Jan 8, 2016, 2:56 pm
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing to Complain About? [2016]
Jan 6, 2016, 6:00 am
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing to Complain About? [2016]
A man's suit jacket brushed against me as he was poaching F bin space to go back into Y.
It was certainly not Kiton, Brioni or Isaia. Will I get a rash?
It was certainly not Kiton, Brioni or Isaia. Will I get a rash?
Jan 6, 2016, 6:25 am
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The cutlery on a RDU-SFO flight I'm on today is from Air Canada, it has the Maple Leaves stamped on it and everything!
Jan 7, 2016, 3:51 pm
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I finally convinced my employer to let me get a United Club membership, just to discover that the PHX club does not have brownie brittle or those chocolate covered graham cracker things. My week is ruined. 
Jan 8, 2016, 6:15 pm
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UA has consolidated all of its gates into the "banjo" section of CLE's C Terminal. Now, it takes me at least an extra 90 seconds to get to Great Lakes Brewing upon deplaning.
Even more unfortunate for me, due the CLE de-hubbing, GLB (and every shop in the airport for that matter) closes up sometime around 7PM.
Even more unfortunate for me, due the CLE de-hubbing, GLB (and every shop in the airport for that matter) closes up sometime around 7PM.
Jan 9, 2016, 5:14 pm
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing to Complain About? [2016]
Was on today's IAD-ROC flight assigned seat 1A.... I board the plane and was told that I'm no longer sitting there because the FA is training a newly hired Flight Attendant that's right out of school... I was never told anything about the reassignment and got stuck back in E-..... I wouldn't have mind if someone told me because that makes sense that the need my seat... Nothing.... The FA was really cute so I didn't mind.
Jan 9, 2016, 6:07 pm
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Was on today's IAD-ROC flight assigned seat 1A.... I board the plane and was told that I'm no longer sitting there because the FA is training a newly hired Flight Attendant that's right out of school... I was never told anything about the reassignment and got stuck back in E-..... I wouldn't have mind if someone told me because that makes sense that the need my seat... Nothing.... The FA was really cute so I didn't mind.
Jan 9, 2016, 7:00 pm
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Seat 1A on a E-145 is a good seat if ur tall... I'm the first one on and first off since in 1k.... I felt like a jerk giving a really good looking FA a hard time. I'm a nice guy and apologized.
Jan 9, 2016, 8:28 pm
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On my flight today Star Wars 3, Revenge of the Sith was playing and the flight ended during the final fight scene causing me to not get to see Obi Wan cut off Darth Vader's legs and throw him into a pool of lava. Pilot should have done donuts to extend the flight 
Jan 9, 2016, 8:55 pm
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Curious, was the film listed under "new releases"?
Jan 10, 2016, 3:02 pm
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United offers Private Screening of Interstellar on their equipped flights in Jan 2016.
Unfortunately the film is so long that I had to wait 2 days for my return flight to watch the last 45 minutes of the film!
Unfortunately the film is so long that I had to wait 2 days for my return flight to watch the last 45 minutes of the film!
Jan 12, 2016, 5:12 pm
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The tongs in the UC are set too narrow. When you pick up two cubes of cheese, they lock up and don't release. I adjusted them for UA, and compensation for my efforts were me culling the snap peas from the veggie mix.
Jan 13, 2016, 6:24 pm
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On the mobile app in the activity tab it shows the limited RDM's in green now - just to point out that even though you spent more money this is all the miles you get...
Jan 13, 2016, 6:42 pm
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I'd be more upset about not getting to see the "in suit" Darth Vader at the end
Jan 14, 2016, 7:02 am
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Jan 14, 2016, 8:31 pm
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What's the Stupidest, Least Substantive UA-Related Thing to Complain About? [2016]
The FA comes to me for my PDB... I ask for a Sam Adams... His response was "what's that?"