I was hoping to have some exciting stories about having scored $600 in travel credits this evening, but unfortunately there was no such luck. Instead I flew coach for the first time this year — voluntarily! As ridiculous as it might sound, I wanted to fly coach. There was upgrade space and I had upgrade…
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didnt the other pax notice the preferential treatment and get annoyed? Either way, good you had such a great flight crew-I havent had one that good (or that young) in a LONG time
@ whakojacko -- Yes, and that's certainly something that makes the situation uncomfortable. At the same time I didn't feel too bad -- the gate agent made it sufficiently clear I was the only 1K. It's not like I got better treatment because I knew them or was an employee.... but still, I agree.
@ Joe -- Surprised to hear that. I'd say on at least half of my flights I observe the purser going to coach to check on 1Ks. It's a new trend too, it seems (or maybe I'm just on the flights with the great FAs).
Now that you have fallen in love with Coach, may I be the first in line for your CR-1s? 😉
In terms of narrowbody comfort, 6C+D on the Airbii twins are hard to beat; same thing with a couple key E+ seats on the 757. I would still accept an op-up (or UDU once the time comes for that), but can't see wasting the certs as a lowly 1P.
As a lowly 1P, I need to save those precious certs for the rare 3-class widebody running a domestic route. 🙂
I've had 12 segments so far as a 1K (9 in F, 3 in Y). No special recognition yet. Then again, I *am* SFO-based! I suspect you're in a league of your own, being TPA-based and flying so often. Circumstantially and statistically, you're more likely than many of us to get the above-and-beyond treatment. And I'm glad to see there's still that much pride and enthusiasm among UA employees.
Heh, if I got Economy Plus and empty centre seats all the time, I'd like coach too! 🙂
@Sara - You are not old. Fly to Hawaii on UA and you will see some old "senior mamas" and usually a 22 year old male purser...
Coins,
I suffered the indignity of sitting in first ORD/TPA and TPA/IAD on Sunday evening (yep, they flew it). On the way down, one of the matronly (60 ish) flight atts provided one of the best serviced flights I had in a long time. If you recall, I'm partial to JFK crews. We had a nice conversation and she told me 'it's her job to provide exceptional service'.
I love it when the system works.
If I may waste your readers time... the system didn't work on IAD/SFO Sunday night. The pilot was a no-show. He was stuck at ORD. They gave everyone a hotel (Hyatt Dulles for me). I got a $350 appreciation voucher, and a ticket on the 6:40 am the next morning. Everyone else got put on a special section at 10:00am. Sat in first using e-500's.
I'm appreciating 1k.
You are talking about UA right??????? I think most of the gals on ORD-NRT have been at UA longer than the FA's on your flight had been alive :-). BTW the service has usually been great !!