United 757 First Class Hawaii review (+ how I flew 2,500 miles more for THREE DOLLARS)
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Date of Travel: 11 OCT 2019
Airline: United
Livery: United "old" standard
Route: SFO-LIH (also YYZ-IAD-SFO-LIH)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
Flight Number: United 1684
Miles: 2444
Airborne time: 5h1m
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Have a great Sunday! I'll be travelling this week and next, including taking in United's super-high density 767-300 from London to Newark in new Polaris business class (my first time). Hoping for a great experience this time around!
I have BA Avios for Oneworld, which is what I use 90 percent of the time, along with the Mid East Airlines. Is Air NewZealand's programme the best for someone in the UK for Star Alliance?
For the vast majority of people, no. The best programme depends on your travel pattern. ANZ worked for me due to a need to acquire status using discount business class fares and a lack of interest in spending rewards, but that’s not the case for most people.
@@Paul_Lucas Ah cheers.What do you think of Asiana? I have Krisflyer but haven't used that in a long time. Is it worth it to have multiple rewards programme membership on the same alliance?
I'm honestly surprised they aren't using the 757-300
I hate that you had such a shite experience on that old worn out bird. They at least owed you a gratis ticket, not just a paultry 200 bucks. But, it's United, they don't really care if they screw you over. It's just a dumb way to treat customers, especially one who can share his experience with 171,000 subs. Really enjoy your videos...
ETOPS = Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim.
I see you also watch wendover
Yep- Ive seen the ETOPS rules relax so much since the 1994 intro of the 777(First aircraft to gain ETOPS at intro to service). We have a route from Sydney and Melbourne to Santiago over the great Southern Ocean and when your out in the middle its 5-6 hrs from your nearest alternate.
ETOPS is one of my favorite acronyms. It seems that only the military can beat it with items like SNAFU (Situation Normal: All F***ed Up)
@@Electrotract But the Flat Earthers say that flight doesn't exist!!!!
@cooper copper Except the A330, A350, and A320 also have ETOPS ratings.... So there goes that theory now doesn't it?
How disappointing was that broken seat? Something really unfair that economy passengers would be upgraded before looking after regular business class passengers.
Very wrong. Not sure if Paul made a fuss but I certainly would have insisted on a seat change.
@@brendonmcmorrow3886 - Same here since I would have paid for it.
I bet this wasn't even considered because the person who upgraded those passengers was at check in unaware of any issues on that plane. I also bet their system doesn't even inform them of inoperative passenger seats and equipment when they are looking to upgrade other passengers and to first accommodate paying passengers who paid months in advance. Also, at the least, the flight attendants should be aware of this and make changes in the cabin, or at least offer the option of moving seats from a broken one. I don't see why they wouldn't even know about a broken seat, especially in the 2nd flight of the day etc. Though that may not be in this case to Hawaii. I know the pilots get a report of equipment issues, and the pilots always have a briefing with the cabin crew, wouldn't that be mentioned in flight briefing? There are lots of potential opportunities this could have been dealt with, but it appears there is no system in place..
@@marcusdamberger - I agree. The Inflight service Manager's have to write up reports on cabin issues and report any faults to the flight crew, so then in turn would have report to United ground operations in SFO of the seat fault, who in turn should have blocked out the seat prior to arrival in SFO, considering it was being used for another flight sector. The Gate Agent/s should have informed Paul of the faulty seat and re-issued another boarding pass with a new seat number. That is standard practice with majority of full service airlines especially for premium passengers and Gold Star Alliance passengers.
@@chrismckellar9350 Thank you for that extra bit of info, I suspect most airlines have procedures in place for faulty equipment no matter the location and your summary of what should have happened reinforces what I thought. Thanks.
A thing I really like about Paul is how reasonable of a reviewer he is. If something disappoints him, he says it, but doesn’t act like it’s the end of the world or is reason to throw a fit. Which to be honest is how most of us actually are when we fly. To me it’s a more realistic appraisal
British stiff upper-lip!
Paying cash for a broken business class seat might be fine in your reality. However in my reality paying for business class seats is not just petty cash. To be fair, when the compensation only was 200 bucks in airline budget those business class seats must be extremely cheap over there in the USA in comparison to where I live. Over here one needs to save VERY long with a normal income in order to afford flying business class.
@@2point7182818284590 I was mentioning how much I appreciate Paul’s stalwart attitude. I wasn’t endorsing standing accepting mediocrity.
I will note that domestically in the US the routes are usually short, the longest being transcontinental or out to Hawaii. So a lot of times paying tons of extra for business class doesn’t make a lot of sense. Maybe where you come it’s normal to have a fit when the seats aren’t to your liking, but that’s usually looked down upon in the states.
In 2001, I was about to take my first trans Atlantic flight. I met a girl from the Netherlands in college the year before, and I was going to meet her there for the first time (she had visited once since leaving after a semester). It was on United, a 777 from O'Hare. I met a few nice people I talked to at the gate, being nervous makes me talkative. One lady was older, and was not looking forward to the flight crammed into economy, but she couldn't afford more. I was called to the gate and offered an upgrade, but I politely declined and asked if they could offer it to the older lady. Just the way my dad raised me, I couldn't take something I didn't pay for. Hope she liked it, though. Flying first class on my first trip would have ruined me for flying.
I'm flying ORD-BRU on United in the summer for a vacation to be with her mother and sister. Hoping it's as good as your 787 domestic flight.
your very nice man! coming with aloha from oahu, born and breed here!
That was very nice of you!
At first I thought I’d be annoyed by your review as I am an employee of United but I actually loved it. You were extremely fair and honest and took everything in grace, I’m sorry that corporate sent you a template response but am happy that the Twitter team took care of you. I’ll be looking forward to your LHR-EWE review . Aloha
Every single video Ive watched on united to far has had at least one MAJOR problem, from broken seats, to rude flight attendants, to dirty bathrooms... That really says something about united huh
Matt Ye I flew in 2017 in Canada with a flight attendant who was formerly a United long haul attendant. He told me stories about rubbing the rim of coke cans on his a***ole for rude customers- and other similar pranks, regularly played by cabin crew on passengers.
Really painted the picture for how awful United can be. Not to mention the infamy of beating the hell out of their passengers.
Disgusting
@@sshah2545 Not how awful the airline is, how absolutely hideous and rude that FA was. The passengers aren't there to serve the Flight Attendants.
I’am thinking the same and a lot of video travelers report this kind of problem.
@@sshah2545 yep, they have a bad reputation
@@manuelfernandogonzalezcuev7731 guess the dragging someone off the plane really did it for them huh
The last time I flew United, it was the worst experience I've had in the air. Round trip from Pensacola Fl to Salt Lake City Ut. First aircraft had flaps issues, and we touched down so hard I hit the seat in front of me, Second aircraft had to be replaced, causing a 6 hour delay. The delay wouldn't have been bad, except it was at night, in Houston, and everything in the Houston airport closes at 10. The replacement aircraft needed a tire replaced, causing another 45 minute delay. Landing on that aircraft was something out of an amusement park, with the pilot bouncing it 3 times.
On the return trip, we had an unspecified aircraft malfunction that cause us yet another delay.
The only flight that went off without a hitch was the very last flight on a United Express, but that's likely because those aircraft are leased from JetBlue.
That was really poor of United. They should've moved you to a functioning seat before dealing with the upgrades.
They should've blocked out the seat completely over simply moving him
I was so heartbroken when I saw that sticker on your seat!! I would be so so upset!
Pretty shocking they put upgrades in a working seat and left a paying customer in a broken seat! customer service / common sense basics 🙈
I’m Surprise that united airlines doesn’t know we’re talking about the company. we’re lucky too.🙂
Lol....that remote....lol. Flashback to the 80's....lol. That food looked terrible. I am so sorry that you had to go through that, Paul. God bless you on future travels!
Paul, I completely agree with you about United. As I commented in one of your earlier United reviews, I typically have a fifty-fifty relationship with them. fifty percent of the time, everything is wonderful - great food, wonderful employees, and real hospitality, but the other fifty percent oft he time the experience is anything but stellar. I'm an old Continental Airlines frequent flyer who became a United one by virtue of the merger, not by choice. I fly them because they go where I typically go, Cleveland and Hawaii, for halfway decent prices and with good scheduling, not because they're necessarily my first choice.
Sorry about the seat. The same thing happened to us flying first a year or so ago on Hawaiian in one of their venerable 767s a few months before they were retired. I'd say half of first class had inoperable seats, and Hawaiian simply didn't want to spend the time and money to fix the seats, especially with retirement so close. United isn't the only airline to not repair broken equipment promptly, but they really should have handled the seat assignment issue better.
You were lucky to get food, even if it wasn't that great. On two of my last three United flights in biz/first, they're run out of food. Or, more precisely, they stock two meal options but the people in the first few rows get their orders taken first, so those in the last few rows of biz/first get whatever is leftover. This seems especially true in narrowbodies. Over Thanksgiving CLE-LAX on a United 73, I was able to get some fairly decent Eggs Benedict, but the rest of my family, seated in the last row of biz/first, was left with a "protein plate," as they called it, consisting of some dry lunch meat, some nuts and and a few greens. They complained and got several thousand United Miles in compensation, but it was a serious letdown, and hardly a first class breakfast experience. The moral of the story: get a seat in the first couple of rows to ensure you'll get a choice of meals. I'm surprised you didn't get a menu since I always have.
To make matters worse, my next trip on United in April is also to Hawaii, outbound SNA-SFO-OGG. I was looking forward to flying in one of those quirky 772s with the old interiors, but no. I just found out that they've downgraded the equipment from a 772 to a 738. Strange, as that's a massive reduction in capacity for a flight that's normally full over Spring Break. As a result, the biz/first section is the same old underwhelming seat only, with no real privacy. Some will say that I shouldn't complain, but I'm a public school teacher and I save religiously to be able to afford good travel experiences so it is a disappointment.
Anyway, I'm slowly detecting some improvements from United, mainly from employees who are somewhat less surly with such regularity. The flight attendants seem more helpful, though this is inconsistent, and some follow the rules about bin stowage, or the first class lav being for first class, some not. It was an issue during our last flight when those of us who had paid for biz/first weren't able to use "our" lavatory because the flight attendants allowed the Economy passengers to do so. I normally don't have an issue if its something involving a small child or an emergency, obviously, but when you've paid extra to be able to use that service and then aren't able to, well, its a problem. The gate agents seem nicer, and the check in folks at LAX were, in a word, outstanding. They were also wonderful on our return from CLE arranging for a ride for my mother, who is 80 and has trouble walking. So, there are good things happening, in my view. They're just happening slowly, perhaps far too slowly.
If that had been me. I would have been jumping up & down in frustration. It’s not good enough to sell broken seats & then upgrade passengers & give them the good ones. Glad u complained.
Carol Turner exactly, that’s utterly ridiculous what they did not moving him to a working seat
Zero joined-up thinking.by the Senior Cabin Crew and the meal looked disgusting. Pleased you complained. I think I might have been even more blunt. Appalling Customer Service.
Ginger I would have made my feeling known then & there. It’s totally wrong to put a paying customer into a broken seat & then upgrade 2 economy passengers. It shows a lack
Of customer care
Ginger customer service was terrible.
If I had payed £500 for a flight I would of asked for my money back. Typical United. That flight looked terrible!
Great video a Paul, honest & informative!
I agree with your theory on paying customers getting accommodations that function before they put their upgrades in place , however that requires common sense and United Airlines has got none!
jpaleas Also requires effort
This is an awesome video Paul! I also fly a lot! Great trip report!!
A United flight a letdown? Shocking.
I live in Chicago and this summer was the FIRST time I flew with United Airlines and flew in their Polaris Business class.
Their Polaris lounge is amazing but when I got on the airplane, it was the 2-2-2 business class layout. However, the soft product is what does it for me. HUGE let down. I think I had to press the call button several times before someone attended to me. Then I was like "I'll have the tomato soup with the toasted cheese sandwich". The flight attendant guy was like "we don't have that". "Ummmm...I can see the sign on the cart that says "t.soup" and "grilled cheese" He is then like "oh, I guess we do"
Unless the ticket is cheap, I think I'll stick with Air Canada, ANA and Eva Air. Heck, even China Eastern does a little better than they do.
Love ur vids due to one reason makes u better than all other flight reporters soothing voice and good explanations about the airlines
I would have been bouncing if they had done that to me but what makes it worse is that they upgraded passengers when your seat was broken to me that just implies that they didn’t think or value you as a customer when they did that!
I would have been livid if I had that seat
cindi brady let's see u say that after paying $1,000 for a business class seat
@@the.abhiram.r I agree with you. Cindi says she'd just deal with it but I highly doubt that. Her response is laughable!!
The video of you taking off was well done, whether by design or accident. I really liked how the shadow showed you rotating then taking off. Yet again, another great video. Enjoyable and very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for providing the takeoff engine sound, love the Rolls Royce "Growl" .
Hi Paul! I am a new subscriber and I watch your channel ALOT......when I am stuck in a rut, I travel with you! Thank you for doing such a great job!
My Grandfather started flying for United in 1928. He is most likely rolling in his grave over the decline of this once great airline with a long history.
I just flew to Maui first class and it was pretty nice keep up the great work
I was born and raised on Kauai, I fly on Delta’s 757’s between SEA-TAC and Lihue for my vacations on Kauai.👍🏽🤙🏽
Also, I just rent a car and save lots of money by staying with my parents who lives up high in the homesteads about a 5 minute drive from the nearest beach
Hi Paul. I am newcomer to your videos and really enjoy them. Especially the Teesside one as thats my local airport. I love Hawaii hope you enjoyed your visit.
your vids are the highlights of my sundays at work, a pleasant, honest, and pure feel good relief
Jelo Feliciano thanks Jelo!
"I feel like Tom Hanks in "The Terminal"'
😂😂
What a great video to kick off 2020 Paul! I'm flying in 9 days but only Ryanair Manchester to Prague and return 2 days later - both in the dark!
James Robinson no one cares
@@kamalnesr ok brokeass
Harja Talonen no ur mom
That’s such a good fun movie to enjoy and the director and set designer made a full working terminal complete with open working shops and food stands of all kinds
Great review of SFO’s only nonstop flight to Lihue! Surprised it’s not foggy in San Francisco. Lucky you!
It was great to see a clear shot of the Farallon Islands. My mom and dad lived on the rocks back in the late 50's early 60's as my dad ran the lighthouse while in the Coast Guard.
Another great report!
This is remarkably similar to my experience with United: frustrating, time consuming, and generally not a good time compared to other U.S. carriers.
Story time: They were two hours late for departure to Chicago, cancelled my flight to Newark from Chicago and booked me on another plane which was on the other side of O'hare making me sprint to catch it in the allotted 15 minutes, sent me off to Atlanta and delayed my flight for 4 hours before boarding then being sent back to the gate halfway to the runway, finally cancelled the flight 6 hours later, at that point I had been counting the number of commuter jets leaving for D.C. and remembered that the Acela exists, when I asked if I could go to D.C. instead of Newark as an alternative to a hotel in Atlanta they were like "oh yeah, sure, not an issue, why didn't you say something earlier?", at this point I was 3 red bulls in and had been awake for 38 hours so I just sat and angrily waited the 15 minutes for the Bombardier to get ready. I complained via email and they didn't even respond.
TL;DR: United is great at turning a 7 hour trip into a 20 hour nightmare.
Thank you for that wonderful video enjoy your trip to Hawaii
Wonderful video. I always get that feeling of seeing other aircraft (going to better places lol). I just did United First too, it was very 'ok'. The Personal TV didn't work. lol
@@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne True. But when paying a couple extra hundred dollars, I'm just expecting basic things to work. lol
Bib The Boulder haha I did Minnesota to Florida in my 2000 Dodge intrepid with no AC. Around Atlanta I felt the heat was going to take me out
Darn... I am a ramp worker for UA here at SFO... had I known you were passing through, it would have been cool to connect with you on your layover. I was working that day haha.
Since you filmed this, UA has placed an order for 50 A-321’s and will begin to phase out these old 757-200’s slowly. The more rare 757-300’s are here to stay for some time longer, but they don’t have the international business class product like what you flew on - they’re more like a standard “first class domestic seat.”
Another great video 👍🏼
Awesome stuff mate
Should have changed seats immediately upon boarding. Even as a kid, I dreaded United...
Great video, Paul. United may not be the best airline, but you can’t beat flying on one of their classic 757’s with the amazing RB211 engine sound!
Great review Paul
Thanks for your highly informative video.
You know it’s a good video when it’s a Paul Lucas video.
God. Rip English.
Joe Blogs just noticed
James 28 yeah, so edit it
Awesome video man
The buzzing RB211s. Great sounds
Flying United for the first time this year and it will be interesting what experience I have as I've only been told bad things about United. I also flew Ryanair recently as I had only been told bad things about them and I wanted to check them out but at the end of the day I was very impressed
by the service I received
Great video as usual, Paul! I’m an airliner buff!
Nifty video! I’m glad 2 of the 3 were good!
I like Hawaii. They have great beaches, wildlife, and shaved ice
Glad to hear that they finally did the right thing and compensated you for the seat snafu.
Glad I'm not the only one who opens their windows first before even getting settled
And I'm one of those people that spends most of the flight looking out the window, people would hate me on long hauls haha.
My united flight was pretty good this time, but almost always gets delayed otherwise.
I'd say the worst part of this debacle was the canned response from United. This is their final opportunity to make things as right as they possibly can and they even turned that into a disaster. I avoid United as much as I can. They put on a great show in very competitive markets, but the true essence of this carrier can be found on flights like the one you were on. They know more than half the plane are frequent flyer mile users and they treat passengers like they're on public assistance.
William Alford You’ve hit the nail on the head William - the wrong headed response via email was the worst part of the debacle.
That is true of all Big 3 to HI. Just flew AA in first class to/from OGG and it sucked sucked sucked. The Big 3 do not make money on these flights -- which is why they use their oldest domestic aircraft.
I absolutely love your videos. Great tips. In theory you could have taken Bart (or uber but pricey) to embarcadero and eaten lunch and come back ...but yes best part of plane watching is wishing you could be on the flight I loved the Burbank reference ...that seat issue was unforgivable especially with the upgrades
It's sad that they got rid of the old 747s, rode those from SFO/LAX back to HNL (Honolulu) during the late 90s/early 2000s when going back home from college. Those were always fun to hop on. The 757 made me feel like cattle. Even Hawaiian Airlines with their A330s/767s were a godsend (not so sure about the 321s). I'm glad you had a decent trip but it sucks about the seat. I love your videos and hope you can film some more!
TYVM for the excellent Videos
One of The last pictures of my dad is about twenty years old is in the left seat in his captains uniform with his cover in a 757 cockpit his hands n the power levers I miss him so much
@Wingin' It! Paul Lucas At any time in the flight, did you ask the flight attendants if they can manually recline the seat? As to my understanding, most (if not all) of these type of seats can be manually reclined if the automatic controls don't work.
I agree if they knew a seat was broken, paying customers should have gotten the working seats first .....
And finally flying beats the train anyday : )
Aside from the cheaper tickets and quicker travel time XD
If you love flying, as you do, then a long day means a good day. Another fine video.
I’ve never been impressed by United Airlines product, both domestic and international. As a side note I enjoy your train and airline reviews. You have a new subscriber and Instagram follower. Best of luck on your United international flight. Cheers!
What type of recording equipment are you using when on board or alternatively in the terminals when you shoot your videos?
Hello i wanted to know how do u find these flights and what apps do you use to find some of your amazing trips .
I had an INOP seat on a UA 787-9 from SYD-SFO, the crew was nice enough to manually recline my seat for me after the meal. As far as I know all UA seats can manually adjusted, just a little heads up in the future.
Crew told me this one couldn’t be adjusted as per the fault logged.
SF is my hometown and I love it! So many things to do and so much to see in terms of transit and views! Id love for you to see it yourself when the travel ban is taken down.
Nice Plane Video!
Is there any way to avoid a codeshare experience, i.e., booking on BA or Lufthansa and then getting stuck on a flight operated by United?
Paul, are you looking forward to your visit to Newark, NJ? What do you think of the airport? Sorry you did not enjoy your United flight!
Francis Flood EWR needs an upgrade ASAP!
I would be so annoyed if that had happened to me. Not being able to use the seat functions on such a long flight is a real bummer.
hoovesonearth - It certainly is. The airline did not provide the advertised service. I would ask for a refund of the amount charged for business class over that charge for economy plus.
I’m not surprised about your United experience. We should start offering flights to Hawaii from Toronto
Hi Paul. I’ve searched this itinerary however flights are far more expensive ; what I am I missing? Thanks
The entry of Southwest has made a difference to fares too. It used to be reasonably expensive to fly to the mainland.
Unfortunately, the broken seat could have happened on any airline and they'd much rather send the plane out anyway instead of canceling the flight. That said, I absolutely agree that the broken seat should have been saved for an upgrade and not a full fare passenger. But in any event, you did the right thing by contacting the airline and getting a travel credit instead of complaining to the flight crew like some people tend to do. Anyway, looking forward to your LHR to EWR flight especially considering EWR is my hometown airport. Safe travels!
Can you do a vid where you explain all the tricks with the flying miles, points, gold status etc ?
Fantastic video Paul, just wondering what lens/camera do you use ?
Hi Paul, did you speak to the flight's Infight Services Manager or just to the flight attendants in Business Class (First Class) about the seat and the fact 2 upgrades took the remaining serviceable seats? Most normal airlines would have block out the seat and give you a new seat number but then you are flying United domestic.
I've done a economy round trip once from Dallas to Honolulu on AA, I enjoyed it on a 767.
Also San Jose / Oakland are the main hubs for Southwest in SF.
Good luck with the Next united trip
I completely agree with this inconsistency which means everything isn’t all bad and it can have good moments. I flew EWR- SFO and they served complimentary meals which I wasn’t expecting. However the First Class flight attendant scolded me in the most rude manner because I was using her cabin’s toilets as I was instructed by another flight attendant as my seat was just behind First. After I returned to my seat, she even had the nerve to say that since I was traveling on an employee’s ticket I shouldn’t talk back to her. I wasn’t, she was so stupid that couldn’t even get that right and as a paying customer I told her how rude she was. My next flight SFO-SIN was a 17 hr nightmare, during dinner drink service I asked for second drink and she refused and said will be back and never did. First time that ever happens.
I would recommend flying United from EWR-SFO (or SFO-EWR) on their 787-10 Polaris cabin, it’s such an amazing flight. Personally I think it’s the best transcontinental flight in the USA.
Nicholas Buonagura The 787 is pretty good even in Economy Plus which I have flown on United LAX-MEL & returned MEL-SFO.
Yay! I love seeing videos about my city of San Francisco. Conflicted about United tho. Do a video from Oakland and it's quirkiness.
Wait for your next trip video of one of Korean, such as Asiana and Korean Air..
Will you ever be flying China Eastern in the future? They have a very economical Business Class and I was planning on taking it to Bangkok in the near future.
Man Paul these are addictive 😂
Great video man!! Do you plan to take the AVE? If so when I’ll be waiting for a video about it greetings from San Diego California! Loved your Brightline review, I thinks it’s a bit better than AMTRAK can’t wait for the new route to Orlando coming in.
A very disappointing response from them given your poor quality seat. I totally agree with your comments regarding how they should ensure people paying for the premium service should get it before comp upgrades are given. And if they cant see this too, they have real problems.....I think a refund of the difference between standard and premium class is the least they should offer
nice trip report! So sad that you had a bad flight.
I would like to speak to your point on lounges. United’s lounge in the rotunda is a “legacy lounge.” Its great because it gives you the sense of experiencing the classic United. (This was also the first lounge I was ever in with United.) Unfortunately, like all American carriers, they are basing their new lounges off of one footprint with very little distinction. If you are a United enthusiast, there are very few legacy lounges left...
excellent video liked a subd thank for sharing
Next time you have a few hours at SFO, come out to the city of Millbrae. It has some of the best dim sum outside of Asia. It is a 5 minute drive from the airport.
FWIW I concur that going into San Francisco proper from SFO is a pretty arduous trip for any short layover. However if you want something actually to eat that’s not in an airport the community of Burlingame is 10-15 minute drive from the airport and pretty easy to get to - popular place for business conferences. If you want for example a great seafood lunch or dinner check out New England Lobster Market and Eatery, one of the best fish places I’ve ever eaten at and very casual, and as a southern Californian that’s high praise.
Just to be a California geographic pain, Burbank is in the San Fernando Valley outside LA so it’s south not north ;)
Did you contact ual about the seat? If so, what happened?
Love those 788s
What did you use to vlog this video?
Did united end up doing anything for the inconvenience afterwards?
I feel as though Hawaii is Delta, Hawaiian, and Alaska’s game
Definitely agree with you on that seat issue. You should have complained to the Stewardess. They should be able to do some compensation.
Classic United haha. My first thought was that 757s still flying is pretty odd considering the other much newer aircrafts that have already all but been retired by most airlines now. I actually had thought it was only cargo airlines that still utilized the 57s. Also that drink and nuts thing is a classic. I remember when I was a kid in '97 flying to Reno and that was signature. So it's quite fitting of a 57 I'd say.
Airlines that have the 757 are keeping them as long as they can. Its such a good plane with no current real replacement that compares
I totally get thay when I’m looking out the window at a cool plane I see and then kinda want to be on that aircraft not caring where its going 😂