United Airlines

[Stradling]

Fuck them. 

[OCAngelsNotLAA]

Tell us how you really feel

[Amazing Larry]

How much $ did you lose Strad?

[Schildog]

always fly delta. 

[Stradling]

I had to fly to Austin last minute because my nephew was in an accident.  We needed to change our flight by a day and they wanted to charge $250 a ticket for my wife and I,  but it's only $75 a piece to change the flight if you still fly out the same day.  They said they could give us a refund of $200 with a doctors note but it sounded to arbitrary for me and I was skeptical.  So I'm flying home tonight instead of the morning.  Pretty pissed about it.  

[Tank]

the best revenge is that once you land then treat the plane like a 70s rock band treated a hotel room.

[Stradling]

I'm going to deuce it out on my seat when we land.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

My last experience with United was flying with my stepdaughter for a campus visit at Virginia Tech in February (she had applied for their veterinary school). On the way back, we boarded our flight from O'Hare to Vegas - where we sat for an hour and 40 minutes. Apparently the company who is contracted to refuel aircraft had a bunch of people call off that night and it was taking forever for planes to be refueled. My response - which I shared with the airline - is that they knew this, and they had no business boarding the flight until they knew that the plane was refueled or close to it.

BTW, I don't like United, and I wasn't the one who booked with them.

[Homebrewer]

33 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

My last experience with United was flying with my stepdaughter for a campus visit at Virginia Tech in February (she had applied for their veterinary school). On the way back, we boarded our flight from O'Hare to Vegas - where we sat for an hour and 40 minutes. Apparently the company who is contracted to refuel aircraft had a bunch of people call off that night and it was taking forever for planes to be refueled. My response - which I shared with the airline - is that they knew this, and they had no business boarding the flight until they knew that the plane was refueled or close to it.

BTW, I don't like United, and I wasn't the one who booked with them.

Gate time is really structured, especially at a main hub like O'Hare. Unless the flight scheduled after your flight is late, they basically have no choice but to back you out, and let you sit on the tarmac. It happens a lot when the weather is bad and they have to wait for overworked de-icing crews...plus once you're backed from the jetway, people can't demand to get off and then want to get back on which is a nightmare for security reasons.

Signed,

Ex Airline Operations Dude.

[AngelsLongBall]

Liked 'em better when they were Continental

[nate]

O'hare is always delayed.  One of the worst airports in the country IMO, along with Philly.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

26 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Gate time is really structured, especially at a main hub like O'Hare. Unless the flight scheduled after your flight is late, they basically have no choice but to back you out, and let you sit on the tarmac. It happens a lot when the weather is bad and they have to wait for overworked de-icing crews...plus once you're backed from the jetway, people can't demand to get off and then want to get back on which is a nightmare for security reasons.

Signed,

Ex Airline Operations Dude.

That's the thing: We weren't backed out. We just sat at the gate.

[JAHV76]

Unless you have status with an airline they gouge you on fees. Southwest is probably the best about it but I prefer to select an aisle seat ahead of time. I usually fly American because of my status. 

[Adam]

Jet blue goes to most of the cities I travel too these days now that they've added atlanta

[NJHalo]

United practically owns Newark airport, so they are always in the equation when I am pricing out airfare.

[wopphil]

I don't understand how some airlines still get away with these ridiculous and totally unnecessary fees, when their competition (Southwest, for example) doesn't charge them.

[Brandon]

never had an issue with united, actually they used to hook me up with free drinks for doing normal courtesy shit like helping old ladies with putting their bags in overhead bins.

there's always going to be ridiculous fees, to my knowledge margins are pretty thin in the airline industry.

[Schildog]

1 hour ago, Steven said:

never had an issue with united, actually they used to hook me up with free drinks for doing normal courtesy shit like helping old ladies with putting their bags in overhead bins.

there's always going to be ridiculous fees, to my knowledge margins are pretty thin in the airline industry.

 

funny enough. bring the flight attendants something like chocolates or some other treat. they will 90% of the time hook you up with free drinks after that.

[AngelsLongBall]

1 hour ago, calscuf said:

So they're whores, basically.

Do they encourage the mile high club? Asking for myself. Don't worry, I'll snapchat my wife

[Spirit]

Flew United yesterday.  Flight left on time and got in 20 minutes early. 

 

Thanks United!

 

 

[Stradling]

I had no choice but to fly them last night from Austin to Denver to LA.  

My original flight was non-stop from Austin to LAX, but when I had to change the flight I couldn't get a direct flight, not because there weren't direct flights available but because that flight was more expensive than my original flight.  

They suck.  I even asked, what if those seats were still available an hour before take off and they gave me some bullshit line about their computer not allowing them to do it regardless of the number of seats available. 

[Lou]

I love United 

[Lou]

7 hours ago, wopphil said:

I don't understand how some airlines still get away with these ridiculous and totally unnecessary fees, when their competition (Southwest, for example) doesn't charge them.

because people pay them