Avis du vol entre Denver et Aspen en classe Economique avec United

aspen trip

This is the second flight of my trip to Aspen with friends.

UA 5836

Despite the delay from the go around, apparently the inbound aircraft for this flight was also somewhat delayed coming in. More importantly, we were literally parked right next to each other - giving me a great view of the plane.

We were carried by N790SK, a 9-years old CRJ-700.

Boarding was called around 7:45am and somehow I managed to end up being the first person to board, despite the long list of pre-boarding categories before 1Ks are called. Here is the empty CRJ-700 cabin. You can see that the first class seats aren't much better than the economy ones - just a little more pitch and width.

I was seated in 8A, the second row of economy plus. It has plenty of legroom for a 5'8 guy like me. More importantly, I also scored an empty seat next to mine. On a flight like this, arguably better than first?

One word of caution (this picture is from a later flight): you'll notice the smaller overhead compartments on the port side (because the first class is arranged 1-2). This applies to the first row of economy plus as well, even though it is a 2-2 arrangement. Something to consider if you are sitting in 7A or 7B.

Since I did not have enough time to go to the bathroom before they called boarding, I rushed on so I could use the bathroom. There is only a single bathroom and it is at the rear of the plane. Cramped as expected. Before the doors close would be the only time you can use the bathroom anyways since the seat belt sign is kept on this entire flight.

As promised, it was a very short flight. The doors closed at 7:59 and we pushed back at 8:06. We took off 10 minutes later and landed at 8:44am - approximately 28 minutes in the air. The flight attendants remained seated the entire flight as the seat belt sign is never turned off. No service is provided. Aspen is a tiny airport, so we were at our gate 2 minutes after touch down.