United Wifi is Unusable / Problems Connecting to United_Wi-Fi
Apr 3, 2014, 8:07 am
#31
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As a result, I had decided that I would never waste money on such a terrible product, and I assume others have come to the same conclusion. If your observation is indeed a fact, United needs to state this somewhere. I would have purchased wifi on probably half of these flights had I trusted that it would be better after purchase. Just a simple asterisk on the wifi home page that discloses the free wifi speed is not "full speed".
Apr 3, 2014, 8:12 am
#32
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Most (all??) of the old 752s aren't going to get WiFi. They're also not going to be around much longer.
Apr 3, 2014, 8:35 am
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Apr 3, 2014, 8:57 am
#34
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Oh that's right
I forgot JetBlue was on the route. They have up to 3 flights a day and united has up to 7. So I guess if they fly when I need it I could choose it over united. Don't think wifi would be the deciding factor. Just me though
Apr 3, 2014, 9:02 am
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I fly that route maybe 10x/year, virtually always on UA, and I don't have a strong preference between the "old" 757 and the "new" 737. Seems about a wash as far as the actual user experience.
I wouldn't choose B6 in Y over UA in F, just because they have wifi.
Last edited by DaviddesJ; Apr 3, 2014 at 9:09 am
Apr 3, 2014, 9:54 am
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Apr 3, 2014, 11:05 am
#38
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This is what I think. On my NRT-SFO flight I asked the FA if there was wifi onboard and he said "I have no idea". I only happpened to notice on the BKK-NRT flight by accident when I was putting my ipad into airplane mode. No announcements on either flight.
Apr 3, 2014, 11:24 am
#39
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UA flight status will always tell you before the flight, because the computer system obviously knows which plane is flying.
Apr 3, 2014, 2:03 pm
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It's so easy to see why new users are turned off by the hostility on this board.
Apr 3, 2014, 2:28 pm
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It seems that AA flew SFO-BOS until 2010.
American Airlines nixes SFO-Boston nonstops
I don't have any hostility toward you. I'm a bit bemused by your seatmate who apparently flies AA all the time and was on a UA flight SFO-BOS and gave you a hard time for not flying the superior AA. What was his excuse?
American Airlines nixes SFO-Boston nonstops
I don't have any hostility toward you. I'm a bit bemused by your seatmate who apparently flies AA all the time and was on a UA flight SFO-BOS and gave you a hard time for not flying the superior AA. What was his excuse?
Apr 3, 2014, 3:19 pm
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It seems that AA flew SFO-BOS until 2010.
American Airlines nixes SFO-Boston nonstops
I don't have any hostility toward you. I'm a bit bemused by your seatmate who apparently flies AA all the time and was on a UA flight SFO-BOS and gave you a hard time for not flying the superior AA. What was his excuse?
American Airlines nixes SFO-Boston nonstops
I don't have any hostility toward you. I'm a bit bemused by your seatmate who apparently flies AA all the time and was on a UA flight SFO-BOS and gave you a hard time for not flying the superior AA. What was his excuse?
Oct 12, 2014, 8:23 pm
#44
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Have flown on A320s and 737-900s lately and the WiFi speed on the A320s is really good whereas I've had problems with the 737 aircraft. Always have problems with the 737 portal too!