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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by Bonehead
Some of us disagree. It is not a first-class experience when you sit next to someone in a spandex gym outfit who smells bad (yes, it happened to me).
Put Marisa Miller in that spandex gym outfit and I wouldn't care how long the flight was
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 9:04 am
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Originally Posted by belynch
Eh? There's a bar in the Terminal E PClub. At the "back" of the club on the second floor.

ETA, nevermind. I see you were saying there's no bar on the third floor. That's correct.
Right. A little exercise never hurt anyone (or take the elevator if you are among the more sedentary).
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by elitefreak
Right. A little exercise never hurt anyone (or take the elevator if you are among the more sedentary).
And it's quite nice to look down on all that late model Boeing equipment.....
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by elitefreak
Pessimist.
I sincerely hope BF survives. I like it a lot better to the islands.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
I sincerely hope BF survives. I like it a lot better to the islands.
Same here. UA's domestic F to Hawaii was rather disappointing in many ways when I flew it recently. It's not awful, but those some long flights to have a standard domestic F seat and service.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by elitefreak
Use the Terminal E club - two levels and very nice. Upstairs is much more quiet and typically less occupied.
But the service at C North is better. From my experience, I'd call it the best in the system.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:41 pm
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
Same here. UA's domestic F to Hawaii was rather disappointing in many ways when I flew it recently. It's not awful, but those some long flights to have a standard domestic F seat and service.
I think the vast majority of the UA flights to the islands feature the domestic F seating (two class 777 & 763 & 757 aircraft). Every once in awhile they'll fly a 744 on the route (such as ORD-HNL) but this has happened very rarely in the past. Of course, CO is now flying 738/739 aircraft LAX/SNA-HNL/OGG and these feature the domestic F seating as well. Some posts have mentioned that UA "made" CO use 737s between the west coast and the islands but I kinda wonder about this.....any comments?
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:43 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
Some posts have mentioned that UA "made" CO use 737s between the west coast and the islands but I kinda wonder about this.....any comments?
These comments have been offered by one person. The rest of the folks here understand that it might actually be more about profitability and the CASM/RASM spread on that route versus others where the 76s and 752s can be used.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by sbm12
These comments have been offered by one person. The rest of the folks here understand that it might actually be more about profitability and the CASM/RASM spread on that route versus others where the 76s and 752s can be used.
Roger that.....and I appreciate the clarification.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 2:50 pm
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it does not bother me at all ^
I spend quite a bit of my time looking like a fool, but I enjoy it more in FC.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
I think the vast majority of the UA flights to the islands feature the domestic F seating (two class 777 & 763 & 757 aircraft). Every once in awhile they'll fly a 744 on the route (such as ORD-HNL) but this has happened very rarely in the past. Of course, CO is now flying 738/739 aircraft LAX/SNA-HNL/OGG and these feature the domestic F seating as well. Some posts have mentioned that UA "made" CO use 737s between the west coast and the islands but I kinda wonder about this.....any comments?
It's one thing to use a 737 on a West Coast-Hawaii flight that's five hours. It's another to operate a domestic configuration on a flight to Hawaii that's 8-9 or more hours long from the central US, or an East Coast hub. CO does not do that.
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 3:38 pm
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
It's one thing to use a 737 on a West Coast-Hawaii flight that's five hours. It's another to operate a domestic configuration on a flight to Hawaii that's 8-9 or more hours long from the central US, or an East Coast hub. CO does not do that.
True. I have a FC test flight in September DEN-KOA (using the freebie from a promotion that UA ran out of DEN earlier this year) on the renowned "ghetto bird". Can't wait...or can I?
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 6:46 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
I sincerely hope BF survives. I like it a lot better to the islands.
How could it not? It's "award winning".
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Old Jun 9, 2010 | 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by nbs2
But the service at C North is better. From my experience, I'd call it the best in the system.
Service? Do you mean the bartenders? I wouldn't include the reception staff because you only see them for a few seconds.
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by elitefreak
Service? Do you mean the bartenders? I wouldn't include the reception staff because you only see them for a few seconds.
I mean everybody.

At check-in, certainly it's only a couple of seconds (although, I have noticed that no matter the club they are the second surliest of all CO employees - EWR employees all tie for first tied for first), so I guess that doesn't matter. Although I think E takes less kindly to kids than C-N. Reception I spend too much time at, but that's what happens when you fly with kids and the weather leaves you with a 5 hour layover. The bartenders are more amiable at C-N. Even the support staff at C-N seems less harried.

Now that I think about it - that is the word I would use to describe C-N in comparison to E - harried. E is just too harried.
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