United ~ Just blah
Feb 24, 2010 | 8:14 am
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United ~ Just blah
Flew LHRORD yesterday. Business cabin maybe half full. No one offered to hang up my coat. OK food but didn't get first choice and that salmon slice seems to be getting smaller and smaller, frequent water refills, AVOD had nothing I really wanted to watch.
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Feb 24, 2010 | 8:20 am
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Flew LHRORD yesterday. Business cabin maybe half full. No one offered to hang up my coat. OK food but didn't get first choice and that salmon slice seems to be getting smaller and smaller, frequent water refills, AVOD had nothing I really wanted to watch.
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Feb 24, 2010 | 9:03 am
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Just what I was thinking...
Sounds like UA on a good day to me. Or BA on a bad day.
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Sounds like UA on a good day to me. Or BA on a bad day.
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Feb 24, 2010 | 9:11 am
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Flew LHRORD yesterday. Business cabin maybe half full. No one offered to hang up my coat. OK food but didn't get first choice and that salmon slice seems to be getting smaller and smaller, frequent water refills, AVOD had nothing I really wanted to watch.
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Crew disinterested. No smiles, no comments, but competent. Was amazed that I would want tea with the scone not coffee.
Left and landed on time.
Is this it? The advantage of business is that it's not economy?
Clue 2: Salmon as appetizer on small plate (ok, this is a giveaway)
Clue 3: Frequent water refills (this is also a giveaway. Of all the airlines I've flown, only one that does this well and consistently)
Clue 4: AVOD
Clue 5: afternoon tea/scones prior to arrival.
Clue 6: #1 on time!
Clue 7: just blah (this is also a giveaway)
United, it's time to fly
Feb 24, 2010 | 2:42 pm
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Clue 1: LHR-ORD
Clue 2: Salmon as appetizer on small plate (ok, this is a giveaway)
Clue 3: Frequent water refills (this is also a giveaway. Of all the airlines I've flown, only one that does this well and consistently)
Clue 4: AVOD
Clue 5: afternoon tea/scones prior to arrival.
Clue 6: #1 on time!
Clue 7: just blah (this is also a giveaway)
United, it's time to fly
Clue 2: Salmon as appetizer on small plate (ok, this is a giveaway)
Clue 3: Frequent water refills (this is also a giveaway. Of all the airlines I've flown, only one that does this well and consistently)
Clue 4: AVOD
Clue 5: afternoon tea/scones prior to arrival.
Clue 6: #1 on time!
Clue 7: just blah (this is also a giveaway)
United, it's time to fly
Feb 24, 2010 | 3:31 pm
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It's no shock that the crew was disinterested. I'd be quite surprised if they were in any way partial.
Do you perhaps intend to convey that they were uninterested?
*Sorry, had grammar beaten into me in school.
Do you perhaps intend to convey that they were uninterested?
*Sorry, had grammar beaten into me in school.
Feb 24, 2010 | 4:17 pm
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Over the decades one can become quite sloppy without the threat of the whispering bamboo.
Last edited by 1apreferably; Feb 24, 2010 at 5:07 pm Reason: Grammar correction
Feb 25, 2010 | 1:29 am
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Feb 25, 2010 | 8:30 am
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I have only flown IAD-LHR on UA, and the service in C has always been stellar. The crews have always been IAD based. A few of the female attendants have been perhaps a little bit too friendly at times - but hey, this is the friendly skies, after all! 
I have been flying this route since the Pan Am 106/107 days in the late 1960s and have had seatmates that date themselves back then, too! I have always requested - and received - a window in the mini C cabin on the tripple 7 (I understand the 767 has the new C seating but its schedule is less convenient for now) and the service is great.
I have been flying this route since the Pan Am 106/107 days in the late 1960s and have had seatmates that date themselves back then, too! I have always requested - and received - a window in the mini C cabin on the tripple 7 (I understand the 767 has the new C seating but its schedule is less convenient for now) and the service is great.