Okay so for one reason or another we all have or had some interest in flying UA. I'm just curious and for the sake of an interesting topic to discuss why a company can treat loyal customers in such a way to offer a much less then pleasant travel experience, yet people still fly them.... Flyer Talk is full of seasoned million milers and mileage run hobby fliers alike. My questions are; How long have you regularly flown UA? Why did you chose UA originally? How long do you intend to stay, or have you already bid farewell to "something we're going to like", SHARES, RJ's and all the fun we call The New United?

I have been flying UA exclusively about 15 years, a mixture of business and hobby flying mileage runs. I have had Premier Exec /Gold status the majority of the time. I'm based out of SLC, so naturally DL should have been my first choice, but I chose UA for Ch9, as well as having the new 777's at the time, I hope I can relate to a few of you... I never had a problem with UA, even during the Tilton era. Although at the time I did not enjoy the lack of innovation at UA, while the other carriers were starting to deploy upgrades to their product...still no big deal. It's funny, I remember times of actually getting sick of 737's (Shuttle by United) then Airbus jets (Ted),but while enjoying the occasional 757 flying into SLC...I had no clue how bad the dreaded Crj200 was going to be, or worse yet the merger related issues of SHARES. Oh how I miss the good days with short hops on Guppies that had friendly crews, and Ch9 on almost always....Anyways enough of memory lane... I have no clue why I'm still flying UA...maybe the banked miles, maybe I feel comfortable knowing the system...or so I thought... Now every trip is something new, and rarely for the better. I just don't know how much longer I can deal with it.. The thread about the splitting PNR's made me want to make this post.. It really is crazy how some of us remain loyal with what the product is now.. When is it going to be something we like??