UA DEN-NRT in Y...are slippers provided?
Mar 31, 2018, 10:34 pm
#46
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Don't care for anything else. Guess I'll bring my own slippers for UA flight.
Apr 1, 2018, 3:02 am
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Yeah, flew JL long haul pretty much exclusively for the past 3-4 years until my status ran out. Flew NRT-CGK several times too, though admittedly not TYO-HKG.
But speaking of HKG, the 763 for the last NH HND-HKG flight I was on was ancient. I swear I could've counted the number of pixels on my IFE screen. Obviously JL has similarly old 767s on that route, but still...
OK, clearly that's quite poor, but TBH I never really cared for food choices in Y, and I always enjoyed the unique ex-TYO second meal on JL (Gyudon, Mos Burger etc)
And are you really going to rail against JL for being (relatively) slow in retrofitting their seats in the few years following their bankruptcy/restructuring?
My point was just, I think JL is more NH-tier and tier than AF-tier (but then again, so are many other airlines on that list). There's really no difference to me between NH and JL, both are great, and are certainly heads and shoulders above US carriers.
But speaking of HKG, the 763 for the last NH HND-HKG flight I was on was ancient. I swear I could've counted the number of pixels on my IFE screen. Obviously JL has similarly old 767s on that route, but still...
second meal was Chicago dog as the meal
And are you really going to rail against JL for being (relatively) slow in retrofitting their seats in the few years following their bankruptcy/restructuring?
My point was just, I think JL is more NH-tier and tier than AF-tier (but then again, so are many other airlines on that list). There's really no difference to me between NH and JL, both are great, and are certainly heads and shoulders above US carriers.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Apr 1, 2018 at 4:57 pm Reason: removed unneeded, OT comment
Apr 1, 2018, 12:54 pm
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And are you really going to rail against JL for being (relatively) slow in retrofitting their seats in the few years following their bankruptcy/restructuring?
My point was just, I think JL is more NH-tier and tier than AF-tier (but then again, so are many other airlines on that list). There's really no difference to me between NH and JL, both are great, and are certainly heads and shoulders above US carriers.
I had not ever had FA stop me from getting child gifts as souvenirs, well JL is my first, and never happened on NH. I saw a pair of the child ceramic fork and spoon in a red box given to kids (not part of the meals), i asked for one end of the flight and was scolded by FA that is only for kids ! Later on the purser came back and apologize and gave me one (assume she probably saw my OW status, as she addressed me by my name)
I didnt even mention about how dismal are JL lounges no matter F and J in NRT compare to NH lounges.
If you think NH and JL are heads and shoulders above all US carriers then you are simply wrong, UA and AA yes but certainly not DL, even DL has slippers on flights to Japan, not to mention menus, and this is Y class not even J, NH and JL had none.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Apr 1, 2018 at 4:57 pm Reason: updated quote to reflect Moderator edit
Apr 1, 2018, 5:01 pm
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This is the UA forum and the bulk of the discussion should be about UA. While referring to the practices of other airlines is reasonable, extnted pros/cons of those other airlines are best done in their forum, not here. L:et's return to discussing UA.
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