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kluau88

I would expect the service to be pretty similar to any of the other transpacs.

UAPremExecflyer

You've asked a remarkably vague question without providing any clue as to what information you are seeking: e.g. What class of service are you flying? Do you want information about meals? Seat(s)? How to deal with jet lag? Why do you think this flight would be different from other UA trans-Pacific offerings?

UTex09

Set your expectations low.

BrianUA800

Any one knows if slippers are offered in premium class between tpe and sfo?

guavaking

No.

pigx5

In Economy cabin:

Mar 2014 (EWR-MAD)
2 main courses (meat) with 1 vegetarian selection (total 3)

Today (UA 871)
Chicken with rice or vegetarian with rice. (total 2)

Keeping cutting?

sb3

It is the same as other international flights.


Business class had the standard international amenity kit. Dinner was appetizer, salad, 4 choices for entree, none of which were vegetarian, cheese/ice cream service. About 90 min before landing, breakfast was served even though we landed in the evening local time. The snack basket was available during flight. I think there might have been soup served mid flight but I didn't partake.

Joe5981

Worst international flight experience I've had. Let's start with no personal TV's for a 14 hour flight. You can download their app but their internet is so slow most people around me weren't able to download it. You can buy wifi but it is so slow you can't even watch movies on it. The leg room seems to be less then other international flights I've been on. The food was absolutely pathetic like it wasn't even edible. Never again will I use United for long flights

yyz_atc_qq

You were supposed to have the app first. Wifi purchase isn't needed to stream movies.

s0ssos

They are supposed to have personal TVs. Period.

Can you list any other airlines flying internationally for >10 hours without those?

emcampbe

When you say you couldn't even watch movies on the wifi, are you referring to the UA-provided streaming service (which isn't wifi, but comes from an onboard server), or were you trying to watch a movie from an online service (Netflix, HBO Go, etc.) using the wifi. If the latter, it isn't meant to handle streaming services, and in fact, the terms of the wifi strictly prohibit using (though I don't believe they actually block access....not sure why). I rarely use the wifi onboard, so can't comment on that.

As for comfort, I would never argue that a UA 747 is top notch for this, in fact, I avoid the 747 in Y when possible. For E+, it has the least legroom, at only 34", but for regular economy, it's 31", which is pretty standard in the industry - it's the same amount of pitch as much of UAs other longhaul fleet (like the 777), and many other carriers (for example, most of LH's long-haul fleet, including their 747-400s and 747-800s, and even their brand new A350s, are also listed as 31" pitch in economy). For sure UA isn't the best airline food, but IME, its certainly more than edible, and by far is not the worst I've had in the air.

AlreadyThere

According to The New York Times, the next generation of planes won't have personal displays, in order to save weight and since almost everyone has a device for local streaming:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/b...ts-movies.html

Dromomaniac

If it's any consolation, those birds (747) are being retired in the next few months. Replacement 777-300ERs do have PTVs in economy.

I will take a reliable internet connection over PTVs any day of the week. I actually think this is a more forward-thinking strategy; as more people travel with their own devices and their own screens, the PTV becomes less relevant. Give people reliable power to charge their devices, a good internet connection, and entertainment (i.e. the personal device entertainment from onboard servers).

But, I understand that PTVs are still an industry standard, so it's not unreasonable to expect them on longhaul flights.

s0ssos

Who knows, nobody can predict the future (so you mean first class won't have 32 inch screens?), but the thing is you shouldn't have to be warned to fly on United economy long-haul. Which you have to be. They just don't have the standard amenities, like personal TV.