United POLARIS BUSINESS Class: Newark to Delhi
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2022
- United Polaris Lounge Newark Review: theaircraftking.com/2021/12/2...
Full Flight Review: theaircraftking.com/2022/02/1...
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Scheduled Departure: 9:10 PM
Actual Departure: 9:26 PM
Scheduled Arrival: 9:30 PM (+1 day)
Actual Arrival: 9:42 PM (+1 day)
Tail Number: N2142U
Date: January 8th, 2022
Welcome back to another fantastic trip ahead of us. This one takes us to Delhi on one of my favorite journeys going from Newark to India. Lot's of great views from the plane, food views, and all other aspects. Enjoy this Boeing 777-300ER flight!
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That looked like a fun takeoff!
Always a fun takeoff sitting right in front of that massive GE90 engine
Really nice video. I had a similar 773 long haul experience with United in Premium. I was pretty disappointed with the meals I got, but after seeing this video I think I got off a bit easy. That food looked embarrassing for Polaris. It's really unfortunate because United knock it out of the park with their seat and amenities. If they could just get the service down they would be great.
Absolutely, United’s Polaris is really good with most other aspects. The seat is great, the Polaris amenities are wonderful. But an improvement in food even back to what it used to be pre COVID on these routes would go a long long way
Flying the exact same flight in the exact same seat and found this online! So useful :)
Glad you enjoyed!! Hope you enjoy the flight!!
Hey! Good review, I think you did a good job of covering all the bases and mentioning certain aspects that need to be improved. With that said, I'm based in DC. I'm planning to visit Mumbai during winter break, would you recommend Emirates or United for it? They both would take 17 hours but basically it's about whether to take the long haul first via DXB or take it after the connecting flight via EWR. I'm probably gonna fly economy however haha
Emirates definitely no questions asked. Emirates has better food, service is a little better on average, seats are much more comfy, much more amenities on the long flight, and they have full chargers at every seat. Emirates is the way to go
Five star coverage
Thanks a lot!! Glad you enjoyed it
Isn't there noise and traffic near 9L being close to galley and rest rooms?
There is a decent amount of noise definitely but 9L is still tucked in away, there’s lots of additional foot space compared to the other seats and the engine + wing view (which I enjoy) is the best from 9A/9L.
I would argue 9A is marginally better as it’s next to the massive lav that has enough space to change
okay, this video was better than the last one. keep it up
Thanks a lot! Yeah the last one I was just trying to crank it out so that I could move along to this one. Glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheAircraftKing You probably already have a schedule for your upcoming flights, but a suggestion from me is to fly the new United Premium economy on a 767, 777, or 787. I flew from Houston to Santiago, Chili on a 767. I had a great experience and I think this would be good for a future Trip Review. Also, you should try out United's brand new 737 MAX 8. They brought back the Tv's, and the first class seats are amazing! I hope you consider these. Good luck!!!
I also think the meal service was a fluke. When I flew to Chili last August, the meal service was better for premium economy.
@@bostonaviation4860 thanks for your comment, and yup you are right my work travel is pretty booked up for the next 2 months as of right now. But to address your comments about Premium economy:
I have actually flown 777 Premium plus a few times and I even made a video of it 2 years ago flying from Mumbai to Newark. I haven’t tried the 767 yet for PP so maybe that’s one to try. As for the 787, I’ve sat in the seat, but only as an economy plus seat on domestic flight.
For the 737 MAX 8, I’ve had the pleasure of flying it between San Fran and LA and it’s a spectacular plane I love it. The IFE is so incredibly responsive and it’s amazing. I don’t know that I’ll make a video of this particular aircraft unless it’s a longer route that I make a video for.
However all my flights regardless of RUclips or not I do share on my Instagram and I’ve made my full thoughts on that aircraft when I flew it a few months back. But all great ideas thanks for the input. Always looking for the opportunity to try something I haven’t tried.
@@bostonaviation4860 the food they have on their india routes right now is abysmal. I flew Polaris to Germany the month prior and the options were much more lively than the tasteless options they put on the india flights. South America and Europe roughly have the same menu and so I can imagine you got decent food going down there
Have you flown the Air India Business Class for long haul after the TATA takeover, heard its pretty decent these days.
I have not, I definitely would love to try it but they gotta improve the seats. Tata or not the seats are still really bad and need an upgrade
Thank you for this intel. I will now make sure to bring food on our flights from Hawaii to Italy on 2022 04 25.
It spends how much you eat but I think you should be fine without bringing food. But first let me ask Are you in first/Polaris?
@@TheAircraftKing from OGG to DEN Polaris business, B777-200, 1-2-1 configuration. From MUC to SFO Polaris business, B787-9, 1-2-1 config
@@Hoakaloa I don’t think you’ll need any extra food. This flight was a 14 hour flight where there was only two for meals and optional midflight snacks but Maui to Denver is half of that flight time and you pretty much get two full meals which is pretty solid for seven hours and then beyond that from Denver to Europe you’ll also get two meals which again should be fine in that time frame
I have a question: Because American Airlines has relaunched flights a couple of months to the Indian capital after almost a decade absence, how interested would you be flying with them to Delhi from JFK?
Its definitely cool but it would be hard for me to fly. My work travel is funneled through UA and rarely am I originating in Newark
As someone who recently flew this route in economy, I can confirm that the food isn’t much bigger or better than the economy meals
That’s definitely sad to hear when you consider how much more expensive these tickets are. Thankfully those days are gone and the food is much improved now from that time
can you keep the blanket and headphones?
I’ve actually never tried I think you can walk out with them no one says anything but I never use them so I don’t take them. Also I’m not sure how useful they will be outside of the airplane because it’s not a single prong headphone like normal headphones and earphones have when plugging it in, its that two prong output that planes and that might make it impractical to use outside of the flight
Sad to see how much United soft service has regressed. That's a very poor excuse for business class meals. To be honest, I think coach probably got the same food, but just not as "dressed up". Hopefully the quality improves and they stop using the pandemic as an excuse.
Absolutely. I almost wanted to ask for a coach meal to fill me up after dinner, but I decided to let that go and wait to see what was in store for the inflight snack as well. United is currently trialing an expanded service on certain routes so here’s to hoping UA brings back its former awesome service soon!
Wow, that food would have been disappointing in PE and barely average in Y. How can that be justified after the standard of the Polaris lounge? The seat looks nice.
United has an absolute monopoly on their India routes, the Mumbai and Delhi routes are their most profitable routes, so for now they don’t need to provide a competitive product. Also whoever designed the india menu just decided to be really unimaginative. Even the europe and South America routes have better meal options. Thankfully, as is always the case, the food leaving india was solid
@@TheAircraftKing pleased to hear. I think you’re being tactful describing that meal as “unimaginative” :)
@@kbroadhead10 hey man, I may have given them hell in this video (rightfully so), but I still am going to be flying them for work for a very long time to come, so just trying to adjust the post COVID expectations for myself too 😅😅
But fear not it’s not all bad, the return journey’s food was quite good. But leaving india, their kitchens always make good food, it’s not a United kitchen so maybe i can’t exactly credit United with that one :)
EWR- departing international, Polaris. It won't let me complete online check in because I have to present visas. Fine. ANYONE OUT THERE......can I do bag-drop at premier access BEFORE I do the check in and print boarding passes? Also, are there porters outside who help lug bags if you pay them? I have 5 large bags....and luckily I pulled a butt muscle this morning so this will be fun. And if that gave anyone a visual, well, as a 48 year old overweight man - -I am flattered
I myself flew united a few days ago. That chicken had to be the most bland things I ever ate. Made a point to let the crew know.
Exactly it was pretty bland and the portion was egregiously small too. As an indian, I need some degree of seasoning. Not expecting United’s western palette to cater to every palette of every destination to fly to, but pre COVID on these india routes the food used to be relatively decent
It would have been nice if you showed the cabin itself more then the outside!
Beyond the seat features, the bathroom, and the few minor cabin views I showed, there was not much more I could show that would’ve been of any use for the review.
9:33 Goodness gracious, this meal in POLARIS?! This is more like an economy meal with some fancy plating and those shenanigans. Plus that's just a tiny slice of grilled chicken with a heap load of veggies, and then leaves to eat.
12:46 WHAT. A. JOKE. Just a bunch of sandwiches really won't help with a very tiny, bland and not to mention that chicken looked HORRENDOUS.
14:24 .....That's breakfast? I could make this at home so easily I wouldn't even have completed this video. But seriously, United is going CHEAP on catering.
Nice vid! I flew on the Chicago-Delhi (and back) route in Economy on United's 789, seats were good, but the food was just pathetic. Just some rice, dal, and some green paneer thing (the paneer tasted HORRIFIC), with just some M&M's as "dessert". And on top of that, I could barely even fit the meal on my tray table as it was incredibly tiny. Heck, I heard someone literally threw up in the bathroom after eating the meal, that's how horrific it was. Same thing on the DEL-ORD flight.
All for the pleasure of $1100 roundtrip. That too the whole flight was full.
United definitely has a monopoly in the Indian market, as American only started, so it's mainly been Air India and United. Air India's seats are horrible, but the food is decent, and of course, you need good seats for a 16-hour journey. There are a sizeable number of Indians in the USA, and both of the 3 main routes to DEL (SFO-DEL, ORD-DEL, EWR/JFK-DEL) have exploded, meaning they need to cost save with the tickets, so they give incredibly horrific meals, and basically no service. United has comfortable seats, even in Economy, they didn't cheap out like Air India, their movie selection is good, which is what you need for a very long flight.
Also, I would've flown Emirates, but there is no JetBlue service to ORD or JFK from my hometown of Columbus. I have flown Emirates from Syracuse to Delhi, and man, that was amazing, the A380 is sooo comfortable, and the food was also great.
Yeah sorry to hear. Economy seats are as standard as it gets across many major airlines in terms of seat pitch, the seat, and amenities, but they can definitely do better on the food front, especially for an airline that’s so profit focused
@@TheAircraftKing @The Aircraft King Yeah, the food wasn't that great, because I'm North Indian, I know how good paneer and dal should taste, and that tasted so weird, they didn't really even tell what the meal was, just some green paneer thing and dal and rice. Also, that food experience was on the flight back, and for breakfast, we had these incredibly soggy dosas with heap loads of masala (couldn't even finish the dosa with all that masala) and some weird red chutney-ish thing. For my flight on ORD-DEL, at least the breakfast was nice, as it was like a mezze platter with pita and hummus, which I enjoyed. For dinner, it was almost the same thing as what I mentioned. The IFE was at least decent, just binging Hot Ones for some reason and watching some other movies. The whole Indian movie selection was very limited, which was pretty disappointing considering almost 90% of the people were Indian on the flight. The air India seats are dirty and most of the time, the screens don't work and yet we pay thousands of dollars.
Flying this route next week. Wow very little food served that looks like shit! Thanks I will have to stuff myself before this journey!
It was absolutely shit for this flight, I will say that they’ve significantly improved since this and are back to pre covid food service so more options more items better food. I can promise you that
I've only flown Economy, and if that's what I got served I'd be disappointed. When you can't cut into a chicken breast with a fork, it's WAY overcooked. And there wasn't much of it. If I paid the price for Business Class, I'd be happy with the seat but angry about the food. I hope United execs read this review!
I’m with you the food was definitely a letdown but hopefully with the trials that I’ve been going on on the Frankfurt routes currently, they can implement some changes and improve the service in the future
Instead of putting grill marks on their chicken breast (in a guise to make it fancy) and then making a total disaster of the meals, wouldn't it have been easier to just serve a plate of basmati rice with a side of saag paneer and chick peas masala (these can easily be mass produced perhaps even more cheaply) which would be more appetizing to the majority of passengers on this route? UA needs to rethink their catering!
They did have a vegetarian option though I rarely ever pick that since I like my non-veg. But the non veg options were sorry for sure
The thing is, I exactly had that on my Chicago-Delhi flight, but the quality was downright garbage.
I really wanna take a long haul flight on United
I appreciate the enthusiasm but you might want to wait a little bit because the onboard product will be improving in the coming months
I only took a long haul flight with Virgin Atlantic, and other international airlines
@@thefuturefrontierpilot75 that’s fair. All good airlines but economy is more or less the same deal across all these western airlines. When flying the middle eastern and Far East Asian airlines in economy, that’s a cut above the rest.
United breaks guitars
They do break a lot of things, but with the meager food portions on this flight they sure didn't break my appetite :)
"sewer" GOOD ONE
Best way I can describe EWR
@@TheAircraftKing true
Really sad to such sad food served. Nice video though!
Yeah I’m sorry you had to see it too :(
Great video and sorry that your experience was so bad. Considering it’s United, it’s no surprise. United SUCKS! Too bad you can’t fly Emirates. Their prices are quite competitive compared to United and in fact, cheaper but for a much better quality flight. The food’s amazing and the service impeccable. I’m flying Emirates to Delhi and return from Mumbai back home (SFO). Although you transfer in Dubai, it’ll give you a chance to experience their lounge. Also, you’ll never go hungry on Emirates; food galore and their famous cocktail lounge in the sky.
Emirates is definitely a superior airline but personally for me the nonstop east coast to india flights are so well timed from a workday standpoint and I can’t beat a nonstop. For that length of a flight. A flatbed is nice to have, United does that better than most with the bedding, and the food was absolutely subpar on this flight but indeed a time in the past. That said, as you noted, there’s still no comparison to emirates.
SEWER!!?
That’s exactly how I’d characterize EWR :)
@@TheAircraftKing completely disagree
@@edwinsimmons7148 ok ok fine, terminal C is not, and it’s quite decent, but terminals A and B are absolutely in need of a serious makeover at this point 😅
@@TheAircraftKing new terminal A opening soon. Looking forward to the Centurion Lounge
@@edwinsimmons7148 yup and United will be shifting some of its mainline operations there too so should be interesting
Not appealing or appearing to premiere service.
No premium aspect on the food part at all, I agree with you but things are actually supposed to improve. As of April 1 on their India routes there’s improved meal service. I have been flying Lufthansa to India because of the Mumbai route closure due to the Russia situation but I hope to get back on United soon and see this improved service
FWIW, United Polaris meal service is going back to "normal" as of this month with multi step service and no longer one tray. I hate how judgmental people are of the pandemic era food policies - grow up. You're alive and flying on a bed. Eat your ham and cheese and go to sleep.
Yes you are right June 1st the service changed, and thankfully my ticket was covered by work but I would hate to be the guy paying $8000 for this ticket and getting that, as many people do. Imagine dropping your own $8k and getting that, when on Qatar you could get much better service and even a equally good if not better seat.
And people absolutely can be judgmental of the pandemic era food policies. It’s a 2 way street. Stop charging absurdly premium prices if the airline is going drop standards and give a sub-premium meal. If the airline had on average lower prices for these same tickets then it’s a fair ball game, but United continued to charge the same, and even more on these india routes than pre COVID.
I’m just shocked that you eat at the lounge you had food on the plane and ever meal you finished yet you complained. Like your on a plane what you expect Gordon Ramsay to come out and cook. I understand plane food may not be the best but what you expect at 36000 feet. They are trying to get back to normal as is many airlines.
Fair, but then how about you pay $8000 for that ticket and tell me that you’d accept that type of food. Thankfully this came out of work’s pocket but I’d be pissed for $8000 for that.
Different people have different appetites, I exercise a lot and have a high metabolism so I eat a lot. That said, all the food was to show all the options you had at your disposal as a Polaris passenger. And I definitely don’t expect a Gordon Ramsay type of meal, especially on United.
That said, let me tell you, United has had plenty of opportunities to “go back to normal”. American Airlines was behind united on the return of hot meals, and far passed United even at the time of this video on the exact same route too (JFK-DEL but same thing). They brought back multiple courses, respectable portions, and even the sundae cart. United is notoriously not caring about its dining quality or quantity and any other flyer that flies United as much as I do and even more so will tell you the same. The video did not do Justice to how small the portions were. This was a 14 hour flight, a time period in which many people eat three full meals.
I am the biggest United supporter when most are not but I will not hesitate to blast them where they rightfully deserve it
That excuse for a meal is a shocker. You need to get in touch with the United Customer service head and let them know of this pathetic attempt at a meal.
It was definitely a disappointing meal. United has done decently in the past but this is one of the lows for sure on this flight, let alone this length of a flight.
@@TheAircraftKing Or you could complain to your mommy or daddy who most likely paid for you and your sister's Polaris tickets.
@@unive184 thanks for your comment, just as an FYI, my work paid for my ticket and I paid for my sister’s ticket (even though she’s a full fledged surgeon) because family is family, but thanks very much for your assumption. I appreciate the compliment that we both look young enough to be still living under the same house.
Everyone complains about AA but this looked mediocre.
AA has operationally fell nowadays but thankfully United has significantly improved their food quantity and quality on these routes since this flight
All the food was appalling. And on that long of a flight, no excuse.
Yeah this was probably one of my worst food flights on United to be fair
Are you rich or what?🤌
Rich with happiness, but this was a work trip so it was paid for by work
What do you do for living?🤌
@@AS-br8si I work in tech consulting
UNITED IS FAMOUS FOR LOUSY SERVICE & FOOD. NEVER EVER TRAVEL BY UNITED.
They are famous for lousy food as of late but it’s much much better than what you see in this video I can assure you that. The seats are hard to beat though and that’s more than enough for a long haul work flight