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Category Archives: United Airlines

New YorkUnited Airlines

United’s Secret New Invite-Only Restaurant at Newark Airport

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 22, 2017November 14, 2023 17 Comments
United Classified Restaurant Newark

United may not have a Polaris Lounge yet at Newark’s Liberty International Airport, but it now has an invitation-only restaurant called Classified. Do you have access? I don’t. You can input your MileagePlus number and last name at the...

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DenverUnited Airlines

The Real Reason United is Launching Denver to London Service?

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 18, 2017August 18, 2017 12 Comments
United vs Frontier Denver

In the world of politics, what seems obvious is often only a clever cover for something less obvious. By all accounts, United’s decision to add transatlantic service between Denver and London was a strategic move to challenge Norwegian Air....

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United Airlines

United’s Chief Digital Officer: Overbooking Will Continue

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 15, 2017November 14, 2023 5 Comments
United Airlines Overbooking

Linda Jojo is the Chief Digital Officer for United Airlines as well as the Executive Vice President of Technology. In a recent wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal, she explained why United will continue to overbook flights. Overbooking...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Returns to Historic Airport it Abandoned Decades Ago

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 14, 2017November 14, 2023 1 Comment
United Airlines Paine Field

78 years ago United Airlines launched commercial service from Paine Field (PAE) just north of Seattle. After decades without commercial flights, a new terminal is opening and United will resume commercial service to two hubs. Paine Field was a...

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North KoreaUnited Airlines

Defiant: United Will NOT Suspend Flights to Guam Despite North Korea Threat

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 13, 2017November 14, 2023 15 Comments
United Airlines Guam North Korea

North Korea has warned that if provoked, it will strike Guam with a nuclear missile. Despite a bellicose exchange of threats between North Korea and United States, United Airlines is conducting business as usual from its Pacific island hub. United Airlines...

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United Airlines

Sorry TPG, I Can Assure You United Business is Better than Economy Class on ANY Airline

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 9, 2017August 10, 2017 23 Comments
United Polaris Amenities

I have a great deal of respect for the The Points Guy and the empire he has built. I know Brian Kelly personally and am friends with Zach Honig, the site’s Editor-in-Chief. But I’m so disappointed by a review...

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AustraliaMistake FaresQatar AirwaysUnited AirlinesWeekend Digest

Live and Let’s Fly Weekend Digest: August 06, 2017

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 6, 2017November 14, 2023 2 Comments
Cheap Australia Business Class

A very pleasant evening to you from Los Angeles, where I was happy to spend the entire week at home with my wife and son ahead of a major trip coming up this week (details coming). Two major “sale”...

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Law In TravelUnited Airlines

Doctor Gropes Teen on United Flight, Walks Free

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 5, 2017August 5, 2017 10 Comments
United Airlines Doctor Gropes Teen

Something doesn’t add up here. A 16-year girl was flying from Seattle to Newark for a summer fellowship program at Princeton. She was seated in a window seat and awoke to find a man’s hand on her thigh. The...

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Law In TravelUnited Airlines

Thuggish Former United Gate Agent Suing the Man He Assaulted!

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 3, 2017August 3, 2017 8 Comments
United Agent Sues Shoving Victim

Remember my post about the ex-United thug named Alejandro Anastasia who shoved down the senior citizen at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport as fellow employees look on? The victim sued him and United fired him. But now he’s countersuing for $1...

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United Airlines

United Airlines Serves Best Champagne in the World? I’m Skeptical

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 3, 2017August 3, 2017 7 Comments
United Airlines Champagne

United Airlines recently won Global Traveler’s 2017 Wines on the Wing award for serving the best champagne in international first class. The winner: Joseph Perrier Brut Cuvée Royale 2004. While I don’t purport to be a champagne expert, I’m skeptical. My...

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TipsUnited Airlines

One Surprising Reason to Buy United Basic Economy

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 2, 2017November 14, 2023 20 Comments
Free Economy Plus United Basic

Here’s the ironic thing about buying a Basic Economy ticket on United Airlines. By not being able to pre-assign a seat, you often end up with one of the best economy seats on the aircraft. My brother’s girlfriend accidentally...

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chinaUnited Airlines

United Airlines Cuts Service to Hangzhou

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 31, 2017November 14, 2023 7 Comments
United Airlines Cuts Hangzhou

United Airlines is finding its mission to expand to secondary cities in China is not as profitable as initially hoped for. The carrier will suspend service to Hangzhou effective October 16, 2017. We have no official announcement from United...

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United Airlines

United Airlines’ Food Trucks in New York + San Francisco

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 29, 2017November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
United Airlines Food Truck

Look for food trucks bearing a United Airlines logo circling New York and San Francisco over the next couple weeks. Find one and you’ll enjoy a complimentary destination-themed dessert from one of United’s international destinations. The food trucks will...

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Norwegian AirUnited Airlines

United Pilots: Foreign Airlines Should Be Required to Hire U.S. Pilots

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 28, 2017November 14, 2023 7 Comments
a white airplane flying in the sky

While management seems more focused on Gulf Carriers, airline unions have set their crosshairs on low-cost carriers like Norwegian. Why? Labor costs, specifically Norwegian practices to keep them low. But have United pilots taken it a step too far...

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747United Airlines

United 747 Will Fly Domestic on Friday

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 27, 2017November 14, 2023 5 Comments
747 Upper Deck Internet

United is retiring its 747-400 fleet this autumn. While I’m hearing rumors of a farewell domestic tour, nothing has been confirmed yet and the final flight is still scheduled from Seoul to San Francisco on October 29, 2017. But...

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NewsUnited Airlines

United Airlines Adds New London Service from Denver

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 26, 2017November 14, 2023 11 Comments
United Airlines Denver London

As United faces mounting competition from Frontier and soon Norwegian in Denver, it is embracing the fight rather than abandoning it. Today the carrier announced new seasonal service to London starting next spring. United has tried service between Denver and...

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DenverFrontierUnited Airlines

Overconfident? United Airlines Mocks Frontier Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 25, 2017November 14, 2023 7 Comments
United vs Frontier Denver

United Airlines’ President Scott Kirby is a smug man. I don’t even use that term in negative way. Such bravado has served him well at American and now United. But did he step over the line during a recent dressing down...

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United Airlines

United Flight Diverts When Passenger Rushes Cockpit

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 24, 2017November 14, 2023 4 Comments
United Passenger Rushes Cockpit

  A United flight was forced to turn around after a distressed passenger made a rush for the flight deck. United 898 was scheduled to leave Houston at 9:43p on Saturday evening for a short flight to New Orleans, but...

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A Dishonest Smear in the Fight Over Gulf Subsidies

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 20, 2017November 14, 2023 11 Comments
Gulf Subsidies Smear Campaign

Earlier this month, Delta released a “documentary” attacking the Gulf Carriers. I didn’t even write about it because it represents unadulterated propaganda. But now a friend was attacked for criticizing it and I feel obligated to weigh in. Be warned: in the...

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United Airlines

United FAs Now Empowered to Issue Onboard Compensation

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 18, 2017July 18, 2017 8 Comments
United Onboard Compensation

One of the biggest problems of the failed Smisek era at United Airlines was that FAs and gate agents lost much of their flexibility. Rules were strictly enforced with consequences for bending them, but anti-customer policies were also implemented....

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