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mduell Nov 16, 2016 4:16 pm
Originally Posted by TonyBurr (Post 27489110)
any chance of better FA service and attitude?
No labor changes.

100% Green Nov 16, 2016 4:26 pm
A middle/center seat in first on the 777 may actually provide less privacy than the Polaris seat.

milepig Nov 16, 2016 4:35 pm
Originally Posted by avi8tir (Post 27489860)
Soup!! and a better attitude from the FA's.... (sometimes)
I finally had the pleasure of a NRT crew. Life will never be the same. Can they clone them?

rduer Nov 16, 2016 4:57 pm
Originally Posted by goodeats21 (Post 27489370)
I asked specifically about this at the Chicago Polaris event last night.

Very, very minimal differences in soft product between Polaris Business and Polaris Global First.

According to 2 different staff at the event, exact same catering and drinks (wines) for both cabins.

PGF will have a slightly larger amenity kit and a different colored quilt/duvet thing. It really is that similar. As indicated by others above, we will have to wait for some first-hand reports, but from the plans there will be very little to differentiate other than the actual seat.
Hopefully there will be very very minimal differences in price to reflect this

villox Nov 16, 2016 6:06 pm
Originally Posted by rduer (Post 27490184)
Hopefully there will be very very minimal differences in price to reflect this
They will be reducing current Global First prices by the amount it costs them to provide the current thimble of soup.

milepig Nov 16, 2016 6:13 pm
Originally Posted by villox (Post 27490408)
They will be reducing current Global First prices by the amount it costs them to provide the current thimble of soup.
To be fair, the wine was also much better. On our recent PEK-ORD business drank them dry of the red dreck and a nice FA snagged us several glasses from F. A VAST improvement.

1kBill Nov 16, 2016 6:25 pm
Please don't forget that in Int'l F you are guaranteed your first choice of a business class meal. I would imagine this will continue with Polaris F.

qukslvr619 Nov 16, 2016 7:27 pm
In addition to the soup, there is a "cocktail snack" for Polaris GlobalFirst Super Premier Elite Deluxe Class or whatever ridiculous naming convention it is. Food is the same other than it appears to be served in courses off of a silver tray whereas Business is similar to the current tray setup on the 3 class aircraft.

Truth be told they should probably just do what US did when they phased out intl F...sell the seat as an upgrade. I don't think the extra added soup, cocktail snack, and bigger amenity kit is worth either the extra cost or the extra added expense that UA incurs

rduer Nov 16, 2016 7:30 pm
Originally Posted by 1kBill (Post 27490456)
Please don't forget that in Int'l F you are guaranteed your first choice of a business class meal. I would imagine this will continue with Polaris F.
:):):):)

matrixwalker2012 Nov 16, 2016 8:28 pm
Polaris GF is simply a placeholder name for a product on its way out. Since United can't have Polaris be better than GF while GF still exists, so Polaris GF is created to be be a slight upgrade over Polaris until it can be completely removed.

milepig Nov 16, 2016 9:27 pm
Originally Posted by matrixwalker2012 (Post 27490829)
Polaris GF is simply a placeholder name for a product on its way out. Since United can't have Polaris be better than GF while GF still exists, so Polaris GF is created to be be a slight upgrade over Polaris until it can be completely removed.
Hopefully the price will also be a "slight upgrade". Somehow, I doubt that.

tuolumne Nov 16, 2016 9:40 pm
Originally Posted by 100% Green (Post 27490076)
A middle/center seat in first on the 777 may actually provide less privacy than the Polaris seat.
Privacy is overrated. Space, not so much.


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