LGA_UAL

The LGA flights leave from all over the place at ORD. Even during the old BusinessOne scheme, LGA flights often came and left from C due to operations reasons. However, it seems that recently LGA flights have been concentrated to the B gates, but certainly not to specific gates. I have been anywhere from B2 to B22 at time. I agree it was nice to have the Airbus after the 727 went away, but with the introduction/expansion of TED, I doubt the many Airbus will return to places like LGA anytime soon.

Does anyone know if we will see a return of the old BusinessOne "Service Directors" who oversaw the operations to "their" cities? I remember these people were usually quite helpful, because they were in charge of all operations to a specific city. Some CSRs at ORD still wear a nametag, which says "BusinessOne" under their name.

MrMillion

The should have named it "BusinessTwo"...

UnitedSkies

If the term "Business First" already been in existence (Continental's premium cabin), I'd think "BusinessFirst" might be a fair option for a name.

Boraxo

As one who remembers flying on Business One at ORD (and on the "shuttle" from SFO) I admire the moxie of UA re-introducing something that was eliminated as "new".

I think enhancement of the gate areas dedicated to "business" routes (as opposed to leisure) routes is a good thing that buys goodwill at a relatively small price. Just look at all those happy customers waiting for the LGA shuttles (at least until the t-storms move in).

However, I don't think that little tweaks, bells and whistles are going to make much of a difference to the bottom line, which shows UA continuing to lose $ billions per year. If UA is to become profitable, it needs to completely overhaul the operation from the tarmack to the boardroom. Anything less is just postponing the day of reckoning.

1Konsultant

From T&C:

Registration required by 12/31/05 at www.united.com/business1. Registration required within 7 days of travel date to be eligible for this offer. Registration required only one time.

I'm a bit confused about the 7 day requirement... Does this mean that you have to re-register within 7 days of EVERY flight between the cities to get the bonus miles when delayed? It says a one time registration is required -- but is that for each flight or for the program overall?

1Konsultant

JohnnyP

Well, elsewhere it says you only have to register once. I think what they mean is that in order for the bonus to qualify, you have to register at least 7 days in advance. For example, if you register on Tuesday and take a flight to one of the BusinessOne cities on Thursday and it is delayed, you will not get bonus miles. Any flight delayed after the following Tuesday, however, will qualify for the bonus miles; since those are more than 7 days after your registration.