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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 31, 2012 - 10:10pm PT
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Last week, on Wed, I was stuck in Dulles while flight after flight was delayed or cancelled... I bailed and had myself rebooked on Virgin America
I got home late but I got home... Albeit totally stressed
Today my first flight delayed beyond my ability to make a connection in Chicago... So I rebooked on a later flight. Now that one is delayed while the maintenance crew checks out an engine... Facing a stay in the airport and even more drama tomorrow
Take my advice
Don't fly United
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jul 31, 2012 - 10:29pm PT
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Ed...Next time pump up your tires and take the Bridgestone...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jul 31, 2012 - 10:32pm PT
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Gotta say that the SFO and IAD are two of the worst airports to work with on any given day. Folks here in the NW generally know to avoid flights through SFO like the plague.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jul 31, 2012 - 10:36pm PT
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If you think united is bad in the U.S., you should fly their international route to Japan!
Their latest outrage which we put a stop to over here through the power of Facebook, is that a mere week after getting the U.S. government contract to fly all military and government personnel to Japan and Korea, they hiked the cost of bring family pets over and back from $300 to $3,000 -a fee which the military members have to pay themselves.
Thanks to the Today Show and others and thousands of people signing petitions on behalf of military families and their pets, they were forced to rescind that policy.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jul 31, 2012 - 10:41pm PT
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Drat!! I'm on UA first thing in the morning.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Jul 31, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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Make no mistake, Continental bought United. It was not a merger. The CO computer system, Shares, is older than Apollo, circa 1958. If one misses one character on an entry, good luck. (I'm sure you have seen the hunting and pecking.) The system MIGHT be updated, partially, by the end of the year. (Virgin bought the previous, rather intuitive, United system, Sir Branson knows a deal) So goes the unfortunate traveling public, and the attempts of agents to help them. SFO, et al, will be a nightmare for a while.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2012 - 11:14pm PT
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Looks like we have a good chance at flying
Hopefully the engine's good enough to get us to SFO
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john hansen
climber
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Jul 31, 2012 - 11:44pm PT
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Ok Dingus,, I just got to ask, how many miles a year do you fly..
Edit, see above, but stll...You poor bastard..
Double Edit, Tami , I think that's that dude from Breaking Bad..
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john hansen
climber
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Jul 31, 2012 - 11:56pm PT
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Well, if you are ever on the Big Island will buy you lunch and show you around Wiamea town.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Jul 31, 2012 - 11:59pm PT
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YUR GONNA ...
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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This was quite a few years ago, but I flew a United flight from Denver to Burbank and there were four passengers on the plane. We got pretty good service on that one. I like the the little windmills in the subway tunnels at the Denver airport.
What's the world coming to? Airplane tickets are skyrocketing. Customer service has crashed.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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I recently had a bad UA experience, flying from PDX to Reno. I overheard a few conversations of employees and it sounds like the computer systems between Continental and United don't jive at all (as mentioned up thread) and it's going to be a mess for awhile.
If I can avoid mega airports, I do. So much easier flying out of a smaller airport, like Reno than the CF that is SFO or the worst, ORD.
I don't understand why you can't get so much as a lousy newspaper after 9 pm at SFO. Place is shut up like a convent.
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john hansen
climber
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The Nani Loa..?
I shopped at the original Kanashiro's in Honokaa. Now it is Malama market.
What do you sell?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jumping on the "United is shit" band wagon here...
Watched those jack wagons toss my miles in the tank.
Watched the Tarmac for a United flight leave a piece of luggage in the rain on the pavement for about an hour.
Don't fly United.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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This just in for my flight....
unitedairlines@united.com
Flight delay – UA5607 departing SBP
Tami-- freaking classic!!!111666
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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United's woes date from when the inmates/patients took over the asylum.
I used to fly United a lot BITD- mainly 'cause I got free tickies. I don't
enjoy flying anybody any more. But y'all ain't suffered until you've flown
Aeroflot or Aerolineas Argentinas. The latter has the hottest flight attendants
I've seen but that is the only good thing about that operation. Did I mention
they didn't even come around to pick up the lunch trash on one flight? LOL!
Plane looked a refugee camp when we landed.
OK, so I must admit I did enjoy going First Class to Argentina on American:
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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UNITED SUCKS
UNITED SUCKS
UNITED SUCKS
Man, I'm surprised no-one has started a UA-Hater thread to date.
UNITED SUCKS
UNITED SUCKS
UNITED SUCKS
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Daphne
Trad climber
Black Rock City
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And how about that smarmy ad they make you watch with United's ceo?! I hate that airline.
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