Should I Fly UA Polaris Or LH Business
Feb 2, 2018, 5:26 am
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Should I Fly UA Polaris Or LH Business
Well, I'm planning my trips for this year and I've already booked my domestic trips and now working on my international trips. Pretty much the prices is the same for both the UA option and LH option for my city pair. I'm torn between which J product to choose between the two airlines. I'm booking everything via UA so mileage and EQM isn't an issue either. The Polaris would most likely be on a non refurbished plane and the LH flight would be on their A380.
Feb 2, 2018, 5:32 am
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Imo if you are debating between older UA product vs LH I prefer LH. Though it does come down to the configuration. Depending on how far out you are booking some of the UA planes will be updated to the new hard product and from what I hear it is the superior choice
Feb 2, 2018, 8:07 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 8:12 am
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UA 77W > LH 380
UA 763 w/ Polaris > LH 380
UA 788/9 = LH 380 (UA seat better, LH service better)
UA sCO 772 = LH 380 (same)
LH380 > any other UA business class
This is very much personal opinion, I value the cleanliness of the LH aircraft and professionalism of the LH crews higher than others may.
UA 763 w/ Polaris > LH 380
UA 788/9 = LH 380 (UA seat better, LH service better)
UA sCO 772 = LH 380 (same)
LH380 > any other UA business class
This is very much personal opinion, I value the cleanliness of the LH aircraft and professionalism of the LH crews higher than others may.
Feb 2, 2018, 8:30 am
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Polaris seats are better than LH J. The seat is what matters in business, and LH's J seats are awful.
If you're talking old J seats on UA, it's a toss up.
If you're talking old J seats on UA, it's a toss up.
Feb 2, 2018, 8:52 am
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LH J is very mediocre. The only time I would ever willingly choose it over UA J is if the UA aircraft was the 2-4-2 config. Even then, I always thought that LH food in both J and F was worse then UA. I now only fly LH when I know I’ll be in F. Not worth the gamble of their so-so J product.
I would stick with UA.
I would stick with UA.
Feb 2, 2018, 8:55 am
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Since paid fares on UA/LH metal should (in theory) be congruent depending on availability of individual flights, I'm most concerned about schedule and routing. If one is more convenient than the other, that's my pick.
Head-to-head, all things being equal, I would take UA over LH UNLESS it's a sUA 772 and I can't get a window/aisle seat. After about ~8 years of being lucky, I finally got stuck in a D/G seat recently on a sUA 777 and it just wasn't good.
UA Polaris (77W/76A) beats any LH biz product, IMO.
If burning miles, I don't think LH is worth the premium over UA unless schedule/routing are significantly better.
Head-to-head, all things being equal, I would take UA over LH UNLESS it's a sUA 772 and I can't get a window/aisle seat. After about ~8 years of being lucky, I finally got stuck in a D/G seat recently on a sUA 777 and it just wasn't good.
UA Polaris (77W/76A) beats any LH biz product, IMO.
If burning miles, I don't think LH is worth the premium over UA unless schedule/routing are significantly better.
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Feb 2, 2018, 9:29 am
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I'll take the contrarian view. I'll take LH over UA (I have not flown the new Polaris seat, so can't comment on that). Crew and food are better, the aircraft are cleaner, the seat is fine to sleep in. The one reservation (of course) is the middle seat in the 2-3-3 configuration.
Feb 2, 2018, 12:13 pm
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LH J is very mediocre. The only time I would ever willingly choose it over UA J is if the UA aircraft was the 2-4-2 config. Even then, I always thought that LH food in both J and F was worse then UA. I now only fly LH when I know I’ll be in F. Not worth the gamble of their so-so J product.
I would stick with UA.
I would stick with UA.
Feb 2, 2018, 12:43 pm
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OP is in orange county - in which case timing/routing would be my deciding factor (and always is for this exact dilemma). If you're going to drive to a larger airport (LAX or SAN), then I would go for LH because you can take the non-stop to FRA/MUC which are timed better for sleeping (and longer as well) and avoids the extra connection to do the same for UA (E.g., LAX/SNA-SFO-FRA-XXX). If you're going to fly out of SNA, then I'd go off of times because either you'll have to connect in SFO/ORD (or others) anyway so you have much more options.
Feb 2, 2018, 12:44 pm
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