Bose Headphones Being Added to GF and BF
Sep 29, 2015, 8:48 pm
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Bose Headphones Being Added to GF and BF
Starting in October, United will finally catch up to the competition and will start providing Bose Noise Cancelling headphones for the Global First and BusinessFirst cabins.
While I already have my own, this IS an enhancement
While I already have my own, this IS an enhancement
Sep 29, 2015, 9:24 pm
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I honestly refuse to use any headphone provided by the airline that's not coming out of a plastic bag. Someone else who may not be as hygienic as I am used them on the flight over to where I'm trying to depart from. Why would I want to share with them? I'm not a total germ-a-phobe but these really are pretty nasty.
Then you have AC who gives you the headphones but in a separate sealed bag gives you the soft cushiony things to put over them so that they are "new" for your ears. I still prefer to use my own.
-RM
Then you have AC who gives you the headphones but in a separate sealed bag gives you the soft cushiony things to put over them so that they are "new" for your ears. I still prefer to use my own.
-RM
Sep 29, 2015, 9:40 pm
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Trying to wrap my head around this one.
Boze, not that great, just spend a fortune on advertising
Existing noise cancelling headphones, just fine.
UA just bought into the hype
Boze, not that great, just spend a fortune on advertising
Existing noise cancelling headphones, just fine.
UA just bought into the hype
Sep 29, 2015, 9:56 pm
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Sep 29, 2015, 10:41 pm
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Not going to look a gift horse - it's a nice touch - but wish better wine and upgraded meal presentation came first or alongside it.
This feels more like a harmonization with Lufthansa than anything else.
And unfortunately Lufthansa trots out $11 wines for business class.
This feels more like a harmonization with Lufthansa than anything else.
And unfortunately Lufthansa trots out $11 wines for business class.
Sep 29, 2015, 11:20 pm
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Hype indeed, and what, 10 years late to the party?
I don't want to sound tone deaf about Bose's noise-cancelling methodology, but the way it works, your ears receive twice the actual ambient sound with those headphones. You can actually put strain on your ears when you think you are receiving complete silence.
I don't want to sound tone deaf about Bose's noise-cancelling methodology, but the way it works, your ears receive twice the actual ambient sound with those headphones. You can actually put strain on your ears when you think you are receiving complete silence.
Sep 29, 2015, 11:53 pm
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I'd rather arrive late than never. Few complain more about this airline than me, but I am not going to bash them when they do something that's good for their customers. In time they will get better or they will go away.
My guess is that they will get better.
My guess is that they will get better.
Sep 30, 2015, 12:17 am
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Cool. Does that mean they're coming back to p.s.?
(And, will they be collected an hour before landing as I've experienced on AA F? Should let pax know to bring their own headphones for the gap time before landing.)
Also, I don't understand the negativity in the above replies. I remember getting complimentary noise-canceling headsets in PMUA p.s. J and I usually thought it was a great amenity. It's also pretty good in SQ F and LH F.
(And, will they be collected an hour before landing as I've experienced on AA F? Should let pax know to bring their own headphones for the gap time before landing.)
Also, I don't understand the negativity in the above replies. I remember getting complimentary noise-canceling headsets in PMUA p.s. J and I usually thought it was a great amenity. It's also pretty good in SQ F and LH F.
Sep 30, 2015, 1:23 am
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Hype indeed, and what, 10 years late to the party?
I don't want to sound tone deaf about Bose's noise-cancelling methodology, but the way it works, your ears receive twice the actual ambient sound with those headphones. You can actually put strain on your ears when you think you are receiving complete silence.
I don't want to sound tone deaf about Bose's noise-cancelling methodology, but the way it works, your ears receive twice the actual ambient sound with those headphones. You can actually put strain on your ears when you think you are receiving complete silence.
If Bose makes even 1 decent thing in their whole catalog, its probably their noise cancelling headphones, even if they are quite overpriced. An upgrade is an upgrade no matter how it comes.