yeah i just want it to work, i don't need the glitz and gunk slowing it down and taking up screen space.

However, a pet peeve... when you click from RT to OW why does it have to reload the page rather than just have the return date go away like others do?

Let's try the question a different way. What site is more "modern" and more functional for freq traveler?

I am no fan of the present site but are less of a fan of the so - called modern sites.

HAHA, you people should be whining about THIS site - flyertalk.com. I think the old internet discussion groups want their interface back!

Actually, I like it very much that I can just type "12/14" and hit the tab key to book a flight for December 14th. No need to deal with any funky calendar widget.

Actually that's kinda true. Smaller forums I am a member of use a more updated form of vBulliten. But I still prefer FlyerTalk :-:

or you can type 12.14. the website doesn't care. You can also type just "ewr" or "sfo" or "nyc". Try that with Jet Blue...at least it brings up a suggested airport which you need to click on, but oh, how annoying.

And easy to check UA metal seat availability maps, easy to check multiple award dated by clicking the calendar.

all-in-all, its a pretty functional site.

So far the consensus seems to be we like functional and not glitz. OP, maybe you need to rethink how you design web sites as you say you are a web developer.

This is true. In terms of functionality, IMHO UA website is THE best airline website in the world.

When people purchase things like smartphones, maybe the design and the look are important factors. This is unlikely the case when deciding which airline to fly.

I am with the majority here. Many/most "modern" websites are less functional than older fashion sites.

A good example of this is DL. They re-did their website and now it is like a casino. Plenty of glitz designed to keep your attention, but impossible to navigate easily.

This.

And the many inconsistencies. e.g. Try making a permanent change to your profile to change the default search results setting. Won't stick, never sticks.

I'll take united.com over modern "Fisher Price" interfaces any day. I hate primary color buttons that take up half the screen and artificially "conversational" scripts.

It's not out of date at all.

Last time I used it, it would only return future-dated flights, showed my current GPUs and RPUs, and my current itineraries. Perfectly up to date if you ask me.

Who cares what it looks like? I'm not going there to marvel at the pretty design. I want functionality, and agree with others here that it's pretty good. My real fear is that a fancy "redesign" causes a loss of functionality, such as expert mode.

Google.com is my favorite web site. Do they need a redesign? It looks basically the same as when I first used it many years ago. I keep using it because it does what I need it to do, well.

Who says these things have to be mutually exclusive?

There are a lot of things about United I don't like but the website is not one of them. I have few, if any, complaints about it and it's superior to the old UAL.com in my opinion.

I'm for a fast, functional website, which united.com definitely is. We take things for granted when things go without a hitch, but it's really remarkable how much a breeze it is to use the united website.

Let's play a game... How many complex, airline websites has OP designed and implemented?