News and notes from around the interweb:
- Let’s check in on one day’s United Airlines twitter feed, to see how ‘premium positioning’ is going for them. And Scott Kirby says it’s impossible for American Airlines to catch up to them…
@united
The seat was disgusting, with what appeared to be vomit on the side of the seat and on my screen.When I landed, I reported the issue to the front desk agent,but they seemed more focused on personal conversations than on assisting customers.I'm disgusted by the experience pic.twitter.com/8YBVrsCkng— Jose (@Bebo12354) October 10, 2025
@united The United Club @flySFO Terminal F is an embarrassment. Everything worn down and dirty throughout. pic.twitter.com/Rnflr0EHF0
— Cornpop (@GMoneylove72) October 11, 2025
Found this in my @united club meal @ EWR and the best they could do was give us a $15 meal voucher. Absolutely vile & didn’t even see them pull the trays from the line. Don’t fly unless you wanna get sick on your international flight. #unitedAIRLINES pic.twitter.com/rUgKriKe0K
— ders (@ders64) October 10, 2025
Yo @united why can I see inside the walls of your aircraft?? window wiggles like a tooth pic.twitter.com/vosKulBSCr
— Minced Mags (@open_casket_) October 10, 2025
- You can now get your international driving permit online (HT: Thrifty Traveler)
- Every long haul flight on a U.S. airline, ever.
- AirAsia CEO catches flight attendant napping – praises it as a sign of hard work.
- Delta passenger spends his flights building model airplanes for the crew.
- In 1984, telescreens were two-way video devices, omnipresent and almost never turned off, they are an unavoidable source of propaganda and tools of surveillance. Telescreens at airport security checkpoints are set up to broadcast Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
- United’s A321XLRs will be too premium for short haul Europe leisure routes where they’ll use the Boeing 737 MAX, so neither plane is appropriate for the longer thin routes operated today by the Boeing 737.
My wife and I recently purchased and flew first class from RSW to IAD. The tray table was broken so they used masking tape to hold it down in its stored position. We brought it to the FA’s attention. In response she said, “don’t worry, we won’t be serving a meal on this flight anyway.” I checked and learned this flight spent the previous night at EWR, where this could have been fixed. It’s pretty bad when this is best they can do in first class.
Ugh, Gary, are you trying to get us sick… ya didn’t have to include images of that melting face… oh, and, I guess ones of the seat and lavatory weren’t great either… *ba dum tss*
Last sentence, I think you mean 757-200.
After 20 hour flight From Milan. Boarding United’s connecting flight from Newark to Cincinnati was exhausting. We were herded outside the terminal to wait for a bus to the airplane and made to wait a half hour while their agents harassed us to get one person to stay back due to overbooking. They wouldn’t budge off their measly offer of a free hotel room and flight the next day plus only a $500 voucher. Finally after packing us in the bus we had to literally walk a plank to board the plane. Never again United to Newark.
@Arthur Howard — 20 hour flight from Milan? MXP-EWR, nonstop, is 9h 5m. If you were including the connection, EWR-CVG is 2h 14m, nonstop. Even If you booked an itinerary with a 9-hour layover, that’s on you. However, if what you meant to say is that there was a significant delay… then, it depends, what was the cause? Was it the weather (we’ve had a nor’easter)? Did they blame the FAA/DOT/shutdown? If either of those, you’re kinda screwed, and should be happy with hotel, $500. (This is why I’ve advocated for air passenger rights legislation repeatedly on here, because we deserve better, even under those circumstances.) Mechanical? Good news, maybe, because you originated in the EU; you may be eligible for EU261 compensation (for that distance, and depending on the duration of the delay, maybe up to €600 per passenger (about $700.)
In today’s informative article from VFTW, a passenger at the United Airlines lounge posted their photo of a maggot found in their meal, commenting, “Found this in my @united club meal @ EWR.”
Another passenger on a United flight shared their photo with the remark, “The seat was disgusting, with what appeared to be vomit on the side of the seat and on my screen.”
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby stated, “It’s impossible for American Airlines to catch up to them.” I respectfully disagree with Mr. Kirby. I believe that American Airlines could easily catch up to United Airlines if they were to lower their hygiene standards, by allowing adult fly eggs to hatch into more maggots in the food served in their airport lounges and, allowing more vomit to accumulate on the sides of the passenger aircraft seats.
TSA video against Hatch law!
. My comment is never posted. I continue to get this response.
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