Originally Posted by
lost_in_translation
Have you flown United recently? United seems to be on a fairly positive trajectory to me and for the last few years has been working to make the product more 'premium' and close some of the gap with Delta, the whole Dr. Dao thing seems to have been the low point but they were already rolling out Polaris lounges and improved onboard product at that point. The food onboard in Polaris when I did it a while ago was fairly poor but the rest of the product was actually not bad at all (I realise this survey is about economy).
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I would agree, polaris is quite reasonable and all my recent flights (3 in Feb) were very good too exceptional. I actually like the food, but I hate large lumps of badly cooked protein and prefer a nice salad. BA food is mediocre at best. Wine was better in Polaris too.