United Airlines ?

[emerymt]

I am thinking of flying with them from Edmonton. Can anyone tell me if they have nice planes? (Comfortable seats, food, movies etc.) It looks like we would fly on United for Ted and United Express Skyway.

Thanks

If you pay less than I do flying from Montana, I'm going to cry.

 

[bavaria]

I believe that if you are using OLCI, you must select a seat. You could of course not check in and take your chances at the airport.

I was booking a flight last night, and as a result of this thread I actually scrolled all the way down to look at the seating map. It's a TED flight - about 29 rows, all Economy+ or regular Economy.

I am in 1c, 1b is 'blocked' next to me to keep it free. All of Economy+ is empty... yet in Economy-, the only seats still available are the last two rows.

So a lot of people will be offered an 'upgrade' for cost to Economy+ (either by using OLCI or 'Mr Chicken' - the check in machine at the airport) If they decline the upgrade at a cost, they will be given a boarding pass by Mr Chicken and told to check with the gate agent.

Shortly before boarding the gate agent will then call those people to the podium and assign their seat (most likely in Economy+ at no extra cost)

So sometimes it does pay to wait until the last minute for a seat assignment. I usually tell the agent that if she does reassign me, I'd like to have her check with me first before assigning the seat. If I ask nicely, they usually do that....

Hope that made sense!

 

[bavaria]

If you pay less than I do flying from Montana, I'm going to cry.

I suspect that a ticket YEG-MCO return is around $500-700 CAD if not more, so I doubt that you are crying! (Probably it is Mick who is crying.... )

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

A bit OT, but I think that bavaria always gives excellent and accurate advice.

 

[emerymt]

I suspect that a ticket YEG-MCO return is around $500-700 CAD if not more, so I doubt that you are crying! (Probably it is Mick who is crying.... )

Okay- we're in the same range. I feel better now. Truth is, I could have gotten tickets in the $425 range, but I am tired of 6 am flights, getting to MCO after 11pm and then leaving at 6am, so I got a better schedule for another $150 and that's all right with me. It's worth it. One spring break, between the hassle at the Alamo counter (NEVER again!) and at the off-site condominium complex, we didn't get to bed until 4 a.m.!

Sometimes there's a price in time & aggravation when we do stuff on the cheap, and I am no longer willing to pay it.

 

[bavaria]

Sometimes there's a price in time & aggravation when we do stuff on the cheap, and I am no longer willing to pay it.

I agree with you completely. That is where 'value' comes into play - lowest price does not equate best value. I realized that once I hit 30 - I finally became a little bit wise as I started to age!

 

[dougsmom98]

Wow. Great information from everyone! Thanks to all the veteran United fliers for their input on this thread. We are likely going to book some flights on United and I had no idea about the four classes and seat assignments.
Thanks!

 

[BCV23]

Wow. Great information from everyone! Thanks to all the veteran United fliers for their input on this thread. We are likely going to book some flights on United and I had no idea about the four classes and seat assignments.
Thanks!

Unless it has recently changed, there are only two classes on Ted (United) flights to/from MCO...economy or economy plus. No first or business class on Ted.

My husband is a FF on United like bavaria. He's 1K, million mile. When we fly with him, we are treated very well indeed. But even when we fly without him, I find United to treat us as well as any other airline including SW. In fact, with two disabled young adults, SW is not the airline I would choose out of MCO. It is fine out of Midway but our last two flights out of MCO...forget it!