Nov 13, 2013, 8:59 am
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Domestic pricing is $10 non-members, $8 MileagePlus member and with 25% discount using Chase MP card to pay for each domestic segment. No longer offering day pass but monthly and annual subscription packages exists,
International segments tend to run between $20-$35 but occasionally less.
T-Mobile Magenta+Magenta Plus Offering Free On Board Wifi on US Airlines...
Free in-flight messaging coming (FB Messenger, Apple iMessage, WhatsApp)
Due to the nature of the satellite system, high latency is to be expected when using the system.
All mainline aurcraft have Internet access and the larger UX (non-50 seaters) have GoGo wifi
And here's the overview from united.com.
Subscriptions are now offered which allow for unlimited wifi on flights
Thread Archive: Pricing & Speed Performance of UA in-flight Wifi {Archive}
International segments tend to run between $20-$35 but occasionally less.
T-Mobile Magenta+Magenta Plus Offering Free On Board Wifi on US Airlines...
Free in-flight messaging coming (FB Messenger, Apple iMessage, WhatsApp)
Due to the nature of the satellite system, high latency is to be expected when using the system.
All mainline aurcraft have Internet access and the larger UX (non-50 seaters) have GoGo wifi
And here's the overview from united.com.
Subscriptions are now offered which allow for unlimited wifi on flights
Thread Archive: Pricing & Speed Performance of UA in-flight Wifi {Archive}
Pricing & Speed Performance of UA in-flight Wifi
Mar 7, 2022, 11:06 pm
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$40 for wifi on the very empty SFO-SIN today. A bit ridiculous in my opinion. I'll buy it because I have to though, sigh.
Mar 12, 2022, 10:27 pm
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SFO to CDG wifi cost
Does anyone know the cost of Wifi on the SFO flight to CDG. when I bought the ticket 2 weeks ago the day pass was $18 and now it $29. The return through Newark is now $37. Seems the per-flight cost has increased.. trying to decide of Day pass is cheaper with 25% discount or for $2 more, I get the Monthly global pass.
Jun 9, 2022, 8:54 am
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Wifi Streaming Capable on 737-700W Tail #3726?
Anyone know or know how to figure out if 737-700W tail #3726 has the streaming-capable version of United wifi? Sorry for not posting this in the wifi thread but for some reason I can't find it...
Jun 9, 2022, 10:55 am
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According to the UA Fleet site https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...xXAo/htmlview# only the Max's and select 900s are on ViaSat the rest are Thales which does not support streaming. I would assume that OP's flight will not be able to stream.
Jun 12, 2022, 8:48 am
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So I'm on this flight now flying Boeing 737-700W tail #3718. It says "Network by Thales" on the United Wifi home page, but when I signed in, it offered streaming-capable, and I am watching a live sports even right now on Peacock. So I guess the Thales network on at least some planes is now supporting streaming.
Jun 16, 2022, 9:32 am
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Jun 16, 2022, 10:22 am
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Depends on your definition of decent or what you are trying to do. What are you comparing to?
It will be noway the same as an office or good home system. Usually plenty fine for email, web surfing, .... streaming video (if permitted) is iffy, group workplace systems like teams, slack, ... can be iffy. One thing to remember is these are satellite systems with significant path delays -- over 1/2 second -- so lots of back and forward can led to multi-second response times.
It will be noway the same as an office or good home system. Usually plenty fine for email, web surfing, .... streaming video (if permitted) is iffy, group workplace systems like teams, slack, ... can be iffy. One thing to remember is these are satellite systems with significant path delays -- over 1/2 second -- so lots of back and forward can led to multi-second response times.
Jun 16, 2022, 10:49 am
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Jul 7, 2022, 10:21 am
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Wifi transpac lately (US-AUS)
Has anyone flown US-MEL/SYD lately on the 787-9 and can comment on reliability of wifi on these routes? There used to be a few big gaps (a few hours at a time, If i remember correctly) where the Wifi failed to have a signal. I'm wondering if this has improved in reliability since 2019 or so.
Jul 10, 2022, 10:23 pm
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Has anyone flown US-MEL/SYD lately on the 787-9 and can comment on reliability of wifi on these routes? There used to be a few big gaps (a few hours at a time, If i remember correctly) where the Wifi failed to have a signal. I'm wondering if this has improved in reliability since 2019 or so.
Jul 17, 2022, 12:51 am
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Free messaging on INTL flights
I was on UA871 (SFO-TPE) and saw that free messaging was offered for free ($29.99 for regular Wi-Fi). Not sure if it’s due to this specific 77X (seemed to have flown most domestic routes in the past couple days) or it’s just generally available now. I’m not aware of any other carrier offering this for TPAC.
On the flop side, perhaps because of this, Wi-Fi speed was abysmal. Stable, but it took almost a minute just to load this editor page.
On the flop side, perhaps because of this, Wi-Fi speed was abysmal. Stable, but it took almost a minute just to load this editor page.
Jul 17, 2022, 2:17 am
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Or does "free messaging" refer solely to text messages, requiring an active cell phone account?
