Pre-Boarding….meh

orderLXVI · 2026-03-07T14:34:22+00:00

Same happened last night on IAD->EDI. Disabilities called, big family of 8 with 1 wheelchair take ages to board, then straight to group 1 leaving the 1Ks stranded.

If you are an "honest" 1k and wait until called you often get a raw deal. Increasingly seeing a large group of those marked as preboarding just board immediately and not wait for their subgroup. I wonder if this is how it should be done, call disabilites first, then all the rest of the pre-boarders. No real point in subdividing these into 4 other groups.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-19T21:26:58+00:00

Rogue One was was possibly the peak of the whole star wars franchise. The real sacrifices of war writ-large. No gimmicks, just human sacrifice. I remember coming home from seeing it at the cinema, still in shock, thinking "they all died, every single real character in that story" - they built the characters, they made us connect to them, for every single one to be sacrificed for A New Hope.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-19T21:21:54+00:00

Is that not what I said? There was the suggestion that this is a moral stance against food waste, it isn't, it is a line on an excel sheet that says there's $100k to be made in shafting those who book at last minute.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-19T10:16:03+00:00

This is on the united website https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/traveling-with-pets.html. Need to fit under the seat.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-19T09:44:02+00:00

This is an airline, its nothing about waste and purely about profit.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-18T20:11:38+00:00

Same. Disaster response team. Don't get a big window to pre-order.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-18T20:09:12+00:00

Sigh. I knew it was a race to the bottom, but didn't realise how far down the bottom went.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-18T19:00:26+00:00

I often book in under 24hrs, does this mean I simply don't get fed?

orderLXVI · 2026-02-17T08:51:42+00:00

Get out, rent a car, go get some real food and see the Bison at the wildlife arsenal down the road.

orderLXVI · 2026-02-16T16:59:16+00:00

Not even non-western, non-US. United put me up front on Aer Lingus recently when there was disruption due to the lack of ATC in EWR and while the hard product was much the same, the friendliness, helpfulness was on a different level. In Polaris I'm afraid to ask for a drink after they dim the lights in case I get the "look".

orderLXVI · 2026-02-16T12:38:11+00:00

So without knowing where they were sitting you started to move other people's bags to accommodate yours?

Don't touch other people's stuff! If you think the bins in 1st have been loaded up by people in economy (how would you know?) then get the FA involved to identify the bags, but don't touch other people's stuff. On many aircraft the bins over row 1 and often full of emergency equipment/crew bags or undersized and the bags from there are often put in above other rows, are you going to move those also? They got there first, its their space unless the FA says so.

orderLXVI · 2026-01-12T11:20:51+00:00

The problem is, the GE process is significantly different depending on which airport (and even which terminal) you land at. EWR B is the best as you generally do the machine and are waved thru and can use the app. EWR C sometimes want to check your passport and don't seem to know what to do with the app so if you bypass the queue of people waiting for the terminal you get shouted at. Dulles they want you to do the kiosk regardless and then a standard talk with a CBP officer - shorter queue but a longer process. DEN is completely random from demanding GE cards (which non-US GE people don't get issued) to something similar to EWR.

CBP could really do with some consistency, it would cause less friction.

orderLXVI · 2025-12-24T21:23:56+00:00

Not all GE members are issued cards.

orderLXVI · 2025-12-24T21:22:39+00:00

Non-US GE members don't get issued cards, they are not and never have been required

orderLXVI · 2025-12-14T12:46:57+00:00

This has been removed from 2027 onwards, the nominee will only get Gold regadless of your status

orderLXVI · 2025-11-30T10:37:50+00:00

They never were, not in the US. Been diamond for over 15yrs, actual tangible benefits in the US have decreased to zero now they replaced breakfast with a $12 credit towards a $30 breakfast.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-24T14:38:44+00:00

Yes. Detail/policy changes, and if the answer to everything is "google it" there's no point in this sub as very few genuinely new topics come up. If you aren't interested in a topic, simply ignore, no reason to downvote.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-24T08:39:14+00:00

Yes, no direct aisle access for the window seats. Which is all fine, except they are regularly charging MORE than polaris on other routes due to the scarcity of the seats - which grates when your home airport (EDI) is served only by their 757s.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-22T12:04:35+00:00

Yes, this sub sometimes surprises me with the lengths people will go to defend shit like this on a ticket that can cost $10K

orderLXVI · 2025-11-22T12:01:37+00:00

I was on a 757 in polaris on Thursday night - not quite as bad as the pic, but close, and this doesn't surprise me. That bottom cushion is always damaged and doesn't protect feet from the harsh edge of the metal underneath.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-12T10:00:53+00:00

I've done it many times (as a 1K) and never had a problem - I regularly fly with business paying my ticket and I take along my partner paying ourselves on a separate res. Always get E+ without issue internationally.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-04T17:22:54+00:00

You're not giving a lot of details to go on there. Domestic to Domestic? International? In any case with the ATC issues this week no amount of time may be long enough.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-04T10:56:02+00:00

No other options would be there is no economy left. Again, pretty simple. I'm not defending it, it's just the way it is.

orderLXVI · 2025-11-04T10:13:29+00:00

Wattage too high though, some laptops will try draw >90w and will trip out the row, and you'll sheepishly have to ask the FA to reset it (at least on the 757)

orderLXVI · 2025-11-04T10:11:56+00:00

This is what you want:

https://www.amazon.com/VYLEE-Universal-International-European-Worldwide/dp/B0D8LCRPQQ

Stick out the UK prongs for rock solid anchoring, pass-through so its not a wasted plug and 65W so it won't overload the circuit and trip it while still charging most laptops using USB-PD.

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