What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing You Can Complain About?

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Dec 30, 2014, 10:56 am

#1651

rworne

Join Date: Dec 2014

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Flying from IAD to LAX on a plane outfitted with United WiFi, in-seat power and no IFE at all.

Really?

Dec 30, 2014, 11:00 am

#1652

transportprof

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rworne

Flying from IAD to LAX on a plane outfitted with United WiFi, in-seat power and no IFE at all.

Really?

It beats no wi-fi, no power, and no IFE, which is still what a majority of UA's schedule offers (I'm counting the UX flights).

Dec 30, 2014, 9:28 pm

#1653

rworne

Join Date: Dec 2014

Location: LAX

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How about this one:

Why is the RCC in LAX so dreary?

BOS is pretty nice and so is IAD (Terminal C). Both let the wife and kid in as guests on my international itinerary without comment as a *G/Plat just because.

Odd story: I always hang out in the RCC in LAX before going on flights to Europe or Asia. Last time I was there I checked in, and went to the back to get some of those buttermilk donut things and OJ. Next thing I hear is them paging me to the front. I go and they tell me I should not be in the lounge. Confused, I said I am in all the time and I'm a *G. Then it dawns on me that *this* one trip is just an LAX-SFO-LAX hop and not international *facepalm*. They told me to keep the donuts and that they'll see me again tomorrow (the very next day I was flying out to Europe again).

Dec 31, 2014, 8:29 am

#1654

coolbeans202

Join Date: Jun 2004

Location: Washington, DC

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The warmed nuts were overheated on my recent SFO-DCA flight causing me to slightly burn my fingers on the ramekin.

Dec 31, 2014, 8:58 am

#1655

AA2MM

Join Date: Jan 2001

Location: AA Plat4Life4MM/DL MM SM4Life, UA/CO 1K

Posts: 645

Food service from SGN to HKG...

I fell asleep and missed the hot Pho soup in FC.
FA then gave me 2 bags of potatoe chips. It was so bad that I spit it out.
Be forwarned, the chips are made in VN.

Dec 31, 2014, 3:56 pm

#1656

chicaloca453

Join Date: Apr 2004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by weirdlyndon

Maybe next time not proffer how much of the meal you intend to eat, and save yourself from getting future questions like that from FAs?!

Not trying to be rude, but I'm thinking about every time an FA asks me for my meal choice. I only verbalize my choice. If I later decide to just pick at it, that's my decision.

Point taken. I am not even sure why I said it honestly. I usually don't. However that brings up another interesting "complaint" in J on a TATL flight. I picked at my food and the FA chastised me for not eating enough and wasting the food! So I guess on UA these days you can't win for losing.

Dec 31, 2014, 4:56 pm

#1657

greg99

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chicaloca453

Is it possible that you were simply the recipient of a "motherly" comment from the FA?

Let's be honest, on any international UA flight, almost regardless of how old you are, there is at least one FA old enough to be your mother...

Greg