Saying Goodbye to a friend - Travelling for the wrong reasons (LHR-PHL with UA)
Jun 10, 2009, 8:28 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Just moved to Houston,TX
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entertaining report! Sorry to see you had to come to my great state of New Jersey for the wrong reason. And I'm flying the exact route (LHR-ORD-PHL) on the later 12:20 pm flight in 4 days. It will be nice to go home after 3 months in London. Great job.
I know exactly where you stayed too, I've eaten at that bob evans a ton of times. Right off exit 4 on the turnpike by the mt.laurel greyhound bus stop.
I know exactly where you stayed too, I've eaten at that bob evans a ton of times. Right off exit 4 on the turnpike by the mt.laurel greyhound bus stop.
Jun 10, 2009, 9:15 pm
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Programs: Mucci, BMI*G, M&M SEN, FB Gold, PC Plat, Father of GhettoIFE
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Entertaining trip reports as usual - thanks for posting ^
Crikey, that UA catering looks rank, I have to say! I would defo consider eating at the airport (no, not in the RCC
)
Hope CO will turn out to be a solid addition to *A - have flown them in BusinessFirst (a few years back) but not in Y - so cannot comment there.
CO Presidents Clubs are (were) generally very nice, (usually) with ok staff but catering was always weak, with just variations of bagels, packaged muffins, apples, packaged cheese etc....no pathetic drinks vouchers, just a free bar ^ Looking forward to trying CO again.
Crikey, that UA catering looks rank, I have to say! I would defo consider eating at the airport (no, not in the RCC
)Hope CO will turn out to be a solid addition to *A - have flown them in BusinessFirst (a few years back) but not in Y - so cannot comment there.
CO Presidents Clubs are (were) generally very nice, (usually) with ok staff but catering was always weak, with just variations of bagels, packaged muffins, apples, packaged cheese etc....no pathetic drinks vouchers, just a free bar ^ Looking forward to trying CO again.
And even then, the CO lounges still sound better than the incomparable RCC at ORD...
So special, I'm looking forward to it again in October and not looking at going via FRA on SQ 
Now onto the subject of yoghurt... I'm confused to people who like to consume a dairy product based on bacterial fermentation of milk. Pretty much explains why I don't do cheese too much either
entertaining report! Sorry to see you had to come to my great state of New Jersey for the wrong reason. And I'm flying the exact route (LHR-ORD-PHL) on the later 12:20 pm flight in 4 days. It will be nice to go home after 3 months in London. Great job.
I know exactly where you stayed too, I've eaten at that bob evans a ton of times. Right off exit 4 on the turnpike by the mt.laurel greyhound bus stop.
I know exactly where you stayed too, I've eaten at that bob evans a ton of times. Right off exit 4 on the turnpike by the mt.laurel greyhound bus stop.
Although by the end of that week, I had made it from one end of that Bob Evans to the other. It's not bad food... Thankfully Weagmanns in Centerton wasn't a bad thing for a variation in food
I would had preferred the PHL-ORD-LHR back - for the miles - but also for a slightly longer connection times you need to connect at ORD. IAD was comparatively tight for my liking - that and the luggage loss issue was a joke really...
Glad you enjoyed bschaff1. One day I promise I'll fly other airlines than UA and US
At least UA didn't try and charge for the meal. One little thing...
Jun 14, 2009, 2:59 am
#20
Join Date: May 2006
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Kevin - Great report, though you really should give yogurt (when will the English learn to write English? :-P) another try. The bacteria is the same type that naturally occurs in your body and allows you to, you know, function. That's why the stuff is good for you. That said, the sugar content of the crap pretty much any airline will give you kind of negates the benefits.
On another subject, why not switch over to Mileage Plus. You would still get full *Gold benefits and would not have to spend money UGing to E+
On another subject, why not switch over to Mileage Plus. You would still get full *Gold benefits and would not have to spend money UGing to E+
Jun 14, 2009, 1:40 pm
#21
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
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Great report, kevincm and sorry to hear about your friend.
Perhaps you could take a look at my freshly uploaded NH F report and we can compare notes on the quality of catering
In all seriousness, I know at least two dogs that will refuse to eat what UA attempted to serve up on those flights... 
PS. Loving your ghetto IFE as always!
Perhaps you could take a look at my freshly uploaded NH F report and we can compare notes on the quality of catering
In all seriousness, I know at least two dogs that will refuse to eat what UA attempted to serve up on those flights... PS. Loving your ghetto IFE as always!
Jun 14, 2009, 6:47 pm
#22
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Kevin - Great report, though you really should give yogurt (when will the English learn to write English? :-P) another try. The bacteria is the same type that naturally occurs in your body and allows you to, you know, function. That's why the stuff is good for you. That said, the sugar content of the crap pretty much any airline will give you kind of negates the benefits.
On another subject, why not switch over to Mileage Plus. You would still get full *Gold benefits and would not have to spend money UGing to E+
On another subject, why not switch over to Mileage Plus. You would still get full *Gold benefits and would not have to spend money UGing to E+
Apart from the possibility of better redemptions (which I will get round to eventually) - at the moment - the race for re-qualification is still in progress for 2010/11. To be honest, I'm looking towards other *A carriers if Diamond Club gets transformed into Miles and More - but for now - I'll target my re-qualification (38k vs 50k - it's a big difference!). That and I don't have to pay for lounges in the USA makes a small (if considerable) difference.
And here's a little believe it or not - I can do fine without E+ amazingly (as my trips on US prove). It isn't the most essential bit of travel. For me - more important is that I have a seat of my choice - hence the problem with booking a flight two weeks out with the seat maps zero'd out - I couldn't locate a seat that I liked or wanted - so to get a reasonable shot of a window seat - I paid up.
Great report, kevincm and sorry to hear about your friend.
Perhaps you could take a look at my freshly uploaded NH F report and we can compare notes on the quality of catering In all seriousness, I know at least two dogs that will refuse to eat what UA attempted to serve up on those flights...
Perhaps you could take a look at my freshly uploaded NH F report and we can compare notes on the quality of catering
In all seriousness, I know at least two dogs that will refuse to eat what UA attempted to serve up on those flights... I'd certainly compare notes - for starter your food looked edible, where as mine looked liked someone really wanted me to use the sick bags for the real reason ... It was not UA's finest hour... by any stretch of the imagination.
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Thanks
- and there's a food critique on my new blog - http://www.gettoife.com/2009/06/sund...rt-please.htmlNow if some companies would get a move on with food...