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After four day break, I'm back. Still catching up on The Box and everything else going on in the CO Forum, but I did want to let everyone know that I survived my first ever violation of the Never Change Continents in Y™ rule. UA E+ to LHR on the 777 wasn't the greatest, but in its defense, it was tolerable. The worst part was that the seat padding was shot, so it was more like flying CO Y in an exit row for seven hours. The return flight today was on a 763 that had recently been reconfigured with the new United First and United Business seats, and United Economy Plus/Economy had refurbished seats as well. It was a lot more comfortable, although UA gets an enormous :rolleyes: for replacing the overhead bins and ceiling panels on the 763 with the new style interior panels and bins in the premium cabins, and leaving the old 1980s look intact in the Economy cabin. They also get :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: for the really sorry quality of the catering on our LHR-IAD flight this morning. Anyone who ever complains about CO's turkey puck has obviously never had the turkey and cheese sandwich UA is serving on that route as a pre-arrival refreshment. It's like the CO turkey puck, with bread that's not as good, a slightly thicker slice of turkey than CO that's extremely salty — so salty that honestly, all you taste is salt — and a piece of bland cheese. No condiments, no lettuce, just bread, salt masquerading in the form of a processed meat product, and some sort of cheese product that makes government cheese look gourmet. The breakfast this morning, with hard pancakes, was equally :rolleyes:, although the fruit and yogurt on it were both good.
I will say that UA was on its best behavior on this trip. Our seats worked on all three flights, the IFE was functional, and the crews were extremely friendly. As hard as I tried, it was never quite Awesome™ enough to ask for a SkyKit. And amazingly, all three UA aircraft we flew on were spotlessly clean. Now that I've gotten the desire to fly across the Atlantic for $49 + tax in Economy Plus out of my system, we'll stick to the pointy end of the plane from now on. I've already told my partner that we will not be violating the Never Change Continents in Y™ rule again. |
Originally Posted by sdm1130
(Post 11269793)
A BIG ^ to MBM3 for all of the house keeping he has been doing over the last few days. Hopefully sanity can now return to the CO forum. :)
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A sign that hell is beginning to freeze over...
Tonight, while watching TV with the s/o, I found that he was perusing the Special Deals on co.com. Then out of the blue, I got "hey, you can fly to FRA for $370 rt. You should do that, it would be a great mileage run."
Mileage run? Really? You're suggesting that? :p Well done, my Box friends. The DO may have converted another one... ^ |
This is drunk post. This is only a drunk post. If this were a real emergency, you would all be :rolleyes:, as I would be in no condition to help you.
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Originally Posted by colpuck
(Post 11269796)
Alas, all good :rolleyes: must come to an end at some point.
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Originally Posted by ssullivan
(Post 11269822)
After four day break, I'm back. Still catching up on The Box and everything else going on in the CO Forum, but I did want to let everyone know that I survived my first ever violation of the Never Change Continents in Y™ rule. UA E+ to LHR on the 777 wasn't the greatest, but in its defense, it was tolerable. The worst part was that the seat padding was shot, so it was more like flying CO Y in an exit row for seven hours. The return flight today was on a 763 that had recently been reconfigured with the new United First and United Business seats, and United Economy Plus/Economy had refurbished seats as well. It was a lot more comfortable, although UA gets an enormous :rolleyes: for replacing the overhead bins and ceiling panels on the 763 with the new style interior panels and bins in the premium cabins, and leaving the old 1980s look intact in the Economy cabin. They also get :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: for the really sorry quality of the catering on our LHR-IAD flight this morning. Anyone who ever complains about CO's turkey puck has obviously never had the turkey and cheese sandwich UA is serving on that route as a pre-arrival refreshment. It's like the CO turkey puck, with bread that's not as good, a slightly thicker slice of turkey than CO that's extremely salty — so salty that honestly, all you taste is salt — and a piece of bland cheese. No condiments, no lettuce, just bread, salt masquerading in the form of a processed meat product, and some sort of cheese product that makes government cheese look gourmet. The breakfast this morning, with hard pancakes, was equally :rolleyes:, although the fruit and yogurt on it were both good.
I will say that UA was on its best behavior on this trip. Our seats worked on all three flights, the IFE was functional, and the crews were extremely friendly. As hard as I tried, it was never quite Awesome™ enough to ask for a SkyKit. And amazingly, all three UA aircraft we flew on were spotlessly clean. Now that I've gotten the desire to fly across the Atlantic for $49 + tax in Economy Plus out of my system, we'll stick to the pointy end of the plane from now on. I've already told my partner that we will not be violating the Never Change Continents in Y™ rule again. |
I actually parted with $$$ for Y tickets on US. Why couldn't any other airline offer Mainland---->STT for less than one's firstborn?
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Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter
(Post 11269943)
I actually parted with $$$ for Y tickets on US. Why couldn't any other airline offer Mainland---->STT for less than one's firstborn?
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Originally Posted by sdm1130
(Post 11269793)
A BIG ^ to MBM3 for all of the house keeping he has been doing over the last few days. Hopefully sanity can now return to the CO forum. :)
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Originally Posted by COFlyerCLE
(Post 11269863)
Tonight, while watching TV with the s/o, I found that he was perusing the Special Deals on co.com. Then out of the blue, I got "hey, you can fly to FRA for $370 rt. You should do that, it would be a great mileage run."
Mileage run? Really? You're suggesting that? :p Well done, my Box friends. The DO may have converted another one... ^ |
Originally Posted by Olton Hall
(Post 11269979)
That's better than my friends finally cracking today admitting my random post about FT has got them sitting in front of their computers the second OLCI opens up so they can grab bulkhead and exit row seats.
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Originally Posted by Steph3n
(Post 11269998)
I take it they are not taking MRs to be elite to pick those early then :D
I know one person who poo poos elite stuff and doesn't even have a OnePass account and I suspect he'd be a Plat w/ the travel he does. He doesn't use OLCI either :rolleyes: |
Originally Posted by Olton Hall
(Post 11270033)
I know one person who poo poos elite stuff and doesn't even have a OnePass account and I suspect he'd be a Plat w/ the travel he does. He doesn't use OLCI either :rolleyes:
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TG's website is terrible! :td:
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Seems to have the same functionality of the TWA website circa 2001.
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