My experience on a direct flight from SFO to Mumbai via Air India business class

Traveling from SFO to Mumbai via Air India Business Class - You get access to the United Airlines Lounge area, once you get past the security check. They have an open bar, tons of food options. I ate a light meal of salad and corn chowder. The lounge is very comfortable, and you can sit until it is boarding time for your flight.

Once I boarded the plane, the cabins in business class have a 1:2:1 configuration. The cabin was very spacious, with a ton of legroom. The seat would recline into a relax, lounge or a bed setting too.

They gave us a TUMI mini Travel Bag, with accessories like a pen, eye mask, socks, facial mister, body lotion and lip balm, and also a dental hygiene kit. The case/bag is adorable and super useful. They also gave us a pajama set to change into, but I was pretty comfortable in my sweats and sweatshirt, so I did not change. We also got a big blanket to place on our seat for comfortable sleeping. The cabin has enough space to keep all your belongings.

And now we are ready for takeoff! I was super thrilled to be taking a direct flight which is about 16 hours 40 minutes in total. I wish we had flown during the day time so that I could take aerial views of the pretty San Francisco City.

We got a lot of organic snack options to start off with, along with some wine. The dinner menu was pretty good. We started off with a corn chowder soup, dried figs stuffed with cheese, and honey, along with asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and some bread. The dinner was paneer makhanwala, aloo gobi, daal makhani, along with rice and laccha paratha. The dinner was star quality and very tasty! The dessert could have been better. The options were cheesecake with a strawberry sauce and seviyan. I wish it could have been more elevated.

The breakfast options were really good. I got the rava upma, idli, medu vada, sambhar and chutney option. It came with fruits, croissants and bread. The sambhar was not good, that could have been better, and also I wish it was served separately.

I was well rested as I slept really well. I read, had a few cups of masala chai. We got snacks a couple hours before landing, mainly cutlets and vegetable sandwiches. I was happy to be back to Mumbai and my parents' home!