UA removing domestic first class blankets?
May 10, 2017, 10:44 am
#33
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UA removing domestic first class blankets?
i was just informed and confirmed by global services that united has decided to eliminate blankets for First Class domestic flights. After my third flight this month of the blankets "not being there", this policy change was confirmed by united. How cheap!!
May 10, 2017, 11:34 am
#35
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Looks like they're doubling down after eliminating pillows in F around 2012.
There's now quite a gap in cabin furnishing compared with DL and AA. Not to mention an even bigger gap between the domestic F cabin and Polaris.
Maybe they could redeploy the extra pillow they've removed from Polaris to the F cabin of domestic flights?
There's now quite a gap in cabin furnishing compared with DL and AA. Not to mention an even bigger gap between the domestic F cabin and Polaris.
Maybe they could redeploy the extra pillow they've removed from Polaris to the F cabin of domestic flights?
May 10, 2017, 11:58 am
#39
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Interesting...there seemed to be a pretty consistent panning of the blankets because of the quality of them anyway. Apparenlty, now they weren't so bad?
Seriously though, pretty sure I had them on my last flight in F a week and a half ago.
Seriously though, pretty sure I had them on my last flight in F a week and a half ago.
May 10, 2017, 12:07 pm
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May 10, 2017, 12:56 pm
#42
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Funny as I had my first Y blanket in a while on a non-p.s. redeye the other day. It was welcomed as I forgot to pack my usual hoodie and was only wearing a golf shirt in a chilly cabin.
Cheap and tacky, if true. That'll go a long way toward closing the margin gap!
Cheap and tacky, if true. That'll go a long way toward closing the margin gap!
May 10, 2017, 1:14 pm
#44
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Maybe they were misinformed? I've passed through F many a flight, and it was always hit or miss if there were blankets sitting on the seats.
Another possibility: perhaps UA is temporarily suspending the provisioning of blankets in domestic F/J until they find a better replacement blanket? There were many complaints about the current/"old" thin, cheese-cloth blankets.
Another possibility: perhaps UA is temporarily suspending the provisioning of blankets in domestic F/J until they find a better replacement blanket? There were many complaints about the current/"old" thin, cheese-cloth blankets.
May 10, 2017, 1:26 pm
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