Economy Class & Beyond

Safety Video Saturday – United Airlines 777 (Classic)

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Ok, I dropped the ball with posting this weekend. Call me asleep or in a different time zone. Or both. But here's a video you don't see (as it's manual safety demo for some reason - probably because there's two versions of the UA 777), It's what I didn't see yesterday - The United Airlines 777 Safety Video. And cue Rhapsody in Blue... … [Read more...]

Star Alliance Upgrade Scheme upgrades itself with more carriers….

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Star Alliance has announced more carriers are to join it's upgrade scheme where can you can pay with points for an upgrade.The new joiners to the scheme are Air Canada, TAM and US Airways.Now, before you get excited and consider redeeming your hard-earned miles for upgrades 1) Not all members of Star Alliance participate in the scheme and 2) These are related to High Value … [Read more...]

UA: Finally looks at upgrading 747’s….

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United belatedly is finally working on the 747-400's, and is looking to upgrade the economy product on those birds.And may I say - it's about time. Stepping onboard one of those things is... a time warp. Jeff Smisek says he hopes the upgrade to upgrade them by 2016 - when it's A350XWB's are due into service. Some of the savings that the combined UA/CO entinty is making is … [Read more...]

CO: Flat Seats all done in 777’s, 757-200’s in progress, 767-400’s to follow…

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Continental have been beavering away since before and after the United merger, and have announced today that their 777 fleet is now totally "flat seat" in Business First. Continentals Jim Compton says "These seats are highly popular with customers from all over the world, and we will begin installing them on the rest of our widebody fleet beginning next year" The seat is also … [Read more...]

Trip Report – Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines

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Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines LHR-ORD, ORD-LAS, LAS-LAX-SFO-DEN-LHR   For those of you who have forgotten, this is my semi-regular audit to see how things are with United - if the service has improved, deteriorated or other. Whilst not perfect, it provides entertainment, amusement and of course, iPhones in sick bags … [Read more...]

ORDIX: Mixed Classes – Infinite fun – Pictures going live

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Well if you're looking to the sidebar you might have noticed a bunch of Trip Type Photoblog entries.But if you're feeling lazy, feel free head to the ones listed below ;)To Heathrow and the Star Alliance LoungeUnited International Business Class - London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare The Hyatt Regency O'Hare  Chicago Architecture Foundation Boat tour: Part 1, Part 2 … [Read more...]

If you’re sitting …. in San Francisco…

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And greetings from the United SFO RCC.Where there is no free wifi yet. Good thing I had a spare card just in case ;)Quick reviewsLAS-LAX - I didn't know  I could down two vodka and orangesLAX-SFO- I didn't know I could down another.Good crews and good service... has the curse of Tilton lifted?Guess I'll find out when I do SFO-DEN and DEN-LHR.... … [Read more...]

Quick Review of United E+ ORD-LAS

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Greetings from Las VegasQuick review of the flight - Choppy as hell, and I had an E+ theif next to me.Shame chose that time to edit some of my other work ;)Oh, I belive also Sears and Whirpool will have sale soon. Hang on till black friday though.Not that I saw what Mr corporate thief was typing of course... … [Read more...]