And you thought Ryan Air were bad? (United are worse) • Non-Gaming • Travel • Eurogamer.net

PazJohnMitch 10 Apr 2017 18:52:12 17,276 posts
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I have flown United a few times and have found them to be awful.

Fortunately this has never happened to me:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39554421

L0cky 10 Apr 2017 18:53:17 2,080 posts
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PazJohnMitch wrote:
I have flown United a few times and have found them to be awful.

Fortunately this has never happened to me:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39554421

They asked for volunteers, he refused to volunteer. I think they don't know what volunteer means.

funkstar 10 Apr 2017 19:08:10 3,280 posts
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Technically they asked for volunteers and nobody volunteered, so they picked two couples at random and this guy refused to get off because he's a doctor and had patients to see the next morning.

Still, it's disgusting.

MrTomFTW Moderator 10 Apr 2017 19:14:11 47,501 posts
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"random"

Random out of those with the cheapest fares maybe.

Armoured_Bear 10 Apr 2017 19:19:22 31,233 posts
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The shouldn't have stopped at 800 bucks, this will cost them a whoooole lot more.

FWB 10 Apr 2017 19:32:25 56,369 posts
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United have been wank for ages. Pretty good service for them in that video.

ChocNut 10 Apr 2017 19:32:44 2,471 posts
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Disgraceful

the_milkybar_kid 10 Apr 2017 19:41:31 8,474 posts
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Fucking hell! Ryan Air are dogshit though.

Dizzy 10 Apr 2017 19:46:14 3,716 posts
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I am shocked at all the other passengers just whipping out their phones and filming. Yeah that is some good resistance there. Bunch of fucking cowards.

Derblington 10 Apr 2017 19:47:46 35,161 posts
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Jumping in with unwarranted physical resistance (assaulting a police officer) is the last thing you want to do in the US, especially if you're literally sat in your seat waiting to fly to another part of the world.

Edited by Derblington at 19:48:59 10-04-2017

elstoof 10 Apr 2017 19:54:41 28,125 posts
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Yeah attacking the airport security and police would have made all the difference, they'd have respected your sense of righteousness right there and seen the error of their ways. Probably upgrade the whole flight to first class and issued blowjob vouchers as a thank you

Rivuzu 10 Apr 2017 19:57:33 18,424 posts
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Derblington wrote:
Jumping in with unwarranted physical resistance (assaulting a police officer) is the last thing you want to do in the US, especially if you're literally sat in your seat waiting to fly to another part of the world.

Well the flight was Chicago to Louisiana i think.

Still, point stands. Don't fuck with the police in the US as they can obviously fuck you up more.

Phattso 10 Apr 2017 19:59:56 27,426 posts
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Furtive_Pygmy wrote:

Dizzy wrote:
I am shocked at all the other passengers just whipping out their phones and filming. Yeah that is some good resistance there. Bunch of fucking cowards.
Yeah that does piss me off, an all too common reaction these days, the camera phone/must post this on Facebook generation.

Really? It pisses you off that a public record of companies/officials/joe bloggs behaving like asshats exists and can be used to prove said behaviour and actually get something done about it?

I'd film it, no hesitation. I'd certainly do that looooong before I mouthed off to an armed American policeman at least.

Derblington 10 Apr 2017 20:00:02 35,161 posts
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I know it was an internal flight, but it's still another part of the planet that they were trying to get to that they obviously wanted to get to asap.

FWB 10 Apr 2017 20:01:30 56,369 posts
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I think the filming is good. Gets the issue raised.

Rusty_M 10 Apr 2017 20:05:42 7,172 posts
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The best you can do there is document. A phone camera is fairly decent at that

spindizzy 10 Apr 2017 20:07:39 7,755 posts
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I swore I'd never fly united again after my experience a few years back (nothing on this obviously). They're awful.

Dirtbox 10 Apr 2017 20:08:28 92,595 posts
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Jeepers 10 Apr 2017 20:22:36 16,616 posts
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Dirtbox wrote:
And United are pure shit, I've flown with them a half dozen times and every time I swore it was my last time. I'm not very good at remembering who's shit and why.

That's where PES' proposed ShitList would help but will Craigy implement it?

No, for reasons I don't understand.

Trowel 10 Apr 2017 20:28:43 24,512 posts
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United lost my bag and took 3 days to deliver it to me. Fortunately all that was in it was the tent I needed for staying on a desert dig site an hour from any town, so no rush yeah guys, I'll just hang out in the sub-zero desert nights in a borrowed sleeping bag while these scorpions run around my head.

elstoof 10 Apr 2017 20:29:46 28,125 posts
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I thought you could get anything you need at Burning Man

spindizzy 10 Apr 2017 20:32:05 7,755 posts
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Dirtbox wrote:
And United are pure shit, I've flown with them a half dozen times and every time I swore it was my last time. I'm not very good at remembering who's shit and why.

The problem is, all american airlines are shit in my experience. I used to have to fly american for work - thankfully that's no longer the case and i get free booze again.

Edited by spindizzy at 20:32:39 10-04-2017

elstoof 10 Apr 2017 20:34:15 28,125 posts
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Virgin America are pretty good, shame they won't exist in a couple of years

LetsGoAGAIN 10 Apr 2017 20:34:58 721 posts
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Furtive_Pygmy wrote:

Dizzy wrote:
I am shocked at all the other passengers just whipping out their phones and filming. Yeah that is some good resistance there. Bunch of fucking cowards.
Yeah that does piss me off, an all too common reaction these days, the camera phone/must post this on Facebook generation.

What, really? I would LOVe people to film it, it's all evidence and they will hopefully receive tens of thousands in compensation.

What do you want the other passengers to do? It is the police carrying them off the plane, try and stop the police? The most sensible thing was to film it.

Edited by LetsGoAGAIN at 20:35:45 10-04-2017

elstoof 10 Apr 2017 20:35:59 28,125 posts
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To be fair, none of the people dragging him off the plane actually work for United

PazJohnMitch 10 Apr 2017 21:05:53 17,276 posts
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spindizzy wrote:

Dirtbox wrote:
And United are pure shit, I've flown with them a half dozen times and every time I swore it was my last time. I'm not very good at remembering who's shit and why.
The problem is, all american airlines are shit in my experience. I used to have to fly american for work - thankfully that's no longer the case and i get free booze again.

The fact you have to pay for everything in the United Business lounge is one of my grievances with them.

Psychotext 10 Apr 2017 21:08:42 70,652 posts
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Ugh... literally just booked a flight with them. Fuck all choice for the route I'm taking.