This month I've had the opportunity to fly United's Premium Service product in both first and business class between New York and Los Angeles. Both flights were on United 27, the 3:59PM departure. There have been many complaints lately about the cutbacks in service on this route, but I have to say that overall it's…
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I caved and watched Paul Blart in C to SYD. At first, I thought it was an actually pretty brilliant tragicomedy (no, really), but then the film went downhill rapidly and I couldn't even finish it.
"PS: Yes, I was watching Paul Blart Mall Cop on both flights. It was just that good…."
Sigh. And now we can't trust your judgment on *anything* anymore. ;^)
I prefer Business because when the First Class seat is in a reclining position, the tray table reclines with the seat, thereby leaving it at a slant, so if you prop your PTV on the tray table it slides off or falls down...
THAT, and only in the case of severe oversells in steerage can I even contemplate sitting up front.
I miss the pre-arrival snack in Business class on westbound flights. I remember the first flight that UA did away with this. I was anticipating the meal as I was getting hungry 90 minutes prior to landing. Finally, I asked the FA where the snack was? I told the FA I was hungry. FYI, breakfast flights will not satisfy your food needs on a transcon. Anyway, the FA brings me a BOB from the back. Better than nothing. The chips made it all worthwhile!
Why does it seem from your two seat pictures that the business class seats are much nicer than the first class seats ?
From the pictures at least, they look much nicer in every way than the first class seats...
Does UA offer sundaes and cookies on breakfast flights? I'm trying to decide to take a breakfast flight or lunch flight. Also deciding between First and Business.
Since this is back from the grave, it's worth noting that US Airways doesn't differentiate on domestic awards between First and Business class tickets 🙂 This means you can book UA p.s. First (of which there's a ton of award space) awards via US for just 50K miles - same as Business.
mechteach: "“PS: Yes, I was watching Paul Blart Mall Cop on both flights. It was just that good….”
Sigh. And now we can’t trust your judgment on *anything* anymore. ;^)"
+1
UNITED IS ONLY A TOURIST AIR FLIGHT COMPANY,
BUSINESS AND FIRST CLASS MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.