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Old Feb 26, 2015, 4:53 am
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Originally Posted by roadkit
Sadly, UA is right on this one. If you want to fly real First, you have to use a foreign carrier where the regulatory/union burden does not prevent them from providing a level of service that is simply not possible on UA.
Simply not true.

UA could have a world class GF experience if it wanted to. LH manages it and it has as many union problems as UA does, if not more. UA simply doesn't want to spend the money to provide a world class GF experience. The sad part is that UA's customer base doesn't demand it.
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