Originally Posted by
eigenvector
2. Free SDC on any fare, over the phone or in the app at T-24 is great. I use this all the time. My #2 favourite perk. This applies to Gold and higher.
This is not strictly true. It requires the same fare class be available. It's often the case that they make it available, but just the other day I was helping out a friend booked in a very low fare class, and a few hours out, the flight was Y2B2M2 and everything else was 0. No SDC possible without paying fare difference.
Also, if you're booked in I or X, good luck. That's almost never going to be open day of departure.
Originally Posted by
eigenvector
5. If you get hit by mechanical delays UA will compensate you with a travel credit pre-emptively, usually within 24 hours. No writing in for a 10% off code. Had a 12-hour mx two weeks ago, was given $400 credit. Didn't give me my 12 hours back but it helps.
Absolutely not my experience. I've always had to write in (I don't think I've ever been proactively offered anything on any airline), and I've even had some claims rejected by UA for issues they created.
Originally Posted by
eigenvector
6. Wifi on every flight. Love it, always buy it on long-hauls.
I recall a year ago, flying SFO-OGG, I paid an extra $100 for a United flight because it had wifi advertised.
It cut out as soon as we were over the pacific. If you don't see the irony here, look at a map.
For the record, wifi worked fine on the return flight, so it's not even as simple as "it never works on this route". It depends heavily on the aircraft type and which wifi system is installed.