Makeshift plane window shade
Jan 26, 2014, 10:54 am
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Makeshift plane window shade
Not even 15 min ago I was walking around IAD's C Gates and made a comment to my travel buddy about how the marketing for UA's Explorer card is always obnoxiously pastured everywhere, well...
It looks like all of those ads can serve a good purpose from time to time...
https://twitter.com/ZachHonig/status/427369457875697664
It looks like all of those ads can serve a good purpose from time to time...
https://twitter.com/ZachHonig/status/427369457875697664
Jan 26, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Great minds must think alike. Having dealt with the 787 at 5pm on a TPAC, it's a must need solution.
What I can say is that it *WILL* work for the 787......... as long as one has a roll of duct tape with them. =)
Nevertheless, I now have an idea for a side business that can make a killing at LAX....
What I can say is that it *WILL* work for the 787......... as long as one has a roll of duct tape with them. =)
Nevertheless, I now have an idea for a side business that can make a killing at LAX....
Jan 26, 2014, 1:50 pm
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I've always wondered what tenuous thread of class endures that keeps UA from going the Alaska/US route of having FAs bother passengers about signing up for the card by giving the 5 minute spiel over the PA and begging up and down the aisle with applications during the last bit of the flight.
Jan 26, 2014, 3:20 pm
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Jan 26, 2014, 3:32 pm
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May have been a positioning/connecting flight though.
Jan 26, 2014, 8:00 pm
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Nor UA 993 to EWR, a similar 767-300?
Jan 27, 2014, 1:01 am
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An exit row would make sense in context, as the shades on those windows slide up from the bottom and have the annoying habit of perpetually falling down or of being stuck in the down (open) position to begin with. I'll have to remember this trick next time I'm stuck in one of them.
Jan 27, 2014, 1:20 am
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The "new UA" has plenty of duct tape. What do you think keeps these birds in the air? I'm sure the Texas crew is buying duct tape in bulk to help in the $2B in savings. You can by a generic version of DUCK TAPE at the 99 cent store.
Jan 27, 2014, 1:27 am
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The response from UA gets even worse. Can't take a shot now, but if you click the link in the OP, you'll now see someone tell UA they need to work on their script replies, to which UA says, "Heard"
Jan 27, 2014, 6:28 am
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Makeshift plane window shade
Don't know how to post a picture on ft, but I built a similar window shade on a transcon 737 when the shade was cracked in half on the morning flight. Guess ua was trying to save some of that $2b on my flight too