SunLover

By exhibiting gate lice type behaviors you will not ingratiate yourself to crew members or fellow travelers alike. Next time try to blend a little…


SunLover

pixmotion

Hi;

well in some ways if I were a FA or CEO of United, and looked at the customers, I probably would think, we take, take and screw. And they just keep paying, and the revenues and profits margins increase. So, when I looked at those people, it would not be too hard to imagine thinking "idiots" or probably the word "suckers" is around the golf course lounge when the CEO is shooting the .... with buddies.

The only way to effect change is stop paying, boycott, or like the French walk out and greve. I seriously doubt complaints are going anyplace other than /dev/null

UnitedFlyGuy

The fare class, the "elite" status, the earlier flights, etc. are all moot points.

Fact of the matter is you didn't follow the rules and the FA called you on it. You created your own problem and your high and mighty attitude certainly doesn't help.

rajsbasi

If the FA was rude or otherwise discourteous then yes we would all probably be chastising the FA for it but instead she seems to have acted with decency and professionalism by merely pointing out a legitimate rule and by offering you some drinks on the house.

IMO we should be congratulating the FA for a job well done!

barberio

The last time I was in first class, I was pretty much amazed that during taxi and takeoff everyone except me had left their seatbelts unbuckled, were slyly using their ipads/mobile phones and so on. And all while making sure to keep it all out of the sight of the FA.

marvanit

You voluntarily took a Y seat????? You took a standby flight, giving up your F seat on your confirmed flight. Now you are doing the airline a favor by not having them kick someone out of their first class seat so you can have it on a STANDBY flight?? Getting better every second, but you are right, you aren't a DYKWIA!!!

bmvaughn

Very much so. Very easy.

On the topic of this thread, what I've realized is the most unpleasant thing about flying UA lately is not the blended UA/CO staff, the planes, the service levels, etc... it's my fellow passenger. I've flown B6 and AS more lately ex-SEA and the flying experience is worlds apart from UA - because my fellow passenger is actually kind, courteous, and in a good mood.

Maybe we all could use that, OP, other posters, and myself included?

CaptKornDog

I would count getting to keep both bags in the overhead bin, some (probably minor in the grand scheme of things) verbal abuse, getting out before a hurricane, and two free drinks as a win. But maybe I'm just naive.

Jorgen

There's certainly some less-than-ideal FAs out there. Some of them are, on occasion, rude to customers, and sometimes these customers will be flyertalkers. So I certainly believe anyone who claims to have been the victim of a rude FA. But it is notable how frequently these "rude FA" threads are started by someone whose story starts off "There I was, minding my own business and doing something totally unreasonable..."

The worst thing about air travel is that every minor inconvenience or insult is followed by several hours of sitting there with nothing to do except stew over it. If someone is rude to me at my local cafe then I've probably forgotten about it one hour later. If someone is rude to me on United then I sit there in a chair mentally composing a big long flyertalk post about it for the next three thousand miles...

walkerci

The airlines brought this carry on baggage issue upon themselves when they started charging for checked bags.

There is no such rule that a passenger can put only 1 item in the overhead.

Now if someone's bag has to be checked, who should be the victim?

1. A loyal, top tier elite, frequent flyer that controls large annual travel spend and cannot afford to waste upwards of 1 hour a week waiting at the baggage carousel.

2. A non-loyal, non-elite, price sensitive, low margin, infrequent flyer with essentially no opportunity cost for waiting on checked bags.

The answer is obvious.@:-)

FWIW, I frequently see passengers bringing 3 items on board such as a large hand bag, a computer bag, and a roll aboard. I'm not talking about crew either, although non-working airline employees should be subject to the same baggage rules as other passengers.

IF the airlines really want to solve the carry on luggage issue, the solution is quite simple: Restrict non-elites to 1 carry on item.

waxearwings

wow, I guess some elites are over-entitled. I think some people used to F feel like everyone in Y should be HONORED that they are slumming it w/ the commoners.

JOSECONLSCREW28

So let me get this straight Elites should be able to bring as much they want onboard, yet non-elites should be restricted to only 1 item? Care to explain? Carry-on bag rules apply to everyone, no matter if you fly every other day, or once or twice a year.

busyexec331

I don't think your free drinks were related to your baggage incident. I've been given free drinks in Y on several occasions, without having any prior run-ins with FAs.

LASUA1K

Exactly. I don't get why someone who has status thinks that they are better than someone else.

sbm12

If the one doesn't actually fit under the seat then this probably isn't actually true. One bag plus one personal item is not the same as two bags which only fit in the overhead bin.