United - I am stunned
 

Now I fully expect UA to liquidate.

I will be using my miles.

This is truly shameful.

Horrible move.

Enough is enough, i'm not setting foot on a UA plane again whether it be domestic or international.

I'm not usually one to jump on the "bash UA" bandwagon but this is sad. 8-10 hours on a plane and one gets the opportunity to buy crackers and a can of tuna. And "BOB" and "United Business" don't even belong in the same sentence.

And the worst is that the ticket prices will stay the same or will even rise. It is only a matter of time and you have to pay for non-alcoholic drinks on TATL flights, too. LH economy suddenly becomes heaven comparing to UA E-.

What a pathetic airline UA is becoming.

From now onwards, "United" and "Business" should not belong in the same sentence. :td:

Its sad when US is becoming better than UA.

With this move, I am sure United is sure to go under in the next 6-12 months.

Southwest is looking better and better.

Previuosly, I used to avoid IAD like the plague and try and route through ORD. Now that they have changed my favourite UA928 from a 777 to a 767, I'm left with the option of a "poor" E+ seat on a 767 out or ORD or a great E+ seat and no food out of IAD on a 777:mad:

Even US is starting to look an appealing option to the East Coast now.:rolleyes:

Don't the UK charter airlines still give free meals in Y on longhaul flights? I remember they still sell drinks and snacks, but why can't UA do that? Offer less service than charter carriers is a dangerous low...

Anyone who thinks UA is going to roll out lie flat C on BOB/UB flights dreaming. If UA can't afford to properly cater a $3K Z fare, it can't afford to reconfigure the planes for the new C configuration. UA might as well go all E-/E+ on TATLs because BA and LH are going to own TATLs.

EDIT: forgot the silver lining: more SWUs will clear at time of booking now.

I am stunned.

Fees for coffee, tea, soda, and water in coach are coming on domestic flights next, no doubt about it.

I call bs. I believe the original post to be a hoax.

The BOB is only for domestic 3 class UB flights. The TATL UB is still getting free hot meals.

The TATL is only from IAD, and those are shorter flights. It is a pain to have BOB, but realistically, the charge for alchohol means more to me personally, and it hasn't put UA under. Most flights you have a meal after getting on the plane, then just get food when you arrive in Europe. The "breakfast" was always bad and the flight wasn't long enough to worry about needing two meals. While this sucks, I would simply bring food on board and not buy the breakfast. $5 isn't going to make me leave UA.

unfortunately, it's not. this has been in the pipeline for some time now. I received the same note this morning from friends of mine who work at UA.

enjoy! :)

Just unbelievable.

I have almost 900,000 still in my MP bank...was a 1K for years.

Moved to DC this year, got a status match to Continental Gold.

5 segments on UA and 80 so far on Continental.

With Continental coming to *A soon, I'm never looking back to UA again...

This is the last straw...

randomman