Premium Plus (Premium Economy) seats and Experience
Dec 11, 2022, 4:20 pm
#1336
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 7,418
To me, $349 is worth it if you're not getting E+ free already. Don't know what the pricing is on E+ for that flight, but guessing it's ~$200 for an aisle or window, so you're already half way there on cost. If you can afford it, be the good grandchild.
Dec 13, 2022, 4:26 am
#1337
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: United currently plat
Posts: 203
Strongly disagree here. On the fact that the grandparents will be well-fed with 2 meals in PP, especially considering they’ll be up at the crack of dawn to feed through ORD. It’s a long flight and rather than selling fresh/hot BoB items in Y, these Hawai‘i flights get served a complimentary small bowl of fruit a yogurt and a kind bar, and that’s it AFAIK.
Dec 13, 2022, 7:20 am
#1338
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
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I also rather strenuously disagree, simply because Economy seats are not very comfortable, even if you have an empty middle.
Dec 13, 2022, 11:10 am
#1339
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 957
This. Especially if it's a daytime flight on the way back. Double especially if I'm travelling with a companion that I wish to speak with (making it almost preferable to J in that scenario).
Dec 14, 2022, 2:58 pm
#1340
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UAL761
MUC-DEN
B787-9
12/12/2022
20L
I originally booked Y, though decided to upgrade to PEY as I didn't want to be crammed into a row of three for a ten hour TATL service. Back when I booked the ticket in September, UA.bomb was initially asking $1,350 for Polaris or $1,320 for Premium Plus. Prices for both eventually came down and the latter changed to somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 iirc.
Overall, it's clearly better than Y, though being 6'1", I didn't find the footrest to be very comfortable and the seat cushion felt fairly hard to me. I did appreciate having a Polaris pillow (the white one) and the tan Polaris blanket, as well as the amenity kit (I haven't opened it yet). The legroom in the bulkhead is excellent and leaves plenty of space to enter/exit without having to jump over the passenger in the aisle. I did use the bulkhead wall for some extra grip when it was dark, but it's quite easy to do (and much easier than the sUA IPTE C seats). The seat also had a pair of what I believed to be noise canceling headphones (I used my Bose, so I didn't open the UA pair).
The meal choices were chicken or a vegetarian tortellini and were offered after a packaged almond or bread stick snack. The bread roll was room temperature, though the chicken was hot and tasted quite good. I thought the portion size was also decent and was nice to see they offered a wine glass on the tray, though disappointed the beverage service was only plastic cups. The beer choices are dumb (Michelob Ultra or Stella Artois) and were the same as I had on IAD-GVA last Thursday in Polaris. Dessert was the packaged chocolates and came on the meal tray. A bottle of water was offered after the meals were cleared.
Breakfast was offered approximately ninety minutes before arrival and was the packaged (and warmed) turkey sandwich and fruit. Not terrible, but certainly nothing memorable.
MUC-DEN
B787-9
12/12/2022
20L
I originally booked Y, though decided to upgrade to PEY as I didn't want to be crammed into a row of three for a ten hour TATL service. Back when I booked the ticket in September, UA.bomb was initially asking $1,350 for Polaris or $1,320 for Premium Plus. Prices for both eventually came down and the latter changed to somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 iirc.
Overall, it's clearly better than Y, though being 6'1", I didn't find the footrest to be very comfortable and the seat cushion felt fairly hard to me. I did appreciate having a Polaris pillow (the white one) and the tan Polaris blanket, as well as the amenity kit (I haven't opened it yet). The legroom in the bulkhead is excellent and leaves plenty of space to enter/exit without having to jump over the passenger in the aisle. I did use the bulkhead wall for some extra grip when it was dark, but it's quite easy to do (and much easier than the sUA IPTE C seats). The seat also had a pair of what I believed to be noise canceling headphones (I used my Bose, so I didn't open the UA pair).
The meal choices were chicken or a vegetarian tortellini and were offered after a packaged almond or bread stick snack. The bread roll was room temperature, though the chicken was hot and tasted quite good. I thought the portion size was also decent and was nice to see they offered a wine glass on the tray, though disappointed the beverage service was only plastic cups. The beer choices are dumb (Michelob Ultra or Stella Artois) and were the same as I had on IAD-GVA last Thursday in Polaris. Dessert was the packaged chocolates and came on the meal tray. A bottle of water was offered after the meals were cleared.
Breakfast was offered approximately ninety minutes before arrival and was the packaged (and warmed) turkey sandwich and fruit. Not terrible, but certainly nothing memorable.
Dec 14, 2022, 4:00 pm
#1342
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Wayne, NJ USA
Programs: UA Million Miler, Lifetime United Club member
Posts: 2,175
UAL761
MUC-DEN
B787-9
12/12/2022
20L
I originally booked Y, though decided to upgrade to PEY as I didn't want to be crammed into a row of three for a ten hour TATL service. Back when I booked the ticket in September, UA.bomb was initially asking $1,350 for Polaris or $1,320 for Premium Plus. Prices for both eventually came down and the latter changed to somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 iirc.
Overall, it's clearly better than Y, though being 6'1", I didn't find the footrest to be very comfortable and the seat cushion felt fairly hard to me. I did appreciate having a Polaris pillow (the white one) and the tan Polaris blanket, as well as the amenity kit (I haven't opened it yet). The legroom in the bulkhead is excellent and leaves plenty of space to enter/exit without having to jump over the passenger in the aisle. I did use the bulkhead wall for some extra grip when it was dark, but it's quite easy to do (and much easier than the sUA IPTE C seats). The seat also had a pair of what I believed to be noise canceling headphones (I used my Bose, so I didn't open the UA pair).
The meal choices were chicken or a vegetarian tortellini and were offered after a packaged almond or bread stick snack. The bread roll was room temperature, though the chicken was hot and tasted quite good. I thought the portion size was also decent and was nice to see they offered a wine glass on the tray, though disappointed the beverage service was only plastic cups. The beer choices are dumb (Michelob Ultra or Stella Artois) and were the same as I had on IAD-GVA last Thursday in Polaris. Dessert was the packaged chocolates and came on the meal tray. A bottle of water was offered after the meals were cleared.
Breakfast was offered approximately ninety minutes before arrival and was the packaged (and warmed) turkey sandwich and fruit. Not terrible, but certainly nothing memorable.
MUC-DEN
B787-9
12/12/2022
20L
I originally booked Y, though decided to upgrade to PEY as I didn't want to be crammed into a row of three for a ten hour TATL service. Back when I booked the ticket in September, UA.bomb was initially asking $1,350 for Polaris or $1,320 for Premium Plus. Prices for both eventually came down and the latter changed to somewhere in the neighborhood of $350 iirc.
Overall, it's clearly better than Y, though being 6'1", I didn't find the footrest to be very comfortable and the seat cushion felt fairly hard to me. I did appreciate having a Polaris pillow (the white one) and the tan Polaris blanket, as well as the amenity kit (I haven't opened it yet). The legroom in the bulkhead is excellent and leaves plenty of space to enter/exit without having to jump over the passenger in the aisle. I did use the bulkhead wall for some extra grip when it was dark, but it's quite easy to do (and much easier than the sUA IPTE C seats). The seat also had a pair of what I believed to be noise canceling headphones (I used my Bose, so I didn't open the UA pair).
The meal choices were chicken or a vegetarian tortellini and were offered after a packaged almond or bread stick snack. The bread roll was room temperature, though the chicken was hot and tasted quite good. I thought the portion size was also decent and was nice to see they offered a wine glass on the tray, though disappointed the beverage service was only plastic cups. The beer choices are dumb (Michelob Ultra or Stella Artois) and were the same as I had on IAD-GVA last Thursday in Polaris. Dessert was the packaged chocolates and came on the meal tray. A bottle of water was offered after the meals were cleared.
Breakfast was offered approximately ninety minutes before arrival and was the packaged (and warmed) turkey sandwich and fruit. Not terrible, but certainly nothing memorable.
Dec 16, 2022, 10:02 am
#1343
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 52
Haven't flown in a while. What to expect on a domestic flight in PE on IAD-SAN? It is almost a 6 hours flight, so I hope they provide food and drinks. Is there an entertainment system like My United to use our own devices for movies? Anything else you suggest to bring besides headphones? Thanks!
Dec 16, 2022, 11:18 am
#1344
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 11,469
Haven't flown in a while. What to expect on a domestic flight in PE on IAD-SAN? It is almost a 6 hours flight, so I hope they provide food and drinks. Is there an entertainment system like My United to use our own devices for movies? Anything else you suggest to bring besides headphones? Thanks!
Dec 16, 2022, 11:43 am
#1345
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 52
Thank you, that sucks. Called United and they shifted their lines overseas, so have no clue. Someone said "lunch will be provided", while snacks are for purchase. I guess we'll wait and see.
Dec 16, 2022, 11:56 am
#1346
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Dec 16, 2022, 4:19 pm
#1348
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
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Posts: 66,858
First will have a warm meal, economy will have snack for purchase (posted above)
Jan 6, 2023, 6:50 pm
#1350
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Rochester, MN
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton HHonors Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,830
Trying to gauge whether I should bust out more miles for Polaris seats for my family on a trip to Europe vs Prem Econ. Can you get a decent 40 winks in the PP seats on an 8 hour leg or does the lie flat really stand out above and beyond? We are mostly short haul domestic family, but the last longer haul we had was HNL to DEN in Y and I remember being dead to the world when we got into DEN because I didn't sleep at all.