A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Eight: Etihad First Class, Home

Previous Trip Notes:
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Seven: Bangkok, Etihad Business Class, Emirates Palace, & AUH
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Six: Bangkok Air, Park Hyatt, Siem Reap
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Five: MH794, Hilton Arcadia, Phuket, Thailand
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Four: MH79 HKG>KUL Business Class, Grand Hyatt KL, & KL
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Three: One Night in Hong Kong
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part Two: CX 807, Take Two
A Real Round-The-World Trip – Part One: The Setup

The final leg of a nearly 25,000 mile round-the-world trip. Keeping score: Cathay Pacific First Class? A+. Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, A+. Park Hyatt Siem Reap, A+. The vast majority of the trip? A+. I had purposefully booked the home journey through Abu Dhabi so NSPwife could try out Etihad First. She was already over in Germany when we honeymooned in the Maldvies, so only I got to experience Etihad First on that journey. I still remember the mascarpone mousse dessert from the flight three years later. Oh, and the lamb dinner served in the Etihad Lounge at Dulles airport even before taking off. The service, food, and drinks on that flight three years ago was fabulous, and I couldn’t wait to take the flight with NSPwife:

Etihad First Class, AUH>IAD

While we were in seats 1K and 2K, NSPpeanut and NSPbabysitter were sitting in business class, but were directly behind us in almost their own private cabin:

EY Seatmap H/T Seatguru.com

We started out with a toast:

Final Journey Home – Etihad First, AUH>IAD

Etihad First Class, AUH>IAD

The seats are very big, although the storage areas are oddly shaped:

Etihad First Class, AUH>IAD

Etihad First Class, AUH>IAD Amenity Kit

Etihad First Class – Obligatory Mini-Fridge Photo

The windows, instead of a cover/shade, have a button that you can press to dim the light:

Etihad First Class Window

Etihad First Class Window