Originally Posted by
PVDtoDEL
Everything from CLT is 500000000000000000000 better than from PHL on US. That said, US is a LCC, CO/UA is a full service airline. You pay for an LCC ticket, you get LCC service. They are a safe, relatively reliable airline that earns miles, but don't expect IFE and top notch food on the flights.
To answer your question: maybe. Star Alliance carriers have the ability to "take control" of each others tickets, so you have a chance on a revenue ticket. Ask the gate agent nicely, and don't count on it. If this was an award, there would be no chance at all
While US is by no means a first rate carrier, but it's far from a LCC on international flights. In fact, I have read that its Envoy class is a pretty good transatlantic product. On the newer aircrafts (A330s), they do have AVOD. On its domestic offering, it no longer offers any IFE, but the seats are definitely more comfortable than the ones on CO in Y.
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