅

[pippenk]

I must admit, the food offerings exceeded my expectations. It looks on par with Qantas

[boko]

They have K-loaders on a commercial airliner?

[kevin]

Is your flight to Sydney 75% full and how many hours did you sleep on the plane?

[aviationwithjeff]

Good report. Glad your long flight was in Eco+. However, I'm not a fan of the color of the pillow covering. Other than that, everything looks ok.

[getdachoppa]

That’s a cool technique of speeding up the vids but having the narration at normal speed. I just started flying UA again after a 13 years because they fly where I need to go in the coming years because of a relocation for work. I’ve got 11 more flight segments with them before the end of the year, so I’ll get silver status for the last two months of 2023, but it’s annoying because it’s an annual requirement.

[ahmedhassan]

I thought I heard a machine gun fire when the video started. Wtf

[waynemarshall]

The awful 777 3-4-3 economy configuration on a long haul flight. Should not be allowed.

[Chilopoda]

That food looks horrible. It's almost like they go out of their way to make it bad (ie. adding the sausage bits in with the eggs).

[roadracer]

That's pretty nit picky bitching about the pillows. You got to your destination in one piece. Be grateful and thank everyone who made it possible for you to get to your destination safely!