Originally Posted by
flybit
if you could have got 1k you would have been light years ahead. Also looks like you are flying to Asia that's UA's strength. For international you would get E+ and most UA 777 have not gone to Rouge seating like AC. However UA is starting to get new international planes that will be 10 across.
correct on the 10x but they will still have e+. this is a huge perk, i do not know of any *a that gives its elites virtually guaranteed 34" seating for them+1 (or for plats and 1k +8). and silver with ua over ac is a no brainer.
also ua does not have free booze on long haul (beyond tetra packed wine during meal service), you can buy expired or super old/no expiry drink chits on a certain undisclosed auction website for $1-2 a piece. all crews take them provided you don't have a pmua ord ratchet. a lot of the time if you build a rapport with the crew they'll just give you free unlimited booze and tell you to put them chits away.
very happy to have had my flying shifted to ua although in all fairness, in terms of hard & soft product ac is equally decent (and you don't have to build bridges to get free unlimited booze), ALTHOUGH i will argue that ua up front in domestic has gotten better than ac, ALTHOUGH ac does have a much better breakfast omelette. but no sundaes.