Just got back from a 7 sector international return trip on UA. What's clear is that the choice of magazines onboard has gone from bad to worse, even in the last 4 weeks when I last flew UA.

As an example, of the 7 sectors (2 trans-pac, 2 trans-continentals in F and C), I only came across 1 copy of Times and 1 copy of Newsweek. All the rest are trashy magazines.

Along with the loss of the real thing (Coca-cola), inflight experience is getting worse by the month.

The only saving grace is that there's more flights with Ch 9 in operation.