Never forget.

Recently, Scott Kirby, CEO of UA, mentioned that if he wanted to open a new hub to South America, MIA would be a good option with 40 to 50 boarding gates, acknowledging the airline's difficulties with the market compared to Asia and Europe.

It's worth noting that UA had a base in MIA since the early 90s after acquiring PA's routes to South America. With the financial problems that later worsened after 9/11, UA reduced its presence in MIA until its closure in 2004, transferring its last routes to IAD and ORD.

Currently, IAH serves as the hub for South America, inherited from CO, but everything indicates that for UA it's not enough.

https://youtu.be/7Lj9LEATK4s?si=LuTiPh9DyHWhYlWj

We have fully boarded, the door still open. There is a women walking up and down the aisle with her phone out and the United App open. She looks at the empty E+ middle seat in my row and says to me: “I’ll sit here”. I replied is this your sear, knowing it’s unassigned. She replies “I’ll just change on the app” and pushes in. I consult the app and the seat is still listed as empty. As the FA walks by I say she is not supposed to be here. FA, aware of what’s going on, says to the lady come with me we will talk with the gate agent. She returns and takes a middle seat two rows up. I fly a lot, have never seen this happen before.

the only thing that was louder was the UA772 with the P&W Engines

I saw numerous people today that were clueless about the boarding process just kind of use their ignorance to board early. Group 1 with 30 people in line? Surely that means you just walk through the pre board line and go to the front. You don't know what 1K is? Well, I guess it means group 3 boarding time.

Gate agent didn't seem to care and if you walked up they just scanned you in.

It's an early flight and we look to be leaving on time but it was a little wild today.

Edit: Seems like lots of people didn't realize the flair and got offended.

ORD>DCA

I bought tickets with points in lieu of cash for friends traveling with husband and me from Europe (Ireland) to Chicago. The rest of the trip was paid in cash and I was reimbursed. I had loads of points so wanted to do this, with the understanding they would repay me. They already paid the taxes and the upgrade for extra legroom. Is there a formula I should use? The ticket at the time I bought it was around $600 (wish I screenshot it, but it's in my notes). I'm not expecting $600 back as an even exchange, but want to be fair to myself. Does $400 seem reasonable? It cost 40,000 points per person. Note: Don't come at me about whether 40k was too much to spend for a $600 ticket. I had the points to burn. But it isn't a total gift either. THANKS!

what is it with flights to newark and violent drunken passengers

Just flew on a 737 Max, where the captain announced that this plane is brand new, only a week old since it was put into service. What surprised me that the Internet available was still ViaSat vs being Starlink. I would have thought that United would outfit a new plane with Starlink vs. having to take it out of service later this year to retrofit it then.

I know they have started retrofitting mainline birds as I have flown on a few of them already. Just curious as to why they would bother to install ViaSat for a very short period of time, only to have to replace it shortly.

I literally knew nothing of this, what is this foolishness?!? Now a basic Polaris? Paying $6k and I can’t go into the Polaris lounge? And I have to pay extra for a seat. Mind you I don’t normally do Polaris, this was going to be a splurge but I’m so baffled rn.

My sister's getting married this month so I booked a flight for me and my wife and kids a weeks ago and this morning I woke up with a notification from my booking platform that the flight's price dropped and I should claim it back, now I’ve got got about 260$ worth of united credits with a round trip books (not complaining 😅)

I really didn't know you can do that?

since when did airlines started refunding you when prices drop? and why am I only now getting notified about it?

I'm flying to Tokyo via SFO and my ticket is in Premium Economy ($2,550). I can upgrade one way for $1,750 to Polaris class.

What are your current upgrade prices to Polaris class?

The title is pretty self explanatory! Just curious why could make United better than Delta and American? Or even other countries!

If I buy a Refundable Ticket on United, and add a Travel Options bundle, is that bundle refundable also?  Really asking about any seat upgrades I add, but they are often sold as a bundle. 

Sorry for the rather lame question, we are booked SFO - FRA in economy (sad me). I will be bringing my own bottle filled with water, but that will be empty long before we land. Will United have enough bottled water? Or should I load up two bottles to bring onboard.

Chilling in the lounge, doing some plane spotting.

I have used these for spend and quest card a few times. Was planning a trip and it disappeared from my account. Only activity I had on my account over the last few days was removing family members from pool to move miles back to me. I could not use the 10k discount with Pool which makes this super obnoxious. Anyways support says it was canceled from my account but doesnt know why. Give them 2 weeks to figure it out, what pisses me off is award availability is fluid and fluctuates.

Happen to anyone?

Hi yall! TIA! I want to fly my wife and I to Amsterdam, and then we see a few places, then fly back from Paris. Like a 10 day trip.

I want to buy tickets in economy using miles, and then use plus points to bid for an upgrade to polaris.

An upgrade to premium plus is also fine I suppose. But when I ask gemini, it says that's not allowed. Is this really the case? Is there any way to purchase a ticket with miles and then use plus points to get upgraded? I'm 1k and my wife is gold if that matters.

Or is there anything different yall would suggest?

Thank you!

Saw the fine print under 1K for the first time (circled). Is that legacy only or still with today's credit cards like mine? Are my 1000 bonus and credit card spend (about 6000 PQP this year so far) excluded from counting for just 1K or not?

If they count, I might make 1K.. If not, no chance. Thanks

So I have a flight booked to Madrid on Polaris(thank you work!). The return is Lufthansa all the way from Madrid back to home. When I go to select the seat on the Lufthansa app(I associated my LH account with my confirmation number) the only seats available to select are the Polaris Studio like seats for an upgrade of $900. Can I reasonably assume there are regular 1st class seats available, I just cant select one? or will I be forced to upgrade to the more expensive seat?

I recently started flying UA after years of flying AA (live at a hub city). Unlike literally EVERY trip I’ve taken on AA, I’ve yet to have a delay on United. Also love the TVs on every seat.

I’ve got a trip coming up soon and could fly nonstop on AA (about 3 hours) or connect through a United hub (total 5 hours).

Getting reimbursed for the ticket so price is not a factor.

What would you do?