Hot towels are back! (1 Dec 2022 Polaris)
Dec 1, 2022, 3:03 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Im glad to see them back, although I would like to see them pre-arrival on a red-eye, so you look better than your passport photo when you go through border control. On a semi-recent USA-AUS round trip, it would have been a nice touch after waking up until we made it to the hotel (outbound) and Polaris Lounge (Return).
Dec 1, 2022, 3:49 pm
#18
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Got the hot towels today on a Polaris from SIN to SFO. Coupled with a PDB, a new menu (Pork Loin, Haddock or roasted Tofu). And a super friendly/helpful crew to boot. It was a great way to spend 14 hours and 35 minutes....
Dec 1, 2022, 5:59 pm
#19
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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The balance of the UA universe is back...
We got hot towels before the meal service (if you can call it that) as well as before the snack prior to landing.
But of course no PDB (inbound plane from IAH was late - that was the excuse). Kinda glad no PDB as it would likely have caused my head to implode.
Nuts were cold. But they often are :-)
But of course no PDB (inbound plane from IAH was late - that was the excuse). Kinda glad no PDB as it would likely have caused my head to implode.
Nuts were cold. But they often are :-)
Dec 1, 2022, 6:01 pm
#21
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Im glad to see them back, although I would like to see them pre-arrival on a red-eye, so you look better than your passport photo when you go through border control. On a semi-recent USA-AUS round trip, it would have been a nice touch after waking up until we made it to the hotel (outbound) and Polaris Lounge (Return).
Dec 1, 2022, 6:47 pm
#23
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Bloomfield, MI, USA
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It is interesting, because they weren't as far as I recall part of the service in domestic F even on transcons or Hawaii flights in the 60s-70s. The first time I can recall encountering them was on NW in the 80s on a MSP-SEA flight.
Dec 2, 2022, 11:18 am
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