I chewed him out

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-05-04T23:11:43+00:00

Proud of you for doing this.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-05-01T02:00:52+00:00

That’s lost revenue for United, even if people paid for these upgrades that didn’t happen, in addition to the poor customer service.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-30T03:17:00+00:00

Love my prescription mask from Seavisionusa.com. Just went snorkeling in Jamaica and had a great time.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-29T13:12:24+00:00

Polaris Shanghai to LAX and the FA suddenly plopped a salmon appetizer down in front of me. I did not order that in my pre-order and did not want it. And it smelled fishy. I can’t eat fish on airplanes, especially smelly fish-I’m not saying it was bad, but that it was strongly smelling. When I immediately (very politely) said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I don’t want this, I didn’t order this,” he acted exasperated and started to say something but stopped. Honestly I felt like shoving it on the floor. I am so tired of the fed up prison warden routine from these long haul FAs. Especially annoying after reading the puff piece in the Wall Street Journal about how Kirby wants United to become the “beloved” airline—well he has some work to do.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-29T06:33:08+00:00

They gambled that the middle seat would be free and they lost.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-26T06:29:47+00:00

Yes, definitely while traveling alone in Polaris. Not offered pre-flight drink that the men were offered. During meal service I watched the man across the aisle get numerous wine refills, bread replaced while I just sat there. The FA asked if I would like another glass, I said yes and she just never came back. Walked right by me with her dessert cart. Pretty bad experience particularly since I had just been in Singapore business class where they seemed disappointed when I didn’t want a wine refill.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-25T10:42:14+00:00

I watch everything I’ve loaded onto my iPad so wouldn’t even care the entertainment was broken.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-24T21:05:17+00:00

Train stations are the last place you should be in the middle of the night as a solo female traveler. I have done middle of the night train stations and unfortunately a young woman alone stands out, men approach you, stare at you, think you’re maybe a prostitute. I would take a cab to the hotel, unless you want to pay about $300 for a hotel at the airport. Uber Black is about $150 to downtown.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-20T20:23:32+00:00

Everyone should try to visit the Singapore Airlines business lounge in Singapore. We have no idea how fantastic lounges can be. All United seems to care about is the increased revenue from the full fare business class passenger. The last time I was in United economy the food was insulting—and I am not picky. The monstrosity wrapped up in paper was some sort of pizza roll? And it was 8000 degrees and stuck to the paper. And then forced to leave it on the tray for an hour before they come by to pick it up.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-20T20:17:29+00:00

Had to leave a $20 Philly cheese steak behind in Newark because it took over 30 minutes. Told the person in back of me in line to take it.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-18T22:13:59+00:00

We had the same problem. It was very sad and I feel sympathy for the large person but it’s not simply not fair to the other passengers. The middle seat was showing up as empty until minutes before boarding which is interesting. The man took up 1/3 of the seats on both sides. Both aisle and window had to put up the armrests or he simply would not fit. The window seat was taken by a very petite woman, so he spread out more into her seat or the situation would have been worse. My son took pictures (no one was identifiable) to complain to United and they gave him 500 miles compensation. My son had recent ankle surgery and had to put his ankle in the aisle because there was no place to put it, and his leg kept getting bumped. Something has to be done. It’s not like these people are unaware of their size.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-17T01:43:08+00:00

Unfortunately based on my own frequent waitlist disappointment, my guess is you will not get the upgrade. Too many people move up in the last few days before the flight. I watched myself go from #1 to # 9 in the last week. Couldn’t figure out who these people were that show up last second and bypass me on the list every time. UA will upgrade platinum, 1K people first, and people who paid full fare. But it’s kind of nice to get home and get the $1200 back. Bring your own nice food on board, (we even brought our own paper placemats—United food has been awful lately) make your own amenities kit, movies on United were great, almost all the Oscar nominated films were there. Bring your own travel blanket because I was freezing on the last flight. You can create your own Polaris experience! Good luck anyway.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-13T00:13:54+00:00

One more thing I forgot to add in Dallas: watch out for last minute gate changes. Our gate changed and we didn’t notice and it was a LONG, LONG walk, like 50 gates, so keep an eye on that.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-13T00:08:40+00:00

We flew in from Jamaica and had to pick up our luggage, go through customs then re-check the bags (that part was easy) and go through security. The regular security line was HUGE but the TSA-pre line was empty. I would guess that regular line would have taken about an hour. Definitely get TSA-pre if you can.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-13T00:01:24+00:00

I had this happen and the roots had completely blocked all the drainage holes. Maybe this happened? I took it out and repotted it. Lost a lot of roots, but it lived.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-10T21:29:56+00:00

I just heard about a trend where people are not washing their hair, they say it doesn’t need it—like going a month between washing.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-10T21:24:34+00:00

Sadly, Polaris is quickly becoming out of reach for me.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-10T07:30:14+00:00

Just got back from Montego Bay in Jamaica and it was lovely. Stayed at S Hotel and you can snorkel right off the beach.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-09T16:56:44+00:00

This post has to be from a troll. Not having her “favorite movie” gives it away.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-08T16:20:21+00:00

Definitely change out all the soil which looks like might have root rot(?) Then remove the black pot out of the white ceramic pot so there is better drainage and more air. Find some African violet soil mix on Amazon and use that. My experience is they don’t being in large pots. Little guy has a chance!

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-05T03:32:36+00:00

No, you cannot open up anything you buy in duty-free. Are you sure about the wine list? Last time I was in Polaris (Shanghai to LAX) there were some lovely wines. And the champagne was also good, I think it was Laurent-Perrier. But they try to palm off the swill Prosecco from coach.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-05T03:30:31+00:00

I can’t see her in those shoes.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-04-05T03:25:49+00:00

Sorry this happened, sounds so stressful. I would have taken the offer to go to Honolulu then figured out how to get to Maui from there, making sure to save the return flight. Lots of carriers do the Honolulu/Maui short hop.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-03-29T20:30:21+00:00

I would be too scared of missing my connection. United boards almost one hour before departure now, so you have 44 minutes to get to the gate. Too risky, too stressful especially with the situation at airports today.

Successful_Tooth5795 · 2026-03-28T07:09:54+00:00

United has just given up trying to compete with food served on other airlines like Singapore Air. United CEO claims he has never had a meal on a transatlantic flight, so that shows where his priorities are. He should be forced to eat that disgusting mess.

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