I’m going to have to take a tape measure next time and make a template. Will add a Polaris footrest repair kit to my packing list. A couple of frame pieces and a length of cord or webbing should do it.
”I’d like the express meal service. I need my tray table to make my own footrest before putting on my eye mask for the flight.”
Originally Posted by
lincolnjkc
Thanks to the wonders of in-flight text messaging (although it seems slightly absurd to be texting from row 1 to row 4 in the middle of the atlantic) this is the exact scene -- the "ottoman" is missing:

Ship is 3116 (my first time on this particular 752, though I don't cross paths with the 757s very often) so not sure if your flights were in that one or if as the fleet ages and (cosmetic) things break UA is starting to shrug and "eh, whatever" things