Bedding on non-premium transcon domestic wide bodies?
#16
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Honestly - purchasing your own duvet or day blanket is the way to go. Then, never have to worry about it again.
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Honestly - purchasing your own duvet or day blanket is the way to go. Then, never have to worry about it again.
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People have addressed this by embroidering their name or otherwise marking the item. Same for the gel pillow. Have a picture on your smartphone of the purchase receipt.
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Another datapoint: I flew SFO-IAD earlier this week on the 763. Thin blanket was available at all F seats, but no pillow. The only domestic widebodies current getting the better bedding (thicker blanket/duvet, regular pillow, and gel pillow) are those operating the premium transcons (JFK/EWR-LAX/SFO).
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All the lie-flats (incl. 752s) to/from Hawaii (even to/from west coast) get pillow and duvet. Hawaii is domestic.
I think all coat-to-coast lie-flats should get same treatment.
At a minimum, equip all red-eye lie-flats, from Hawaii and West coast. Maybe it's an issue of getting the pillows and blankets back to west.
I think all coat-to-coast lie-flats should get same treatment.
At a minimum, equip all red-eye lie-flats, from Hawaii and West coast. Maybe it's an issue of getting the pillows and blankets back to west.
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didnt get one the other direction on a 777 in Dec. 19. They had the thin blankets on request only, and when my wife asked for a pillow, she suggested taking another blanket and bunching it up to make one.
definitely a change from the good ol days. Cant remember when, but probably either not too long before the merger or not too long after, I was on a 2-4-2 configured 777 SFO-ORD, and there was bedding provided (definitely well pre-saks, though).
definitely a change from the good ol days. Cant remember when, but probably either not too long before the merger or not too long after, I was on a 2-4-2 configured 777 SFO-ORD, and there was bedding provided (definitely well pre-saks, though).
#21
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I wonder what the potential is of buying a duvet and being accused of stealing it by a FA upon deplaning? The site also has a United Polaris cookbook. Might be fun if someone bought and prepared meals we probably have never seen/tasted since the initial Polaris rollout
As for the meals, just go ahead and rub it in! I was invited to the Polaris launch event in NYC but had to miss it due to (of course) business travel. Still bummed about that!
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Don't worry - I'm pretty sure leftovers from that event were frozen and are still being served today when they run across them at the back of the freezers...
#23
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The day blanket (which is different from the even thinner domestic F blanket) is used on both premium transcons and Hawaii flights. I got one on HNL-IAH recently. The duvets are now used exclusively on long-haul international Polaris flights.
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While the thickness is better than the blue blankette, the size is too small, esp for sleeping!
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Is this expected to be the case for Alaska? Flying F on a 757-200 this summer ANC-EWR.
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I wonder what the potential is of buying a duvet and being accused of stealing it by a FA upon deplaning? The site also has a United Polaris cookbook. Might be fun if someone bought and prepared meals we probably have never seen/tasted since the initial Polaris rollout