My trivial gripe. What's yours?
May 31, 2018, 8:51 pm
#151
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Then we could add preferences concerning behaviour of our nearest neigbhours :-)
Jun 4, 2018, 3:35 pm
#154
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It occurs to me that some passengers are blind and cannot see the seatbelt sign.
Jun 4, 2018, 8:09 pm
#155
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This one applies mostly to Newark, but I’m sick of delays because the plane has not been cleaned and/or catered.... despite having landed 8 hours ago.
The converse gripe are the 13+ hour flights where the United captain never once turns off the seatbelt sign. When we hit turbulence they just quickly turn it off and on again so it will ding, and announce “seatbelts!”
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Jun 4, 2018, 8:41 pm
#156
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Jun 5, 2018, 8:40 am
#157
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Jun 5, 2018, 10:36 am
#158
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And get scolded by the FA.....At least, if the FA catches you on the return to your seat, it's less of a problem. But I have seen passengers sent back to their seats before reaching the toilet.
Jun 13, 2018, 8:18 pm
#159
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So I have one. I got to the airport (FAT) at 4:30AM for a 5:50AM flight because my girlfriend needed to check a bag, and I know that check in can get crowded since UA flies an a320 for their 5:50AM flight to SFO. Apparently, and I'm not sure who made the decision whether it was self elected or a ticket agent told them to, but the Premier Access line was just as long as economy and was filled with about 40-50 baseball players who were all on group ticketing. Standing in the midst of this group I got questioned by those around me several times saying that I was "in the wrong line" and that this line "was for group ticketing only." I got fed up with being hassled so I walked over to the counter and asked them if they no longer had a line for 1K, and they ended up processing me right there on the spot and giving me my ticket.
So my gripe is that there was zero line control for premier, bag check, and economy. If someone's doing group ticketing it should be off to the side or something like that... It was extremely frustrating. I am however very happy with how the ticket counter handled the situation instead of making me wait somewhere else.
So my gripe is that there was zero line control for premier, bag check, and economy. If someone's doing group ticketing it should be off to the side or something like that... It was extremely frustrating. I am however very happy with how the ticket counter handled the situation instead of making me wait somewhere else.
Jun 13, 2018, 8:42 pm
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Jun 18, 2018, 3:59 pm
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Went standby DEN-IAD yesterday, at the top of the standby list. Got a seat (yay) 30E (boo). My grip is that then #3 on the standby list cleared a minute later into an aisle seat. Yes I was happy to catch the earlier flight, but middle E- is never great.
Jun 18, 2018, 5:55 pm
#162
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Went standby DEN-IAD yesterday, at the top of the standby list. Got a seat (yay) 30E (boo). My grip is that then #3 on the standby list cleared a minute later into an aisle seat. Yes I was happy to catch the earlier flight, but middle E- is never great.
Jun 18, 2018, 7:48 pm
#164
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I think this gripe deserves its own thread, but oh well. So i'm sitting here are Elway's in DEN headed to EWR. Of course there is already and air traffic control delay. Why can't the app tell me when the new expected boarding time is? I mean I really do not want to leave the bar, but I know my timing. It would just be so much easier if UAL could delay a flight and also tell us when the new boarding time would be.
I'm a clumsy backpack wearer who knows her limitations. Therefore, I shift my pack from my back to a kangaroo position on the jet bridge right before I get on the plane proper.
Jun 19, 2018, 12:08 am
#165
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Whenever I type NYC in the flight search on .bomb the first option that comes up is EWR (followed by NYC, then LGA, HPN and only then JFK) — do they not realise people might want to search for all three NYC airports together…
