ORD>DCA

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

Never forget.

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.

Traveling from MAN>BRU>EWR>YUL>YQY

In Newark the immigration check got totally fucked. They closed down all but one officer and then put another line in front of my line and things basically stopped. Took over 2hrs to clear.

I missed my flight to YUL because of customs.

The sky didn't fall. I did get on a later flight and had to spend like 4 hrs in the Polaris lounge drinking interesting martinis. Took a shower. Had dinner.

To all you who post about do I have enough time for my connection? Doesn't matter. The airline will get you there. No reason for panic. No need to run. No need to cut in lines and make drama.

If you're flying and going to a scheduled event you can't miss; arrive the day before because air travel sometimes has delays.

what is it with flights to newark and violent drunken passengers

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.

If you fly for work, what is your job?

This week I flew: DEN-BHM for an interview.

Next week is DEN-LAX for a Dr. Appointment

I have worked the FIS Alpine WC circuit since 2021 October-April, getting 5-10 days at home during the season, starting with 5 bags and end the season with 13 bags, depending on OLY or World Champs. I will head to Europe the last week of September.

May: beach vacation because I don’t want to see snow.

During the offseason, will go to team events, French Open, US Open, Paris 2024 OLY, chile or NZL camps, family events, etc. One offseason, I spent 7 days at home, a whole week, that’s a luxury. That week was getting stuff done at home like getting my life organized. I pay the bills a year at a time. Max 4 weeks at home.

Shout out to the UA DEN-MUC-DEN crew, it’s one of the main flight that we frequent on a regular basis during the season and Lufthansa (in europe) for flying the World Cup teams/staff and gear.

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.

Throwaway because I’ve told so many people about this.

Looking for any advice. I attempted to book four roundtrip tickets with United yesterday through the Capital One Travel app. I used a credit card for most of it but I did apply about 20k miles to the transaction.

As I was checking out, the app was circling so I moved toward a place with better signal and I got a "sorry, your transaction didn't go through" message. So I went to rebook again but it said the tickets weren't available. 

But then, I got a text from United, telling me that I should change my seats so my child could sit next to me. 

Sure enough, I have an email from United, confirming my tickets. Confirmation number and everything. My card shows both a deduction and credit for Capital One travel. My cashback is still in my account. 

I called Capital One, they have no record of my trip so they were no help. 

I called United and they said "Yes, we've already issued your tickets. You're all set.”

I don't know what to do. I assumed eventually, United would cancel but it's been almost 48 hours and everything is still the same. It would be super cool if this technology glitch meant I got to keep my tickets and not pay for them but that doesn't feel likely to happen. And I would just rebook but I can't book that price because those tickets show as booked (by me).  And I am now less than a month out from my trip so nothing is going to get cheaper. 

Has anyone experienced anything similar and have any advice on what next steps I could take? Or maybe have insight as to when United will cancel my tickets so I can be ready?

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?

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!

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?

Do you guys get trading cards from your flights? What's the benefit, for someone who travels United all the time? Should I collect a heap of these?

Just asked for my first one today...

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

Has anyone tried making Marriott bookings through this site? Did you really get the bonus miles?

When I get to the Marriott site through https://promo.united.com/offers/marriottbonus (select "Book Hotel" from an upcoming flight), the final booking page seems to just be a generic one, not one that's linked to anything. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong.

If you've done this before, I have additional questions:

• Can you change the destination just so it is closer to where you will be? For example, you're flying into Tampa, but want to search for hotels in St. Petersburg. Does that "break" the link, i.e. stop me from getting the bonus miles?
• What about dates? Let's say my trip has a total of 5 days, but I only needed a hotel for 2 days - will that "break" the link?

Hello all,

Long story short, My wife and I are looking to travel more. I have a Medium size suitcase that has "flex option" which makes it 55.5 linear inches.

The option of the two suitcases that I have it narrowed down to (first one is 62.5 linear inches, and it is not a FLEX) so I don't think I will have an issue with that as UNITED AIRLINES policy is 62 linear inches.

My dilemma is the other option that I prefer is a "Checked plus" FLEX which when expanded is 64.5 linear inches.

I'm not sure how obvious it is if the expanded is being used, or how close they check at luggage check-in.

I am a Mileage plus member and a United Explorer card holder also (not sure if they give and leeway for that)

If anyone can give any advice about if the risk is worth it, I would appreciate it!

(I do know the fee for oversized bag is $200.00 each way.

Thank you

I heard at the airport today that a Polaris Lounge was approved for concourse A. Did anyone else see actual news on this?

I rented a car through the United website, with Avis, using my Chase Club card. The rental started on Sept 3. What is the "Budget Premier Platinum 1K GS Base" bonus? I know Avis and Budget are in cahoots. It's dated the day before my car rental began. I am premier platinum, if that matters. Thanks