Espresso Machines on pmCO Widebody and pmUA 2 Cabin 763's discontinued April 1, 2015
Mar 21, 2015, 2:20 pm
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I tried the UA coffee again recently just to see if it had improved.
Nope. Back to the Starbucks Via. Don't board a United flight without it!
lol this was exactly Always Flyin's point!
Mar 22, 2015, 5:37 am
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I'm one of those ornery folks who was quite happy to fly TATK on a 757-200....my only problem with the 757-200 was that they had no espresso machine....I think that they weren't used because they weren't promoted, but I never had a problem or an eye roll when I asked for one.
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Mar 22, 2015, 10:18 am
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I just started removing off-topic posts from this thread. Please, this is not for debating which carrier was "better" or more financially stable before the merger, not for discussing subsidies, not for anything other than discussing the espresso machines being removed.
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Thanks,
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Mar 22, 2015, 12:33 pm
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The three or four times I asked for an espresso, it never arrived anyways. So, might as well remove something that FA's don't want to be bothered with in the first place.
Mar 22, 2015, 12:53 pm
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Sigh... dreaming of the Viennese coffee menu on OS. Prepared by the onboard chef, and brought to your aisle access seat.
Oh sorry, they care about their product. My bad.
Oh sorry, they care about their product. My bad.
Mar 22, 2015, 2:59 pm
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He talked at length with the UA purser going over, and according to my colleague, the #1 complaint of the front cabin flight crews is their embarrassment with serving such a poor product.
Mar 24, 2015, 11:22 am
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they ought to be embarrassed. I did enjoy the espressos I had on CO and then UA.
its not really a race to the bottom, UA is a mile ahead of the competition. I took a DL trip out west this past weekend (I missed this thread before) I was a little confused when they offered a choice of comp snacks in Y.
its not really a race to the bottom, UA is a mile ahead of the competition. I took a DL trip out west this past weekend (I missed this thread before) I was a little confused when they offered a choice of comp snacks in Y.
Mar 24, 2015, 3:07 pm
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as mentioned upthread and in another one that there is a hot beverage revamp/partnerships in the works.
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Mar 24, 2015, 3:09 pm
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What do you think they're going to do? start serving Peets?!
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Mar 24, 2015, 3:22 pm
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Well I'm going to use my sample size of 1 in the MEL UC. 
It's 2015 and people need money and advertising. It'll be whoever thinks it's worth the $ to place their logo on every UA menu and IFM.
It's 2015 and people need money and advertising. It'll be whoever thinks it's worth the $ to place their logo on every UA menu and IFM.
Mar 24, 2015, 3:36 pm
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That would be great. But those Nespresso capsules retail for 70 cents each. Might UA get a substantial discount? Yes, of course. But this is the airline that serves broken cashews in its premium cabins. And brags about it.