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Category Archives: United Airlines

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Will Etihad Partner With United And Join Star Alliance?

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 25, 2019November 14, 2023 10 Comments
a group of people in uniform

Rumors are swirling that Etihad Airways will ditch American Airlines and partner with United Airlines. What will this mean for all three carriers? It was two years ago that rumors were swirling that Etihad was close to joining Star...

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United’s Secretive Top-Tier Status Has Nice Perks…

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 22, 2019November 14, 2023 17 Comments
United Airlines Global Services Status

When it comes to airline loyalty programs, there is “top-tier” status, and then there is true top-tier status… While Premier 1K status is the top published status level at United Airlines, there’s one level above it. And the perks...

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Scammed By A Fake United Airlines Call Center

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 21, 2019November 14, 2023 54 Comments
Scam United Airlines Call Center

You must be ever vigilant that when you call an airline you are actually calling that airline. One United passenger learned the hard way. The sad story is shared on Flyertalk. A passenger needed to change a reservation and...

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ANA Award Space Blocked For United MileagePlus Members

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 20, 2019November 14, 2023 18 Comments
United Airlines ANA Award Block

Add ANA to the list of United MileagePlus Star Alliance partners that are currently not bookable using your United miles. This fix, however, will hopefully be quicker than the other partner award problems still present. Last night, All Nippon...

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United Airlines Sends Me A Valentine

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 14, 2019November 14, 2023 5 Comments
a drawing of an airplane

I received a nifty valentine in the mail from United Airlines. First off, happy Valentine’s Day! Although the holiday has been commercialized even more so than Christmas, it originally began as a Christian feast day to remember a pair...

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Novel United Flight Attendant Books A Special Volume Of Love

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 13, 2019November 14, 2023 11 Comments
United Flight Attendant Returns Book

When one United flight attendant found that a passenger had left a book behind thousands of miles from its home, she took it and mailed it home. Flight attendant Lin Kullick noticed the book, The Lemon Grove, left behind on...

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United’s Bold New Growth In Denver

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 13, 2019November 14, 2023 15 Comments
a group of white tents

United Airlines will restructure its schedule on Thursday at Denver International Airport, adding more than 60 mainline flights each week. I’ve written about United’s domestic growth strategy and rebanking strategy before. Rebanking means clustering arrivals and departures together to...

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United Slashes Flights To Australia

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 11, 2019November 14, 2023 5 Comments
a man and woman sitting in an airplane

United Airlines will reduce its Los Angeles and Houston flights to Sydney during the Australian winter. Citing lower demand during the northern summer season, United will serve Sydney four times weekly from Houston and three times weekly from Los...

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United Listening To Customers, Your Move American

Kyle Stewart Posted onFebruary 10, 2019September 15, 2021 33 Comments
United 767

United recently announced a number of fleet changes that will be welcome news to elites at the 1K and Global Services level, clearly listening to customer feedback. Will American follow suit? If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a...

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How The Weather Hurts The Pocketbooks Of United Employees

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 9, 2019November 14, 2023 5 Comments
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United Airlines posted a dismal January in terms of operational performance and all employees are likely going to feel the pain. Data released on Thursday shows that United ended the month of January a distant fourth place (behind American,...

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1-Day-Sale: Up To 40% Off United Awards To Tahiti

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 8, 2019November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
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United Airlines is offering up to 40% off springtime award tickets to Tahiti for MileagePlus members. Depending upon your MileagePlus status, you can pay anywhere from 42K-49K round-trip for a trip to Tahiti in economy class. Taxes/fees will run...

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Bombardier CRJ 550: A New Regional Jet Experience On United

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 6, 2019November 14, 2023 21 Comments
United Airlines CRJ-550

United revealed a brand new aircraft today, the CRJ-550, that I call the business-friendly regional jet. It’s quite a leap from United’s current 50-seat jet. Currently, United operates CRJ-200s through its various United Express partners. These 50-seat aircrafts are single-cabin,...

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United Massively Increases Premium Cabins Across Fleet

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 6, 2019November 14, 2023 19 Comments
United Airlines Premium Seat Expansion

United Airlines announced it will add 1,600 United Polaris Business and United First Class seats to almost 250 international and domestic aircraft. I’d call 25-50% increases in the size of premium cabins massive. Last week I wrote about the increase...

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Still No Fix For Key Partner Award Redemptions With United MileagePlus

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 5, 2019November 14, 2023 6 Comments
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Last month I noted that United is blocking partner award space on Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, and TAP Air Portugal. The problem has not been resolved. United still blames technical issues on the partner side for this problem and...

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United Polaris Dining: The Sad New State Of Affairs

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 5, 2019November 14, 2023 70 Comments
a plate of food on a blue place mat

Just how important is meal presentation in offering a premium business class product? United Airlines is betting that it simply doesn’t matter. At least that’s the only explanation I can come up with for its choice to begin pre-plating...

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Review: United Airlines 787-9 Business Class Los Angeles To London

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 4, 2019November 14, 2023 22 Comments
a bed with a pillow and a blanket on it

My flight from Los Angeles to London on United was a comfortable, consistent, and frankly boring. That’s a good thing on a flight you just want to sleep on. I reviewed this very flight two years ago and not...

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United’s 2019 Growth Strategy: Target Hubs

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 2, 2019November 14, 2023 4 Comments
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After a year of robust “easy” growth, now United will try a riskier growth strategy: small-city growth from its hubs. United’s domestic growth last year was predicated on “low hanging fruit”. The Chicago-based airline increased service to Hawaii and...

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United Dramatically Enlarges Business Class Cabin On 767-300

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 1, 2019November 14, 2023 19 Comments
the inside of an airplane

United Airlines will take delivery of its first “premium heavy” 767-300ER later this month, featuring a dramatic increase in business class seats. Last year I wrote a piece entitled Will United Remove Seats From Business Class? after United’s Executive Vice President Andrew...

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Live TV Now Free On United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 30, 2019November 14, 2023 5 Comments
United Airlines Free DIRECTV

United Airlines is making over 100 channels of live DIRECTV available free of charge from gate-gate, effective immediately. 211 Boeing 737s in the United fleet are equipped with seat-back live television, totaling more than 30,000 seats. All live channels of...

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Rebuttal: Passengers Of Size To Blame, Not Poor Passenger In Middle

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 30, 2019November 14, 2023 23 Comments
a row of seats in an airplane

Reader Blake sent me the rebuttal below to my story yesterday on the fat-shaming passenger on United. I am publishing it, in full, because it is well-intentioned and does not denigrate others. Matthew, Your over-the-top political correctness blinded you to key...

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