How do you defend UA?
Aug 20, 2010, 8:26 am
#61
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
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i defend ua simply by putting my tuchas in a seat and saying thank you to the folks that work there with tootsie-pops
Aug 20, 2010, 11:07 am
#62
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Aug 20, 2010, 11:14 am
#63
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: KRNT
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Aug 20, 2010, 11:17 am
#64
Moderator: Hyatt Gold Passport & Star Alliance
Join Date: May 1998
Location: London, UK
Programs: UA-1K 3MM/HY- LT Globalist/BA-GGL/GfL
Posts: 12,084
Whilst I know United doesn't love me anymore (only a 1K), I do know that they are no worse than many and that E+ is a real benefit. You sometimes come across someone who really wants to help and that makes up for a good number of times when no one cared.
Aug 20, 2010, 11:28 am
#65
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: K+K
Programs: *G
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E+ on international is the only thing going for me.
given a choice, id fly anything else domestic.
truth be told i fly whatever is local to me as a hub. now that ive moved away from a UA hub, its not a decision that i have to make. well, that and the fact that the company im "switching" back to and united are 1.....
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given a choice, id fly anything else domestic.
truth be told i fly whatever is local to me as a hub. now that ive moved away from a UA hub, its not a decision that i have to make. well, that and the fact that the company im "switching" back to and united are 1.....
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Aug 20, 2010, 12:55 pm
#66
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton ♦ , Hyatt Carbonado, Wyndham ♦, Marriott PE, "Stinking Bum" elsewhere.
Posts: 4,993
Notwithstanding the perks that come from elite status, WN no longer has the cheapest fares (and they are the only discount carrier with good nationwide coverage), so why would I suffer in their horrible "cattle-cars" if I can't save any money?!! If the price is the same, then I would first go to UA because I will get E+ and maybe more. If WN is cheaper than UA, then I would go to US Air before WN because I earn UA status even though their E seats are as bad as WN's IMHO, and IME, US Air is consistently cheaper than WN. Sometimes CO is cheaper and I will go with them because I earn UA status there also. Unless WN is cheaper, they have nothing to offer.
Last edited by zombietooth; Aug 20, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Aug 20, 2010, 1:26 pm
#67
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Aug 20, 2010, 1:40 pm
#68
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Maine
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Plat, National EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 706
Most importantly routing and location, I used to be based on Norfolk and I basically had two options to get to Taiwan, UA and NW.
All the legacies have their +'s and -'s so it's really just about convenience for me.
All the legacies have their +'s and -'s so it's really just about convenience for me.