So, in an effort to continue doing my “CEO” reviews of different airlines, today I’ll review United Airlines. Just in case you’re interested, I’ve reviewed the following airlines so far:

Qatar Airways
Northwest Airlines

For United, I actually booked through US Airways (where I have a ton of miles) and again, was lucky to get the First Class upgrade for free. However, the flight was being operated by United Airlines.

The First Class here was ‘OK’ - I don’t have anything too good or too bad. The seats are NOT leather and are a bit smaller than even the Northwest ones were. My biggest 2 complaints here would be:

1. Seats not wide enough
2. No food (we were on a red-eye so it didn’t matter as much)

However, I was impressed with…

1. 100% on-time (down to the minute)
2. Friendly staff and willing to help
3. Check-in process - NICE, got to skip ALL lines (including security).

Overall, not bad - going across the country, the prices are about 100% more, sometimes 200% more. Given that, not sure if a 5 hour flight is worth paying THAT much for, but if it’s free - no big deal!

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Tags: travel, united, united airlines, us airways

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