My trip is over, and my final flight was a mixed bag: the seat and food on my Aer Lingus A330 flight from Dublin to Los Angeles were underwhelming, but the warm Irish service on Aer Lingus somehow made up for it.
Recall that Aer Lingus currently does not offer lounge access to USA-bound business class passengers, though has come up with a somewhat clever alternative: just don’t go through U.S. Preclearance early or you’ll be stuck in a very dreary gate area with little to do.
I wound up with seat 2K, a window seat in the first row, with a person next to me. Every seat in the cabin was full and it looked like a lot of leisure travelers; there were many older couples traveling together.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
