First Class Survey
#1
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First Class Survey
I just got a survey purporting to offer me a chance to help UA improve it's first class service by providing input and feedback. This was not a post-flight survey. This came out of the blue.
Perhaps it's a good sign. Anybody else get this?
Perhaps it's a good sign. Anybody else get this?
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Tell them we need appetizers back and mixed nuts on all flights with meal service.
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#10
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In the delta F seats, they look super. The UA new domestic F seats have been riddled with design flaws from the very start - uncomfortable, ridiculous tray table design that is hard to pull out / stow without knocking all your drinks over, flimsy, and not durable and often broken; no USB ports; recline that gets stuck or won’t lock … and who ever thought light beige was a great idea on the seat backs ?!
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#12
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This, x1000. Putting on my glass half full hat, it's a good sign they are asking. Replacing it with my glass half empty hat, this will likely go nowhere.
#13
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Like they need a survey to know what's wrong with their domestic F product????
So classic. UA would rather pay a consulting firm to conduct surveys than actually implement the obvious changes.
The only thing I like about the new seats is the one in front won't recline into your face. But I'm now at the point where I'm grateful to step onto a 738 with the old CO seats, they are so much more comfortable.
So classic. UA would rather pay a consulting firm to conduct surveys than actually implement the obvious changes.
The UA new domestic F seats have been riddled with design flaws from the very start - uncomfortable, ridiculous tray table design that is hard to pull out / stow without knocking all your drinks over, flimsy, and not durable and often broken; no USB ports; recline that gets stuck or won’t lock …
#14
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Start with bringing service standards back to pre-pandemic levels, and then talk about evolving the product. My input? Design a new dish/bowl. The current casserole dishes are awful. I know they are "branded", and I appreciate the attempt to recreate the years-overdue, more cohesive brand feel/identity of United that was scrapped during the merger, but to me, those dishes are an immediate downgrade to the visual appeal/presentation of anything United puts in them. I'm not sure what it is, but to me there is something geometrically unsettling about them.
And incinerate the stockpile of hot chicken/tomato sandwiches, or at least take them back into the fallout shelter storeroom for the next global pandemic. I've vowed never to consume another one.
Sad but true... softer, more legroom, much more generous recline, sturdy tray table. Even the crappy "lumbar support" is welcome after sitting in one of the 739 seats. Though the aisle-side corners of the B/E seats seem to all have a slight bias aft... it can't be just me that notices this?
The aisle armrests of the new seats are a horrible design. Surely they could have anticipated that flimsy hinge would not hold up to the kind of abuse they receive in service? And the cocktail tables are cool, but the slide-out lower part is jammed in probably 70% of the seats I've been in. I also don't like the huge gap between seatbacks. I feel like whoever is sitting behind me can read whatever I have on my screen... though that is perhaps more unsettling for the voyeur as much of my business is litigating general aviation crashes .
And incinerate the stockpile of hot chicken/tomato sandwiches, or at least take them back into the fallout shelter storeroom for the next global pandemic. I've vowed never to consume another one.
The aisle armrests of the new seats are a horrible design. Surely they could have anticipated that flimsy hinge would not hold up to the kind of abuse they receive in service? And the cocktail tables are cool, but the slide-out lower part is jammed in probably 70% of the seats I've been in. I also don't like the huge gap between seatbacks. I feel like whoever is sitting behind me can read whatever I have on my screen... though that is perhaps more unsettling for the voyeur as much of my business is litigating general aviation crashes .
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The aisle armrests of the new seats are a horrible design. Surely they could have anticipated that flimsy hinge would not hold up to the kind of abuse they receive in service? And the cocktail tables are cool, but the slide-out lower part is jammed in probably 70% of the seats I've been in..