Jan 21, 2019, 2:25 pm
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Nov 2, 2019, 4:34 pm
#1051
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UA 1K & 1MM/AA Gold & 1MM/HH Gold/Marriott Titanium
Posts: 2,928
11/1 IAD-LHR UA 918
Asked for express service with only the sundae and cheese plate, wanted to maximize sleep and noshed in the club
Asked for express service with only the sundae and cheese plate, wanted to maximize sleep and noshed in the club
Nov 2, 2019, 6:40 pm
#1052
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: No. California
Programs: UA MP HH LTD
Posts: 2,042
Hmmm....on the Arrivals lounge for Polaris, will this be true at EWR as well? Flying VCE-EWR-SFO with a layover in EWR.
Nov 2, 2019, 8:21 pm
#1053
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
Programs: IHG Spire, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Titanium, Mileage Plus Gold
Posts: 1,736
Nov 3, 2019, 5:37 am
#1054
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: No. California
Programs: UA MP HH LTD
Posts: 2,042
Nov 3, 2019, 5:47 am
#1055
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
Programs: IHG Spire, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Titanium, Mileage Plus Gold
Posts: 1,736
Here's LHR's Arrival Lounge from when I visited last December.
They have a buffet with pastries and stuff but you order hot food from a menu.
Last edited by seat38a; Nov 3, 2019 at 5:56 am
Nov 3, 2019, 6:28 am
#1056
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: united
Posts: 1,636
I flew HKG-SFO yesterday, upgraded into Polaris.
I feared the worst reading this thread. I was pleasantly surprised.
The prawns appetizer with pumpkin tasted weird. And the dinner roll wasn't warmed enough.
But everything else was excellent:
1. Delicious dinner salad.
2. Main course was beef tenderloin with au grautin potatoes. The beef was rare and tasted like filet mignon. The potatoes were to die for.
3. Dessert was a sundae. Hard to screw up and UA didn't.
4. Snacks included cheese and cracker plates and hot chicken curry over rice prepared by the FA's. Delicious.
5. Breakfast was a flavorful smoked salmon frittata with yogurt, and this time the bread was warm.
I feared the worst reading this thread. I was pleasantly surprised.
The prawns appetizer with pumpkin tasted weird. And the dinner roll wasn't warmed enough.
But everything else was excellent:
1. Delicious dinner salad.
2. Main course was beef tenderloin with au grautin potatoes. The beef was rare and tasted like filet mignon. The potatoes were to die for.
3. Dessert was a sundae. Hard to screw up and UA didn't.
4. Snacks included cheese and cracker plates and hot chicken curry over rice prepared by the FA's. Delicious.
5. Breakfast was a flavorful smoked salmon frittata with yogurt, and this time the bread was warm.
Nov 3, 2019, 7:12 am
#1057
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,402
Nice review ^
Re: sundae...UA gets that right most of the times IME, which is great, but they have -on occasion- been harder than the bowl they were served in. I guess they could also be runny, although I can't recall that ever having been the case.
So UA definitely has the "potential" to screw that up......also!
Re: sundae...UA gets that right most of the times IME, which is great, but they have -on occasion- been harder than the bowl they were served in. I guess they could also be runny, although I can't recall that ever having been the case.
So UA definitely has the "potential" to screw that up......also!
Nov 3, 2019, 1:59 pm
#1058
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: EWR, PHL
Programs: UA1k 3MM, AA Plt, peasant on everybody else, elite something or other at a bunch of hotels.
Posts: 4,637
UA FRA-IAH Menu October 2019
Flew this late October
Had the beef, which was in its usual well done state. Service was quite good, the FA serving our side even knew what red wines they had. ^
Did not have the pre-arrival as I had a 3 hour layover so figured I'd eat in the IAH Polaris lounge.
Had the beef, which was in its usual well done state. Service was quite good, the FA serving our side even knew what red wines they had. ^
Did not have the pre-arrival as I had a 3 hour layover so figured I'd eat in the IAH Polaris lounge.
Nov 3, 2019, 3:00 pm
#1059
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: United Global Services, Amtrak Select Executive
Posts: 4,107
Nov 3, 2019, 5:19 pm
#1060
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
Programs: IHG Spire, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Titanium, Mileage Plus Gold
Posts: 1,736
I flew HKG-SFO yesterday, upgraded into Polaris.
I feared the worst reading this thread. I was pleasantly surprised.
The prawns appetizer with pumpkin tasted weird. And the dinner roll wasn't warmed enough.
But everything else was excellent:
1. Delicious dinner salad.
2. Main course was beef tenderloin with au grautin potatoes. The beef was rare and tasted like filet mignon. The potatoes were to die for.
3. Dessert was a sundae. Hard to screw up and UA didn't.
4. Snacks included cheese and cracker plates and hot chicken curry over rice prepared by the FA's. Delicious.
5. Breakfast was a flavorful smoked salmon frittata with yogurt, and this time the bread was warm.
I feared the worst reading this thread. I was pleasantly surprised.
The prawns appetizer with pumpkin tasted weird. And the dinner roll wasn't warmed enough.
But everything else was excellent:
1. Delicious dinner salad.
2. Main course was beef tenderloin with au grautin potatoes. The beef was rare and tasted like filet mignon. The potatoes were to die for.
3. Dessert was a sundae. Hard to screw up and UA didn't.
4. Snacks included cheese and cracker plates and hot chicken curry over rice prepared by the FA's. Delicious.
5. Breakfast was a flavorful smoked salmon frittata with yogurt, and this time the bread was warm.
Last edited by Pat89339; Nov 3, 2019 at 10:46 pm Reason: Rule 16 violation- https://www.flyertalk.com/help/rules.php#offensive
Nov 3, 2019, 5:55 pm
#1061
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: united
Posts: 1,636
I used to avoid United like the plague for international flying from reading posts on this forum. Flew Business First because I had no other reasonable choice. Fearing the worst even while walking down the jetbridge to the plane. Have been flying United for international since. I have yet to have one of those grumpy, mean, old, fat and ugly FA who hates their jobs and out to make passengers miserable, but it could be that I say please and thank you and make eye contact with each request. On my last 2 segments, I could tell the FA was getting annoyed with some of my fellow passengers in FC. [Moderator edit-language Rule 16].
Last edited by Pat89339; Nov 3, 2019 at 10:50 pm Reason: Edit quote
Nov 3, 2019, 6:36 pm
#1062
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: IAH, SGN, BKK
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 396
I do the same. Though there is no excuse for poor service we never know what private hell a FA is experiencing that day. I have no cause to add to it.
Nov 3, 2019, 6:57 pm
#1063
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
Programs: IHG Spire, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Titanium, Mileage Plus Gold
Posts: 1,736
Nov 4, 2019, 2:10 pm
#1064
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: PHX
Programs: UA Platinum / 1MM
Posts: 15
TUE, 15OCT19 UA0863 SFO to SYD
Here is the menu from our recent trip to Sydney. The pasta was tasty, hubby said the short rib was fatty.
Nov 4, 2019, 2:19 pm
#1065
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: PHX
Programs: UA Platinum / 1MM
Posts: 15
FRI, 01NOV19 UA870 SYD to SFO
I had the chicken which was just ok and not as described. It was a large chicken breast covered in a red sauce with no stuffing. Hubby had the pasta and said it was bland.