Guesting into UC
Aug 31, 2014, 11:13 pm
#16
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Sep 1, 2014, 12:44 am
#17
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The US airlines operate in a competitive environment focused on cost cutting, really no surprise the quality of food and booze in the lounges is so poor, yet people still keep buying memberships.
Sep 1, 2014, 5:56 am
#18
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If it's Titos vodka they are serving then that is awesome stuff. Great vodka at a reasonable price..I will buy a bottle of that when I am in the US before a lot of the more pricey stuff! Google Titos and look up on Wikipedia about it !
Sep 1, 2014, 8:58 am
#19
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Sep 1, 2014, 5:00 pm
#20
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I'll take gglave's word for it. I've had free vodka at the UCs, I could've sworn they said it was Tito's, not that I really care that much though.
On a related note, I spent $50 recently to spend 3.5 hours in the Admiral's Club at MIA (I forget which one, I was told it was the bigger of the 2), obvs not really worth 50$ but it was nice, relaxing and I drank enough to make it worth my while.
That's really what I look for in the lounges, the booze, consistent wifi and a good place to sit (I prefer to sit at the desks/tables so I can use my ipad/laptop). I hate that in many US airports they promote that Boingo garbage, in 2014 wifi shouldn't be used as a revenue stream imo. If you wanna add $1 to my AIF, in exchange for wifi, do it.
On a related note, I spent $50 recently to spend 3.5 hours in the Admiral's Club at MIA (I forget which one, I was told it was the bigger of the 2), obvs not really worth 50$ but it was nice, relaxing and I drank enough to make it worth my while.
That's really what I look for in the lounges, the booze, consistent wifi and a good place to sit (I prefer to sit at the desks/tables so I can use my ipad/laptop). I hate that in many US airports they promote that Boingo garbage, in 2014 wifi shouldn't be used as a revenue stream imo. If you wanna add $1 to my AIF, in exchange for wifi, do it.
Sep 2, 2014, 5:45 am
#21
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Sep 2, 2014, 7:55 am
#22
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A busy airport can have tens-of-thousands of simultaneous connections. To support that you need sophisticated commercial-grade routers and a lot of bandwidth at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars per month.
Sep 2, 2014, 10:46 am
#24
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Sep 8, 2014, 11:12 am
#25
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Sep 8, 2014, 3:08 pm
#26
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Is it written clearly somewhere so i can print it off?
Sep 8, 2014, 3:47 pm
#27
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Rank....who is confirming this? I have written to UA and have a written response that Canada is not international for this purpose on a P fare.......yet only once or twice has the agent at the RCC tried to refuse me....very confusing
Is it written clearly somewhere so i can print it off?
Is it written clearly somewhere so i can print it off?
Canada is, and always has been international, there is no fine print like at AA that Canada is excluded.
I have never been refused, or even questioned, even on the 2nd/3rd domestic connection.
All Canada itineraries have a big INTL printed on the boarding pass, there is no ambiguitiy about Canada.
Sep 9, 2014, 11:08 am
#28
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Tito's is served onboard UA flights, but not as a free option in UC. I think they are serving McCormick's vodka as house vodka.
Sep 9, 2014, 6:35 pm
#29
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