Originally Posted by
docbert
This depends entirely on the site. For example, before the redesign you could force united.com to give you the full site by adding ?full=1 to the URL. (I might be off on the name - but the functionality certainly existed). I'm not aware of something similar for the current site, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
If I am correct, as I remember from my days of selling companies external performance monitoring services, the browser identifies the individual making the site request via user string, which among other things tells the site your OS, browser type and platform, all of which would determine whether you are directed to the mobile site or full desktop site.