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UNITED Airlines SUCKS
Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt,
along with every other line that is ripping off the public. |
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UNITED Airlines SUCKS
"Hoover" wrote in message ... Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Given that covers much of the US airline industry I guess that means everyone is going to stay at home once they're all gone. |
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UNITED Airlines SUCKS
On Sep 30, 5:26*am, "Hoover" wrote:
Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Every airline sucks -- they're all in duck and cover mode vis-a-vis their various reasons why a flight can't take off on time. |
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On Sep 30, 3:26*am, "Hoover" wrote:
Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. I don't normally reply to sockpuppets, but IAWTP. On my last flight to Newark, the pilot tells all of us... "There is going to be a slight delay. All the power went out to the plane....we looked out the window and saw one of the guys on the runway unplugging the power supply. The co-pilot opened the cockpit window to yell at him, and it got stuck open. Then when the power went back on, the surge took out the navigational system. We need to have a mechanic fix the window and one of our techies fix the navigational system." That always makes someone who is afraid of flying feel good. Then when we got to Newark and were in a "holding pattern," the pilot felt it was necessary to tell us that we "only had 30 minutes worth of fuel left, and that we'd be on the ground one way or another." Heh. How come the delay can't be because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hdmrE4aoE0 (10 minutes of listening, but worth it...) Peach |
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UNITED Airlines SUCKS
On Sep 30, 7:06*am, Jay Furr wrote:
On Sep 30, 5:26*am, "Hoover" wrote: Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Every airline sucks -- they're all in duck and cover mode vis-a-vis their various reasons why a flight can't take off on time. What ticks me off is...the whole charging for baggage now. I never check my luggage...I always have a small pilot case I use for all my business trips. If it doesn't fit in the case, I don't bring it. United loads the aisle seats last. As I was leaving Newark last Sunday, the person on the loudspeaker announces, "Those of you who have some carry ons still may have to check your baggage, as the overhead flight compartments are filling up." I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Oh, no I'm not....I'll throw myself on the ground and have a tantrum." (Of course I was--partially--kidding.) I boarded the plane with my pilot case and there seemed to be plenty of room. I wondered if they just needed the money. Peach |
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On Sep 30, 4:26*am, "Hoover" wrote:
Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. The best experiences I have on airplanes are going from smaller airport to smaller airport on a small, regional jet without having to check baggage. Generally no crowds and no delays. Jon |
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On Sep 30, 9:23*am, Peach wrote:
On Sep 30, 7:06*am, Jay Furr wrote: On Sep 30, 5:26*am, "Hoover" wrote: Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Every airline sucks -- they're all in duck and cover mode vis-a-vis their various reasons why a flight can't take off on time. What ticks me off is...the whole charging for baggage now. *I never check my luggage...I always have a small pilot case I use for all my business trips. *If it doesn't fit in the case, I don't bring it. United loads the aisle seats last. *As I was leaving Newark last Sunday, the person on the loudspeaker announces, "Those of you who have some carry ons still may have to check your baggage, as the overhead flight compartments are filling up." *I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Oh, no I'm not....I'll throw myself on the ground and have a tantrum." *(Of course I was--partially--kidding.) *I boarded the plane with my pilot case and there seemed to be plenty of room. *I wondered if they just needed the money. Peach They definitely need the money. See, passengers flying for personal/vacation purposes *always* book the cheapest fare, no matter that the connection time between flight A and flight B is seven and a half minutes and you have to switch terminals, or what. This is what leads to a lot of the situations in which people claim that the airlines screwed them and caused them to miss their flight and lose their luggage and stuff -- THEY accepted the insane connection time that the website kicked out, and THEY therefore put the airline in a situation where a slight delay on flight A made it impossible to catch flight B or get their bags to flight B. Airlines have learned this. They've learned to mask or hide all the extra fees until the point in the purchase process where it's really too late to back out and you've already bought the ticket or at least are one step away from purchasing it, or in the case of bags, wait until you got to the airport. If there was a travel website that actually showed the *real* cost of each airline's ticket, including fees and so on, the results would be ordered far differently than on a regular travel website. United and other airlines dare not unilaterally tack on a "gas is REALLY REALLY expensive" surcharge every time the price of gas goes up, so they hide it in fees at the time of purchase that aren't included in the originally stated price and try to recoup as much as possible in the baggage fees. Airlines have started to have problems with people trying to take on two full-sized rolling suitcases and a computer and a purse and have started being really firm about "one carry-on and one personal item." Recently, I've seen many, many people told that they have to check their bags, no matter what, and in a few cases were told at the time of boarding that they had to go BACK TO THE TICKET COUNTER to check them (generally when it was obvious what they were trying to pull). They've also had to station flight attendants in various parts of the cabin to prevent people from jamming their bags into the first overhead space they come to that's open instead of taking it back to their actual row and seat. I actually do sympathize -- I know that the airlines don't actually enjoy all the flak they get about the baggage fees, but with the price of gas what it is they've got to make it back somehow. |
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On Sep 30, 8:22*am, Jay Furr wrote:
On Sep 30, 9:23*am, Peach wrote: On Sep 30, 7:06*am, Jay Furr wrote: On Sep 30, 5:26*am, "Hoover" wrote: Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Every airline sucks -- they're all in duck and cover mode vis-a-vis their various reasons why a flight can't take off on time. What ticks me off is...the whole charging for baggage now. *I never check my luggage...I always have a small pilot case I use for all my business trips. *If it doesn't fit in the case, I don't bring it. United loads the aisle seats last. *As I was leaving Newark last Sunday, the person on the loudspeaker announces, "Those of you who have some carry ons still may have to check your baggage, as the overhead flight compartments are filling up." *I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Oh, no I'm not....I'll throw myself on the ground and have a tantrum." *(Of course I was--partially--kidding.) *I boarded the plane with my pilot case and there seemed to be plenty of room. *I wondered if they just needed the money. Peach They definitely need the money. See, passengers flying for personal/vacation purposes *always* book the cheapest fare, no matter that the connection time between flight A and flight B is seven and a half minutes and you have to switch terminals, or what. * This is what leads to a lot of the situations in which people claim that the airlines screwed them and caused them to miss their flight and lose their luggage and stuff -- THEY accepted the insane connection time that the website kicked out, and THEY therefore put the airline in a situation where a slight delay on flight A made it impossible to catch flight B or get their bags to flight B. Airlines have learned this. *They've learned to mask or hide all the extra fees until the point in the purchase process where it's really too late to back out and you've already bought the ticket or at least are one step away from purchasing it, or in the case of bags, wait until you got to the airport. If there was a travel website that actually showed the *real* cost of each airline's ticket, including fees and so on, the results would be ordered far differently than on a regular travel website. United and other airlines dare not unilaterally tack on a "gas is REALLY REALLY expensive" surcharge every time the price of gas goes up, so they hide it in fees at the time of purchase that aren't included in the originally stated price and try to recoup as much as possible in the baggage fees. Airlines have started to have problems with people trying to take on two full-sized rolling suitcases and a computer and a purse and have started being really firm about "one carry-on and one personal item." Recently, I've seen many, many people told that they have to check their bags, no matter what, and in a few cases were told at the time of boarding that they had to go BACK TO THE TICKET COUNTER to check them (generally when it was obvious what they were trying to pull). They've also had to station flight attendants in various parts of the cabin to prevent people from jamming their bags into the first overhead space they come to that's open instead of taking it back to their actual row and seat. I actually do sympathize -- I know that the airlines don't actually enjoy all the flak they get about the baggage fees, but with the price of gas what it is they've got to make it back somehow.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Those greedy passenger bastiges!!11! I did see that happening...passengers putting their bags wherever--not over their seats. Fortunately I was able to get the space over my seat both times. It ticks me off that those of us that *obey* the rules with the one small carry-on and one personal item get penalized, though. I even tuck my tiny travel purse into my suitcase to avoid having something extra besides the laptop. Peach |
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UNITED Airlines SUCKS
On Sep 30, 8:06*am, Jay Furr wrote:
On Sep 30, 5:26*am, "Hoover" wrote: Service is pathetic - repeated mechanical problems. I hope they go bankrupt, along with every other line that is ripping off the public. Every airline sucks -- they're all in duck and cover mode vis-a-vis their various reasons why a flight can't take off on time. My travel agent has had standing instructions from me for over two decades to avoid United if at all possible. They take airline suckitude to a whole new level. You are just cattle for them to move. If anything goes wrong, it's the customer's fault. Every time I've been forced to fly with them they've done something to **** me off. As far as I'm concerned, their role is to make American seem tolerable. Doug |
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"Emperor Wonko the Sane" wrote:
My travel agent has had standing instructions from me for over two decades to avoid United if at all possible. They take airline suckitude to a whole new level. You are just cattle for them to move. If anything goes wrong, it's the customer's fault. Every time I've been forced to fly with them they've done something to **** me off. As far as I'm concerned, their role is to make American seem tolerable. ------------- I live in Delta-land, but did fly United /once/, back in the late-80's. My wife threw up in my lap while we were landing at Chicago, with a 40 minute connection to clean-up. Any mention of United brings that memory vividly to life. |
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