Biggest Whopper you've heard from a UA Pilot, Flight Attendant, Gate or Ticket Agent?
May 17, 2012, 7:11 am
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Another standard lie, though not peculiar to UA: "We have a completely full flight today..." during boarding, with admonition to store your smaller item under the seat, not in the bins. FAs say this regardless of actual load.
May 17, 2012, 11:14 am
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I call that the whitest of lies, for the better good.
May 17, 2012, 12:11 pm
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Unless it's an odd desination on an odd day, no matter what the passenger count shows, I always assume full. More often than not, it will end up being full once standbys are cleared.
May 17, 2012, 2:46 pm
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How true. I've flown ten segments so far this year, all Canada-Canada, Canada-US, US-Canada or US-US, mostly on UA but 3 on AC and one on WS. Eight have been completely full. One had one empty seat (beside me, no less). The other had several empty seats, but was the first time I've seen any empty seats on a flight out of my airport in many months.
May 17, 2012, 4:09 pm
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From an FA, with whom I was chatting in the F galley on a TPAC:
"Mr. Smisek is a real AIRLINE GUY. He knows what he's doing, and this will be a world-class airline! I'm so glad he's in charge!"
"Mr. Smisek is a real AIRLINE GUY. He knows what he's doing, and this will be a world-class airline! I'm so glad he's in charge!"
May 17, 2012, 9:43 pm
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We expect our computer issues to be over within one week.
Said on March 14 by GA at IAH.
I had to look closely to see if she was Jon Lovitz in a dress. She wasn't.
Said on March 14 by GA at IAH.
I had to look closely to see if she was Jon Lovitz in a dress. She wasn't.
May 17, 2012, 11:31 pm
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May 18, 2012, 1:13 pm
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This isn't a whopper so much as a wildly inconsistently applied rule, but "shades must be raised at takeoff and landing". It's actually part of the recorded safety briefing on the 170s, along with verbal directions from the attendants (before takeoff) and pilot (during final descent).
This isn't a whopper so much as a wildly inconsistently applied rule, but "shades must be raised at takeoff and landing". It's actually part of the recorded safety briefing on the 170s, along with verbal directions from the attendants (before takeoff) and pilot (during final descent).
May 23, 2012, 12:47 pm
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May 23, 2012, 2:40 pm
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When trying to upgrade an LH Y fare on LH metal with United miles:
Agent 1: "I'm sorry, but you can't upgrade on a partner airline with United miles. This is not possible."
Agent 2: "I'm sorry, you can only do that at the airport, you need to give the LH agent your Mileage Plus information."
Agent 3: "I'm sorry, but Y fares are excluded". (???)
Fortunately I hit the jackpot with agent number 4, who was both willing- and knew how to- check on upgrade availability, which is no small victory these days, and I finally got the upgrade confirmed :-)
Agent 1: "I'm sorry, but you can't upgrade on a partner airline with United miles. This is not possible."
Agent 2: "I'm sorry, you can only do that at the airport, you need to give the LH agent your Mileage Plus information."
Agent 3: "I'm sorry, but Y fares are excluded". (???)
Fortunately I hit the jackpot with agent number 4, who was both willing- and knew how to- check on upgrade availability, which is no small victory these days, and I finally got the upgrade confirmed :-)