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Old Apr 13, 2021, 8:55 pm
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No seat map when using Safari on iPad (not app)

As the UA app doesn’t allow searching for upgrade space, I use United.com on Safari for IPad. However, seat maps won’t ever display and instead I get the rotating little circle thing. Does anyone else have the same problem and/or a remedy?
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Old Apr 13, 2021, 9:26 pm
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Easy fix - don't use Safari. On any device. Ever. It's almost as bad as Edge on Windows.
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Old Apr 14, 2021, 1:46 am
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
Easy fix - don't use Safari. On any device. Ever. It's almost as bad as Edge on Windows.
On MOBILE platforms, Safari has a 25% market share in the world, a significance which its desktop counterpart cannot claim. However, in the US alone, where the share of Apple devices is higher than anywhere in the world, Safari's share is upwards of 50% in the mobile market. It would be worrisome if UA still doesn't support the most-used mobile browser in the US.

I can't remember having significant negative experiences with Safari. You could be using parts of Safari without knowing, as many iOS apps use the Safari framework to load and render specific content. There's no reason why UA couldn't make the seat map work on Safari.
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Old Apr 14, 2021, 5:01 am
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It’s not working on either Safari or Chrome via United.com, not the app.
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Old Apr 15, 2021, 1:04 pm
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It’s not working on either Safari or Chrome via United.com, not the app.
Makes sense. Like Safari, Google Chrome on iOS uses Apple WebKit as rendering engine, not the "Blink" engine that is used on all other platforms.

I'd suggest using the app or a desktop browser.
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