Old Continental...new United, equals same old treatment
Feb 24, 2012, 8:35 am
#16
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,933
I have been booking tickets at continental.com for the past years expecting my 500 bonus miles for booking at continental.com to appear in my account before the merger, I am now being told thats an old promotion and I will not get them in spite of this still being active on the website,
Feb 24, 2012, 11:38 am
#17
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now MFE... formerly SEA and DCA
Programs: Now UA free!, AA Ex Plat, AS MVP, Marriott Titanium for life
Posts: 664
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Really??? Take a deep breath and let's talk about people who have participated on this forum for years. As a long time 1K (now PPlat) I have seen many screen shots, spoken with various GAs and station managers, and I have friends who are travel agents.
Your comments are just ignorant. Maybe sCO peeps didn't get this information from the super secret Shares system, but after years of discussions no doubt many of us have some insight.
What is the "s" in sUA?[/QUOTE
This is why I'm very very suspicious of most of the posters on this site. These are all internal monikers within UA and CO. The only people who would know the sCO and SUA designations would be internal employees, former employees, or people directly involved in merger activities.
I mean come on. We have "claimed" 1K passengers who know more about the RES entries in SHARES but claim to just being a customer. There's no way they're just passengers. No way.
So be very leery of who's posting on here. The vast majority negative 'experts' are way too knowledgeable (without actually being objective) to what's happening to not be close to the merger.
And you know who you are....I really wish current employees and former UA employees would quit crapping on virtually every post about how much better UA did things.
This is why I'm very very suspicious of most of the posters on this site. These are all internal monikers within UA and CO. The only people who would know the sCO and SUA designations would be internal employees, former employees, or people directly involved in merger activities.
I mean come on. We have "claimed" 1K passengers who know more about the RES entries in SHARES but claim to just being a customer. There's no way they're just passengers. No way.
So be very leery of who's posting on here. The vast majority negative 'experts' are way too knowledgeable (without actually being objective) to what's happening to not be close to the merger.
And you know who you are....I really wish current employees and former UA employees would quit crapping on virtually every post about how much better UA did things.
Your comments are just ignorant. Maybe sCO peeps didn't get this information from the super secret Shares system, but after years of discussions no doubt many of us have some insight.
Feb 24, 2012, 12:01 pm
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: LFT
Programs: AA Plat, lots of AA, AS, DL, UA miles, former top level CO Elite (sigh...)
Posts: 10,795
It's okay - let the tinfoil GS continue thread-baiting and calling us all Insiders. It's like the 2MM flier next to me
who was amazed that I knew where he was on the upgrade list since I could pull up the upgrade list on my smartphone....
I mean my company-issued SHARES device.
And then insisting to me that the 753 we were on was "sUA" since it didn't have AVOD. Even though I pointed out there was no E+.
who was amazed that I knew where he was on the upgrade list since I could pull up the upgrade list on my smartphone....
I mean my company-issued SHARES device.
And then insisting to me that the 753 we were on was "sUA" since it didn't have AVOD. Even though I pointed out there was no E+.
Obviously, a major conspiracy here......
Feb 24, 2012, 5:12 pm
#19
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: LAX
Programs: UA MM | BA Silver
Posts: 7,193
Feb 24, 2012, 9:01 pm
#20
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: AA EXP, Hilton GLD, Marriott Plat, NEXUS/GE
Posts: 2,872
That's about what I flew last year (144k across all carriers). How did you spend your time in airports?
As an example, consider for a moment the times where I've been in p.s. C and saw a potential oversale. I could have stuck around the RCC for an extra few minutes before boarding; but generally, I've headed to the gate an hour before departure to look into being VDB'd. Until things get busy, it's pretty easy to strike up a conversation while I consider what my reroute options are. Plus, a bit of rapport and demonstrated knowledge of how things work can go a long way in these situations.
I've asked questions. I've gotten answers.
I imagine most of the time, they're happy to have a plesant conversation with a customer rather than being berated by someone with (insert unreasonable complaint here).
As an example, consider for a moment the times where I've been in p.s. C and saw a potential oversale. I could have stuck around the RCC for an extra few minutes before boarding; but generally, I've headed to the gate an hour before departure to look into being VDB'd. Until things get busy, it's pretty easy to strike up a conversation while I consider what my reroute options are. Plus, a bit of rapport and demonstrated knowledge of how things work can go a long way in these situations.
I imagine most of the time, they're happy to have a plesant conversation with a customer rather than being berated by someone with (insert unreasonable complaint here).