Hat Tip to Canadian Kilometers who has reported on significant changes to the United Award redemption rates for Star Alliance partners. Presumably in an effort to reduce how much they are spending on partner awards. Examples for US to Europe One Way Coach – Now 30k, New Level 30k – No Change Business – Now…
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Star Alliance Gold? On US domestic flight with UA? Only 1 free bag now
United quietly downgraded the benefits for other Star Alliance Gold members this week. Their new baggage calculator shows only one free bag for US Domestic routings for Star Alliance Gold Members, except their own:
United Club, Seattle
I haven’t been to Seattle since United relocated its operations to the newer A Gates. My first international flight was from London to Seattle, on the old 747-SP. I loved that aircarft and quite enjoyed connecting through the old N gates at Seattle. Long gone is the Red Carpet Club just off the concourse, and…
United – The anatomy of a delay
I was booked to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle, via Newark last week. The inbound flight had been via Dulles, and was delayed three and a half hours, getting me in at 1am on the previous day. I had a lie in and was not too concerned when I checked online and saw a little…
United 1K – done!
I am pleased to have completed my 1K status for this year with United. Despite a week of delays, missed connections and a diversion to Harrisburg (more about this later), United has finally credited the last flight that I need to cross 1K for 2014. Of course, being outside the UK I won’t be impacted…
United flying 3 class plane SFO Chicago, Spring 2014
I was looking for flights from SFO to/from Chicago when I noticed that UA is back 3 class planes flying on this route in Spring 2014. One of the reasons that I originally started flying United was the ability to fly on big planes within the US. Since the merger with Continental this has largely…
United ends WiFi leaching….
Often when I visit a United Club there are people sitting around outside using the free United Club WiFi. In the old days you used to have to log in or collect a T-mobile card from the Reception. It appears United is bringing this back. An email sent to United Club members this morning says:…
Last week: Service Issues (BA/UA). This week: What happened next.
I wrote last week about three service issues, and wanted to update those that were following them about the outcomes. 1. BA downgrades me on AA Summary: I booked ATH-LHR-JFK-MIA-SFO in Business and First. An AA schedule change resulted in the JFK-MIA-SFO becoming JFK-SFO on a three class 767-200. At the gate BA instructed AA…
Looks like LHR-SFO is losing it’s 747 for the autumn
I’ve just checked my flights for my trip in October. The return from Seattle was specially chosen to include the UA 747-400 from SFO-LHR. This has changed in to a 777. This is disappointing but not all that uncommon for the winter. So, if you have a flight booked for the autumn/spring, I would check…
Lunch and ‘Dinner’ with United
I flew yesterday from Orlando, via Chicago and on to San Francisco. Both flights were operated by ex-UA A-320 aircraft, although the experiences could not have been more different. The flight from Orlando to Chicago was full, and we had the United lunch options of Chicken Salad or a Cheeseburger. As usual I picked the…
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