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United Is Giving Elites 3 Promotions To Choose From, Makes Status Easier To Earn

by Gary Leff on April 29, 2021

Apr 29 2021

United will let elite members earn 25% of their status requirements with 3 trips, or members can choose a bonus of 10% of their status requirements or bonus miles instead. That’s on top of the 25% credit towards status United has already given.

While some people will earn elite status this year, 2021 is mostly a wash out for an airline’s best customers. And that means airlines need to take steps to extend status again and start over next year or they’ll risk pushing these members into free agency.

In 1981 United Airlines Launched Mileage Plus In Just 10 Days

by Gary Leff on April 24, 2021

Apr 24 2021

Mileage Plus founder Steve Grosvald writes in the comments of a post on the launch of American AAdvantage about the speed at which United built and rolled out it frequent flyer program i 1981.

United Airlines Will Restore Seat Back Video To Older Aircraft

by Gary Leff on April 16, 2021

Apr 16 2021

As American Airlines removes the very last of its seat back video screens on Boeing 737 aircraft United Airlines has shared internally that it will go in the opposite direction.

United was already adding seat back video screens to new Boeing 737s and now will retrofit older aircraft so that passengers have screens at their seats, according to an internal video shared with employees.

United And American CEOs Join Corporate Leaders Strategizing To Stop Voting Restrictions

by Gary Leff on April 11, 2021

Apr 11 2021

United and American have spoken out against measures that limit access to voting. American came out against a proposal in Texas they had not read. Delta is against Georgia’s law, after being for it, and after telling employees they helped craft its final form.

Now the CEOs of American Airlines and United have joined a forum of major corporate CEOs concerned about voting rights that was put together just a few days ago.

United Airlines Sets New Diversity Goal For Passengers

by Gary Leff on April 6, 2021

Apr 06 2021

At least 50% of passengers dragged off of planes to be women or minorities by 2030.

They don’t, however, appear to be ready to prioritize elite upgrades based on disadvantaged status.

United Airlines Ending Change Flexibility For 737 MAX Passengers

by Gary Leff on April 1, 2021

Apr 01 2021

United will stop offering change flexibility to passengers booked on the Boeing 737 MAX on April 7 less than two months after the carrier returned the plane to service.

United Airlines CEO Says He’s Wanted To Eliminate Change Fees Since 1998

by Gary Leff on March 21, 2021

Mar 21 2021

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby shared that in 1998 he was a Vice President at America West and a single conversation changed his view about change fees, and he’s wanted to eliminate them ever since. It took until August 2020 to do it and then American, Delta, Alaska and JetBlue all followed.

The interesting part of the story isn’t the golf game that game him the epiphany, it’s why it took 22 years for this change to happen.

Does United Airlines Have The Answer To Improving Flight Attendant Service?

by Gary Leff on March 21, 2021

Mar 21 2021

At most U.S. airlines if a flight attendant provides great service it’s because of their own inner drive. It’s not because of any training program or incentives that the company has set up.

One of the most frustrating thing I hear from cabin crew all the time is about the small percentage of their colleagues who are slackers, who perform poorly and do as little work as possible (increasing the workload for everyone else). This is frustrating because there’s usually very little consequence. And seeing poor performers do just as well as those who provide exemplary service is demoralizing.

United Passenger Bites His Seatmate’s Ear Off After Using The Lavatory

by Gary Leff on March 18, 2021

Mar 18 2021

United Airlines flight UA728 from Newark to Miami diverted to Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday morning after a passenger bit his seatmate’s ear off, according to a police report of the incident.

Rapper Who Videoed Passenger Being Kicked Off United Gets Kicked Off Too

by Gary Leff on March 14, 2021

Mar 14 2021

On a United Airlines flight to Houston on Saturday, rapper DJ Drama filmed a passenger being removed from the aircraft – and was then removed himself.

The aptly-named Drama, née Tyree Simmons, posted video of the removal to Instagram – and also video of the aftermath, where he’s being ejected from first class. The ostensible reason is a mask violation but he appeared to have been asked to wear a mask once, complied, and remained respectful throughout. So the real reason for his ejection is .. subject to speculation.