Celebrity Sightings on United Airlines [Through 2011]
Feb 7, 2008, 3:23 am
#1531
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SZX
Programs: UA 1K, CX Gold
Posts: 335
Yessir, poor Vince was in E-. Dan was in 1st. Vince's ticket must have been a last second deal or something. Plus he had some family with him, so maybe there weren't enough seats in front to acccomodate them all. All I know is he was very friendly to me.
Feb 11, 2008, 10:27 am
#1532
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Pre-9/11 America
Posts: 5,115
Nobel Prize winning economist Jim Heckman ORD-DCA. He is a GS, uses Briggs & Riley luggage, walks very fast, and wears George Burns glasses.
A brilliant man, unquestionably, but easily one of the most unreadable academics alive today (along with Anthony Giddens, Paul DiMaggio, and William Sewell). One of my labor econ professors was his student at U Chicago, and said that Heckman purposely wrote in such a way so as to not communicate with those he felt were of inferior intellect or unworthy of understanding his work (!). And so I guess it was no surprise that away from Hyde Park he was a GateLice Elite, pushing folks out of the way so as to be first on and off the plane, putting his feet up on the bulkhead and leaving a scuff or two, and taking up as much OHB space as possible. Ave Laureatus
A brilliant man, unquestionably, but easily one of the most unreadable academics alive today (along with Anthony Giddens, Paul DiMaggio, and William Sewell). One of my labor econ professors was his student at U Chicago, and said that Heckman purposely wrote in such a way so as to not communicate with those he felt were of inferior intellect or unworthy of understanding his work (!). And so I guess it was no surprise that away from Hyde Park he was a GateLice Elite, pushing folks out of the way so as to be first on and off the plane, putting his feet up on the bulkhead and leaving a scuff or two, and taking up as much OHB space as possible. Ave Laureatus
Feb 11, 2008, 3:24 pm
#1533
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 1
Howie Long from ESPN was on UA82 HNL-LAX yesterday in 6J. That guy is so tall that even in first class, his knees were pressed up against the seat in front!
Feb 11, 2008, 3:26 pm
#1534
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAX
Programs: UA1K, AA Platinum, Hyatt Gold
Posts: 34
Mike Epps in F-Class today DEN-LAX UA781.
Boy really likes his alcohol.
Was sitting in 6D.
Boy really likes his alcohol.
Was sitting in 6D.
Feb 11, 2008, 3:38 pm
#1535
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: somewhere between ORD and Willis Tower
Programs: UA MM, Premier Plat, Costco EM
Posts: 1,392
was sitting in C on a B777, IAD to LAX about ten years ago, Howie was in F - saw in sitting by the gate reading the WSJ. As I was in the mini-cabin and we deplaned from door 2 , I waited for him to walk through and he signed my yes, Connossieur class, menu. Class act.
Feb 11, 2008, 5:47 pm
#1536
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1K MM, AS MVPG, SPG PLAT 100
Posts: 1,497
Feb 11, 2008, 8:49 pm
#1537
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,330
Sat next to Ollie North going IAD-SAT. He is GS, had a Fox News laptop and the word 'iniquity' written out on a label on the computer. 
Hope it wasn't his password 
I SO wanted to ask him how Fawn Hall was doing.
Hope it wasn't his password I SO wanted to ask him how Fawn Hall was doing.
Feb 13, 2008, 2:11 pm
#1538
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: ASE
Programs: UA 1MM, AA1MM PLTPRO, Hertz PC, National EXC, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton/Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 3,357
Flew with Robert Novak and Fred Barnes DEN-ASE yesterday. They were in exPlus first and I was in 3B. Enjoyed hearing their political speculation throughout the flight.
Feb 13, 2008, 2:41 pm
#1539
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 旧金山/Old Gold Hill/SFO
Programs: UA 1P, Marriott Platium, SPG
Posts: 1,001
I work in IT, and I had to work on some guys computer. I had to login as him to fix something. He was at lunch. I looked at his screen and saw 'aaaaa' written on the bottom of it.
Bingo!
Feb 13, 2008, 9:26 pm
#1540
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,330
Feb 14, 2008, 12:52 am
#1541
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Boulder, CO
Programs: UA, AA, WN; HH, MR, IHG
Posts: 7,054
Not a sighting, but... on tonight's The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert briefly mentioned traveling in first class and said that "they warm up the nuts." That can only mean UA, right? So... who'll be the first to spot Stephen?
So... who'll be the first to spot Stephen?
Feb 14, 2008, 1:46 am
#1542
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: ORF
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4
Former Chicago Bear, The Fridge
Sorry, I'm new to this forum, so this sighting is from May 2005 (if I can find the ticket stub I will edit with flight number and stuff). United from ORF-ORD in first class, the Fridge was sitting in the seat behind me. I'm a Bears fan so it was extra special for me.
Feb 14, 2008, 2:06 am
#1543
Community Director Emerita
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,755
Welcome to FlyerTalk, chuckrivera.
Feb 14, 2008, 2:10 am
#1544
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: DAL
Posts: 3,400
Must be a different airline. United serves warm nuts?
Feb 14, 2008, 2:10 am
#1545
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 6,422
about a year and a half ago I saw that Molto Mario/ American Iron Chef guy, Mario Battali, on a LGA-ORD flight. He looked like a big slob... maroon/ white pinstripe shirt over blue t-shirt with olive-green cargo shorts, grey tube socks, and orange crocs. Yuck!!