Intro
Short trip to San Francisco on a Long Weekend. There were several routes available, but schedule wise this one made more sense to us, as we were able to work most of the day and finish work at the lounge. We are Delta Platinum so unless the price difference is very high, we will always choose DL/Skyteam partners.
Flight routing
- 1Washington Reagan (DCA) - Minneapolis - St Paul (MSP)
- 2Minneapolis - St Paul (MSP) - San Francisco, CA (SFO)
DCA
Thursday evening at DCA. Terminal was probably 75% emptier than pre-Covid level, completely unexpected since mornings are becoming very busy at DCA.
TSA was empty, we still used clear to save a minute or so. TSA agents were quite nice, seems that when they are relaxed, their attitude changes a lot.
Delta skyclub at dca
Quick stop at the SkyClub for a pre-flight snack. DCA’s SkyClub is one of my favorites after it was remodeled, and pre-pandemic, I used it extensively both pre and post flight.
flight
This was our first economy class flight in a long time and hoped to get upgraded, but we ended up being #9 and #10 for zero seats. Still got upgraded to Comfort+ several days before the flight.
Great pitch, legroom in C+ is wonderful. Pre-flight info and the nice overhead console.
Safety video
Pushed back 7 minutes ahead of schedule. Flight time was 2h10, so an early arrival (and therefore time for a dinner at the SkyClub.). A United 738 Chicago bound was ahead of us.
One last view of DC
Ready for departure, runway 1
Northbound takeoff with an iconic federal building, followed by the nice Arlington areas of Rosslyn and Courthouse.
2 hours and 914 miles away, not bad.
Right after takeoff, “snack service” started. C+ offers the same snack than economy (it used to be better pre-covid, with snacks from first class). C+ also includes free adult drinks so my choice was the old fashioned cocktail, quite good in my opinion.
Then spent quality time with Rose and Jack
Wifi was available throughout the flight
Flying past Lake Ontario
In the meantime, Rose and Jack were trying to fly.
Landing with a nice view of downtown, followed by the suburbs.
Landed 35 minutes ahead of schedule and deplaned at gate F7 25 minutes early.
arrival
Made our way to the SkyClub for a dinner before our flight to San Francisco.
Thanks for the report. I would have loved to see the DCA Sky Club. New Sky Clubs are extremly goods as in O'Hare, Kansas City or New Orleans to name a few... The food options have improved also. UA is not bad as well for food options. I still love the design of DCA - really need to finally get a fliht there to check it with my own eyes.
Thanks for the feedback. I do have other pictures of the SkyClub from other trips and did not want to include it here to be fair, but as you can see, this flight was from 2021, so I'm getting up to date with my reports and you'll see some pictures in future ones. Stay tuned.
The food options at the DCA club are decent, not a lot of variety but they are better than AA and UA clubs at DCA.
Thanks for sharing! Always nice to see reports from my old home airport :-)
You're welcome! More coming up ?