Skycouch

On our way to Fiji for our honeymoon we stopped over in LA for one night. This leg of the journey was operated by Air New Zealand. As we were checking in at Heathrow the agent informed us that there was a note on our reservation that we were a honeymoon couple and because of that was going to upgrade us to a Skycouch. Even though I had no idea what that was, I was still ecstatic. How could an upgrade be bad?

expanded to a couch

The Skycouch has a fully extending foot rest style piece that makes a row of 3 seats into a couch. I had this exact idea about 15 years ago but figured it would never come about since it blocked the leg space making it harder to exit in an emergency. The couch was a god send for the long flight.

Readers, this has got to be the most amazing innovation on air planes since on demand TV and movies. And speaking of on demand TV and movies, this plane had a brand new entertainment system which had a billion different shows to watch and you could also order snacks and beverages throughout the flight from your screen.

This is by far the most comfortable transatlantic flight I have ever taken. I don't believe Air New Zealand flies to SFO or SEA (my two main ports of call) but I definitely look forward to flying them again.