What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?
#1561
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My recent flight with DTVs had the screens defaulted not to the usual CNBC, but to Newsmax TV - a self-proclaimed conservative network attempting to outflank Fox News. When I boarded, the graphics were screaming about voting fraud conspiracies.
Really, United? How is politically alienating a major proportion of your customer base just to flog this new network good for business? (And before anyone asks and we drift to OMNI-land, no, it would not be any more excusable if it was a network peddling any equally-unsubstantiated left-wing conspiracies.)
Really, United? How is politically alienating a major proportion of your customer base just to flog this new network good for business? (And before anyone asks and we drift to OMNI-land, no, it would not be any more excusable if it was a network peddling any equally-unsubstantiated left-wing conspiracies.)
"Last night Atif Mian and I flew up to Boston for a conference and as I slid into my seat, who should I see staring at me but Ron Paul. It turned out that all of the seatback screens in the plane were showing Newsmax TV who knew there was such a thing? Is it there to serve people who find Fox News too liberal? and as best I could tell from the visual context (the sound was blessedly off), the elder Paul was lecturing us about monetary policy."
#1562
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You're not the only one who noticed. From Paul Krugman's New York Times blog:
"Last night Atif Mian and I flew up to Boston for a conference and as I slid into my seat, who should I see staring at me but Ron Paul. It turned out that all of the seatback screens in the plane were showing Newsmax TV who knew there was such a thing? Is it there to serve people who find Fox News too liberal? and as best I could tell from the visual context (the sound was blessedly off), the elder Paul was lecturing us about monetary policy."
"Last night Atif Mian and I flew up to Boston for a conference and as I slid into my seat, who should I see staring at me but Ron Paul. It turned out that all of the seatback screens in the plane were showing Newsmax TV who knew there was such a thing? Is it there to serve people who find Fox News too liberal? and as best I could tell from the visual context (the sound was blessedly off), the elder Paul was lecturing us about monetary policy."
#1563
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The meal on my 4U LHR-TXL flight is listed as 1...how am I supposed to know what that is!?
#1564
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The boarding passes are too glossy...
As I exited China a few days ago, they stamped by boarding pass...The glossiness of the boarding pass makes it not dry very fast. About a minute after exit customs formalities, I accidentally brushed the BP against my pants and had a red stain on my leg all the way to MBS.
As I exited China a few days ago, they stamped by boarding pass...The glossiness of the boarding pass makes it not dry very fast. About a minute after exit customs formalities, I accidentally brushed the BP against my pants and had a red stain on my leg all the way to MBS.
#1565
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: washington, dc
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No Sprite Zero
I still can't believe some UA rocket scientist decided to eliminate Sprite Zero from beverage offerings. That means there are no decaf sugar free soft drinks on offer. And no, I don't consider lime-flavored water to be a sugar free soft drink.
#1566
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Silver and 1k bag tags look too similar. It's tough to tell from a distance whether I'm giving the stink-eye to a pleab.
#1567
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#1568
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#1569
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I don't agree this belongs in this least substantive thread.. I completely agree.. I usually drink Coke Zero but I did like to have the occasional Sprite Zero and was disappointed last week when they said it was gone.
#1570
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And now... it looks like I'm going to have to give up artificial sweeteners for medical reasons. So, maybe United was just looking out for me?
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#1575
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?
I had to use a pre-owned trash bag in the cockpit last week. And if that's not enough, in a $40M airplane we should have a better way to secure this bag than tying it to the radio pedestal.
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