What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?
Sep 5, 2014, 8:10 am
#1471
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I completely agree. At first it was just a minor annoyance, and I was fine trying the new Dasani lime and a few other potential substitutes. But I have now exhausted all my options, and I have slowly come to realize that this is my life now. A life without Sprite Zero. A life where, when I don't want alcohol or caffeine, I may have to just drink.... water. 
Sep 5, 2014, 8:54 am
#1472
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I'm fairly certain those don't even get scanned, much less used for any type of sorting. I'd be fairly annoyed if I learned in this thread that I've been standing on the jetbridge waiting for someone to sort the 40 bags by the little green tag number.
Sep 6, 2014, 5:00 pm
#1473
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In the video when they are talking about the route network they show all of the flight paths leaving the US and going East.
Also something is said like "we're big in Asia" and flashes Shanghai, Tokyo...and then Sydney Harbor.
During the Explorer Card commercial I hate the way the guy says "saved $75".
Also something is said like "we're big in Asia" and flashes Shanghai, Tokyo...and then Sydney Harbor.
During the Explorer Card commercial I hate the way the guy says "saved $75".
Sep 7, 2014, 7:41 pm
#1474
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In the video when they are talking about the route network they show all of the flight paths leaving the US and going East.
Also something is said like "we're big in Asia" and flashes Shanghai, Tokyo...and then Sydney Harbor.
During the Explorer Card commercial I hate the way the guy says "saved $75".
Also something is said like "we're big in Asia" and flashes Shanghai, Tokyo...and then Sydney Harbor.
During the Explorer Card commercial I hate the way the guy says "saved $75".
Sep 7, 2014, 8:17 pm
#1475
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The website looks different right now
Sep 24, 2014, 9:52 pm
#1476
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?
My seq number on my boarding pass is 199, but there are only 152 seats on the plane! If this is an issue when I attempt to fly tomorrow, I shall move this post to a real, substantive thread. Gnite everybody!
Sep 24, 2014, 10:00 pm
#1477
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Perhaps they have you sitting in the smoking section on the wing?
Sep 24, 2014, 10:00 pm
#1478
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The curtain when I was in the bulkhead of Y+ now and then would brush against my leg when I had them stretched out.
Sep 25, 2014, 6:00 am
#1479
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I completely agree. At first it was just a minor annoyance, and I was fine trying the new Dasani lime and a few other potential substitutes. But I have now exhausted all my options, and I have slowly come to realize that this is my life now. A life without Sprite Zero. A life where, when I don't want alcohol or caffeine, I may have to just drink.... water.
It is a good suggestion, though would be about the same as Sprite, which they still stock on board. The challenge on United is a no-calorie, no-caffeine beverage.
Sep 25, 2014, 6:16 am
#1480
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I've had a sequence number in the 300s for a 737 flight (it had three legs like BOS-IAD-SEA-SFO and I was doing SEA-SFO).
-RM
Sep 25, 2014, 6:17 am
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The smallest thing I can complain about at the moment...they removed the toothpicks from business class setups. Why the hell would they do that? There is no way this is a cost cutting measure, is it?
I relied on that toothpick when I was done eating.
-RM
I relied on that toothpick when I was done eating.
-RM
Sep 25, 2014, 6:19 am
#1482
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On our recent MUC-IAD flight, our priority tagged bags actually came out first. Not only was this utterly unexpected and surprising, it has recalibrated my expectations - I will now want my checked bags to arrive first every time. 
Sep 25, 2014, 6:30 am
#1483
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Most likely because your flight number doesn't just operate the segment you're on. It could be something like LGA-IAH-SNA. If you're on just IAH-SNA you will still get a high sequence number because you're after anyone who has already checked in for LGA-IAH and IAH-SNA.
I've had a sequence number in the 300s for a 737 flight (it had three legs like BOS-IAD-SEA-SFO and I was doing SEA-SFO).
-RM
I've had a sequence number in the 300s for a 737 flight (it had three legs like BOS-IAD-SEA-SFO and I was doing SEA-SFO).
-RM
(correct explanation of course)
Sep 25, 2014, 8:22 am
#1484
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I was upgraded on a CR7 the other day and, while that was great (relatively speaking), there was no curtain covering the steps by the door! How low-budget... 
Also, on a different CR7 flight that day on which I was upgraded, I was offered a snack box, but wasn't hungry at the time. I forgot about it and it was only after I got to the airport that I started getting hungry and realized that the FA only reminded twice about the snack box. If only she had reminded me one more time, I probably would've opted to have gotten a snack box.
Also, on a different CR7 flight that day on which I was upgraded, I was offered a snack box, but wasn't hungry at the time. I forgot about it and it was only after I got to the airport that I started getting hungry and realized that the FA only reminded twice about the snack box. If only she had reminded me one more time, I probably would've opted to have gotten a snack box.