November 9, 2008

A Tale of Two Flights

By Conor

On our way to New Zealand, our family went on two different but similar flights.

FLIGHT ONE. The first flight we went on was 12 hours and with LAN Chile, this flight was from Santiago, Chile to L.A.

Once in our seats we saw our personal entertainment system, which had games, music, movies, and TV shows. You could start the program or movie any time you wanted so it was pretty fun, they also had a wide selection of movies and TV shows.

The meals on this plane were not so great. They only served us two meals and nothing in between, and to top it off the food wasnít good and I barely ate any of it.

FLIGHT TWO. The second flight we went on was also 12 hours but with Qantas, this flight was from L.A. to Auckland, New Zealand.

When we found our seats we also found our entertainment systems, which, once turned on were not so great. This was because you couldn’t watch the movies or TV shows when ever you wanted to, they started and ended at the same time all over the plane, so sometimes I would click on a movie and it would start half way through! Also they only had six movies an 3 TV shows you could watch.

But, the service on this plane was great. First we had a great dinner, then a while later they gave us a snack, and a while later gave us another snack! In the morning they gave us a hot breakfast including hot chocolate, and 3 hours before the end of our flight they gave us hot towels.