I only appreciate when it says GLOBAL SERVICES.
Global Services isn’t for me.

so where did the GS/1K end up?

On Spirit.

I have posted about this before. I usually give up my F seat for any military in uniform (don't want to debate in and out of uniform as my choice is in uniform). I have had other pax on the upgrade list state if I do not want the seat then they are next. This is true if it was an upgrade but if I paid for the seat I can swap.
My question as well!

Typical IAH...

UA683 SFO-PHX this evening, operated by a 320, after boarding had completed, I noticed a commotion behind me in 3E. Woman was complaining about her seat, which had broken recline. If you've flown the "new" UA F seat enough times, you're well familiar with the issue - it won't hold a position, but rocks back and forth. Mildly annoying, for sure, but you'd think someone had kidnapped this woman's children. She was going on about how much money she spends with UA and how completely unacceptable this was. She insisted the crew call maintenance and fix the seat. I would have told her she was free to disembark and find another way to get to PHX (a sentiment which was clearly shared by the rest of the F cabin), but the crew actually called a maintenance team which spent about 20 minutes completely disassembling the seat pan. After they announced it fixed, she then argued with them for five more minutes about whether they had really fixed it, before finally, grudgingly taking her seat. Net result: a 28 minute delayed departure.

Naturally, upon arriving at PHX this woman then pushed her way through the aisle, cutting off all but one of the pax from row 2 in her rush for the door.

Shades of Fun
 

Yesterday, SFO-BOS, 757 in F. I'm in 1E. After boarding while we're waiting to depart, the pax next to me in 1F has the windows open -- it's dreary and raining out. I prefer windows open during take-off and landing, as safety guidelines say that in the event of an emergency, it's important to assess what's going on outside and have your eyes acclimated to ambient light. While UA does not currently require this (suggestion is for emergency rows only), many Asian airlines do. So I'm always happy to have them open, but I don't insist on it if I'm on the aisle and my window-mate wants them closed.

Pax in 1B across the aisle asks his seatmate in a loud, demanding voice to lower the window shades NOW, as when we get above the clouds it will be bright and he wants to sleep (it's a daytime flight, but, whatever). Pax in 1A complies. Then Mr. 1B motions violently for my seatmate in 1F to lower the shades on our side, but he doesn't see it and I pretend not to notice. Mr. 1B scowls.

That not working, Mr. 1B says to the FA, "You NEED to ask everyone to lower their shades NOW as it will get bright after take-off and i want to sleep." FA says nicely, "I'm sorry, I'm not at liberty to dictate how our passengers want their shades," and walks away. Mr. 1B scowls yet again.

We takeoff, and it gets bright. Mr. 1B continues to signal my seatmate in 1F to lower the shades, to no avail. Eventually my seatmate does so as he wants to watch a movie.

By the way, Mr. 1B never reclined his seat nor slept -- he played games on his phone the entire trip.

We land, and I stand up to get my bag from the overhead, then position facing rear as the 757 deplanes through door #2 rear of F. Mr. 1B stands and says in a loud voice, "Can I get my bag out please (motioning to me as his is over row 2), you are all in such a rush!" Geez, Mr. 1B, chill! Mr. 1A and Mr. 1F laugh out loud, and Mr. 1B scowls, again.

Note the common thread here.

Non-hub destinations? :D

If only this FA worked international widebody flights :rolleyes:

Connection at SFO. :) :)

MEL-LAX 3/18/23
One GS and three 1K get placed in the pre-board pen at MEL and sit quietly waiting. People line up in the BG 1, 2 etc lanes and Mr. DYKWIA rolls up with wife in tow and loudly proclaims to the checker "I'm a 1K so I need to be let through to where they are" and points at the rest of us. Gets let through and sits down, huffing and puffing about security, the line to check-in, blah blah. General blowhard type DYKWIA that I try and stay away from.

The GA announces that she's about to start pre-boarding and he leaps up, chastises his wife for not being Usain Bolt and walks to within three feet of the podium. GA gives him that "oh, you're one of them looks" and calls for Disabled and Needing extra time. He is asked to move aside for the three wheel chairs, which he barely does, and then a goup of about 25 people approach the other boarding lane. They all have the same lanyards on with ID and identical backpacks. GA scans the first person and Mr. DYKWIA flaps his arms about and says "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? You're going to pre-board a tour group before ME?, This is ludicrous!!". The GA stepped away from the podium and walked over to him and said in a quiet voice "Sir, this is a handicapped group and they need extra time" to which he responded in a very loud voice "Handicapped, handicapped, there's nothing wrong with them! They're all quiet capable of walking on their own. How are they handicapped'?. One of the chaperones of the group turned to him and said "This is a group of autistic and Down Syndrome athletes going to compete in your country, sir'. At this point Mrs. DYKWIA is doing her best to not look like she's with him and, when all of us wish he'd shut up, he blurts out "Well you can't tell that so its confusing".

GA pre-boards the group and Mr. DYKWIA shuffles back in front of the podium and she calls for military, then GS. I say excuse me to him and he moves a bit over and she says in a nice loud voice 'Thank you for being so patient Mr. L1K", shoots daggers at him and calls for Families with kids and there must have been about a dozen or so :D. I was on-board, in my seat, having a PDB before I heard him getting on-board complaining out-loud for anyone close enough to hear so I am guessing the GA took her sweet time to get to the 1K's. They have him to thank for that.

1st and last mistake. There is no way on this green earth would I have complied if only for the rude nature of his "demand". I would 100% just rolled my eyes and shook my head at him as I looked out my window at other planes.

That's an FA who needs to be waiting in the unemployment line. Someone tried to offer a better seat to someone in order to trade. FA needs to mind his/her own business there

I was waiting for the punchline "I was onboard having a PDB when I saw him march back to Y, grumbling about how useless his PP's were because he can't even clear into Premium Plus, much less Polaris."