Originally Posted by
jcg20
I'm seriously considering matching over to EXP on AA, where I could take better advantage of my regional flying, and eventually get my Aer Lingus flying into a meaningful program once they rejoin OW. Being a *A flyer over here is not easy.
Does AA match to EXP for UA 1ks? I couldn't find anything about that on the AA forums
Originally Posted by
vijayp
If the coach product is so terrible, and I find the upgrade certs harder to use, I'm debating the point of dealing with UA's mediocre service. I'm strongly considering beginning to purchase business fares on other carriers on the SF-NY route, especially jetblue. (JetBlue's mint fares are very compelling (this Wednesday I'm flying JFK-SFO for $800 in one of those seats with a door, where UA was charging $1400, and I hear the passenger experience is far superior).
Just to follow up, the experience on JetBlue mint was exceptional:
- everyone was very nice, pleasant and they seemed to actually care whether I was happy
- the hard product is excellent, I got one of those suites and when I closed the door, I got a good 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
- the food was better. they used paper napkins and placemats, but honestly I prefer that, because it's not clear that united actually washes its placemats.
- the cabin was clean. So clean, almost as if they cleaned the plane between flights.
The one downside is that security was a complete mess. But other than that, it's going to be hard to get me onto a UA flight in the future given this experience. UA executives should really fly B6 Mint at some point to understand how badly they're falling behind.