United Airlines just announced a new ticket option called "Basic Economy," banning the use of overhead bins for luggage. So now you're stuck with either paying for a checked bag, or paying for a more expensive ticket to bring it on the flight with you.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer's office, United expects the plan to raise $1 billion for the company by 2020. Other airlines are waiting to see if this policy sticks before implementing it themselves. |
I don't see this policy sticking. Unless that "no overhead" ticket is really cheap, in which case they're competing with budget airlines, this seems like an easy win
for United's competitors.
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Gotta be contrarian here. First of all you cant be surprised when the airline announces something like that that there will be free-riders looking to take advantage. Ambulance chasers, etc.
Second, if you're talking a 45+ minute delay, ok i get the policy. But I've been on flights where we landed on time or 10 minutes late and you hear people complaining about their connection --- ummm... you're either lying or a dumb fuck for scheduling a connection <30 minutes.
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The pilots in particular should be paid millions and millions of dollars.
YES YES YES THIS!!!!
Big issue is boarding, everybody is "special" and those boarding zones used on United, Delta, etc are not workable with all of the herd that have a credit card that has the airline logo on it.
I stopped when I accidentally spilled a drink on an Air Marshall and he made a big stink and almost got me kicked off. It was my first drink of the day and a complete mistake that this asshole raised hell about. In 1st and he was aisle I was window. Ordered a Gin and Tonic, drank half went to use the bathroom and I bumped his coke on the way back in. He claimed i was drunk and I got the 5th degree from the gate lady and the head stewardess. Very embarrassing and swore I would never do it again
I have a drunk lady in the window seat and I order a rum and Coke. First drink of the day. I go to use the bathroom and accidentally spill the drink in the center console. Doesn't actually get on her, and the stewardess comes over and we start sopping up the mess, but the lady went on and on about how I or the airline owed her a new dress. We asked her to show us where the stain was and she said "Its on my backside and I won't show you".
She asked for my contact information in case she needed to send me a bill and I told her it was in my wallet on the ass side of my jeans, and it was staying there.
I'm actually surprised there aren't more incidents with spills - it is tight, even in 1st class sometimes and the drinks are usually side by side in the center rest.
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Dude on the plane. I have a few rules in life, but flying sober is not one of them. I'm never bombed, but I like to get on buzzed and immediately crash. I always get aisle seat so it's easy to get to the lavatory.
I stopped when I accidentally spilled a drink on an Air Marshall and he made a big stink and almost got me kicked off. It was my first drink of the day and a complete mistake that this asshole raised hell about. In 1st and he was aisle I was window. Ordered a Gin and Tonic, drank half went to use the bathroom and I bumped his coke on the way back in. He claimed i was drunk and I got the 5th degree from the gate lady and the head stewardess. Very embarrassing and swore I would never do it again
ugh that story sucks.
I flew to Vegas in August and I swear the two guys next to me drank a case of beer. It's like they were trying to break Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace) 108 beer single day record
I flew to Vegas in August and I swear the two guys next to me drank a case of beer. It's like they were trying to break Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace) 108 beer single day record
Wade Boggs is dead?
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and New Orleans flights are the worst (or best, depending on your perspective) for drinking that I have been on.
I flew to Vegas in August and I swear the two guys next to me drank a case of beer. It's like they were trying to break Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace) 108 beer single day record
Wade Boggs is dead?
Read this.
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and New Orleans flights are the worst (or best, depending on your perspective) for drinking that I have been on.
I flew to Vegas in August and I swear the two guys next to me drank a case of beer. It's like they were trying to break Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace) 108 beer single day record
Wade Boggs is dead?
That's what I was wondering.
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and New Orleans flights are the worst (or best, depending on your perspective) for drinking that I have been on.
I flew to Vegas in August and I swear the two guys next to me drank a case of beer. It's like they were trying to break Wade Boggs (may he rest in peace) 108 beer single day record
Wade Boggs is dead?
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Ah. Never got into Always Sunny...
It is allegedly a true story though that as a Yankee he drank 64 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle and 107 through the entire day.
He'd only eat skinless chicken on game day, but he'd drink 60 beers, LOL.
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Dude on the plane. I have a few rules in life, but flying sober is not one of them. I'm never bombed, but I like to get on buzzed and immediately crash. I always get aisle seat so it's easy to get to the lavatory.
I stopped when I accidentally spilled a drink on an Air Marshall and he made a big stink and almost got me kicked off. It was my first drink of the day and a complete mistake that this asshole raised hell about. In 1st and he was aisle I was window. Ordered a Gin and Tonic, drank half went to use the bathroom and I bumped his coke on the way back in. He claimed i was drunk and I got the 5th degree from the gate lady and the head stewardess. Very embarrassing and swore I would never do it again
ugh that story sucks.
Yeah, I am sitting there explaining what happened while getting grilled and people are boarding and staring at me like I'm a criminal. I was livid that this was going on over a simple mistake but if I had shown that I would have been booted
Instead of berating you for an honest mistake, he/she should be thanking you and everyone on that plane for paying his salary. What a joke.
the guy blowing his cover before the flight even takes off makes it seem like he should be the one who gets escorted off the plane. I mean how effective would he really be now that people know he's on the plane.
the guy blowing his cover before the flight even takes off makes it seem like he should be the one who gets escorted off the plane. I mean how effective would he really be now that people know he's on the plane.
Well he had to expose his identity to get that drunk menace off the plane
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air marshals identity was kept secret.
the guy blowing his cover before the flight even takes off makes it seem like he should be the one who gets escorted off the plane. I mean how effective would he really be now that people know he's on the plane.
Well he had to expose his identity to get that drunk menace off the plane
I always suspected montana was an asshole. Now finally we have proof...
It is allegedly a true story though that as a Yankee he drank 64 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle and 107 through the entire day.
He'd only eat skinless chicken on game day, but he'd drink 60 beers, LOL.
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episode of it's always sunny in Philadelphia might be among the single best episodes of any sitcom.
It is allegedly a true story though that as a Yankee he drank 64 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle and 107 through the entire day.
He'd only eat skinless chicken on game day, but he'd drink 60 beers, LOL.
I'm pretty sure that story was from when he was on the Red Sox.
Nope. Yankees.
the guy blowing his cover before the flight even takes off makes it seem like he should be the one who gets escorted off the plane. I mean how effective would he really be now that people know he's on the plane.
His cover was blown when I asked how he would he be considered an expert on if I was drunk or not without ever meeting me before. The answer was he has training for that
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air marshals identity was kept secret.
the guy blowing his cover before the flight even takes off makes it seem like he should be the one who gets escorted off the plane. I mean how effective would he really be now that people know he's on the plane.
Well he had to expose his identity to get that drunk menace off the plane
I always suspected montana was an asshole. Now finally we have proof...
A drink spilling asshole at that.
It's a mental thing for us that we want free flights from time to time for our business and credit card usage.
There are so many things where we don't 'buy 10 get one free' and we don't blink an eye - I mean has anyone here gotten a free year of Giants football tickets from the team for loyally buying the past 10 years?
I expect the hotels to follow suit - this spg/Marriott merger is going to bring a drastic reduction in benefits over time which sucks because I was getting like 4% back on my SPG card, it was incredible
As it is people see cheap fares on Delta because of their 'E' class economy tickets and demand the price they see for them. Those seats are similar to the ones United is going to be offering and people get annoyed and blame us for them not being able to do simple things like select your seat or do same day changes.
If you book far enough in advance, the next cheapest class can be as little as $2 more expensive.
Having just flown, the size of the carry on's people bring are absolutely ridiculous.
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episode of it's always sunny in Philadelphia might be among the single best episodes of any sitcom.
It is allegedly a true story though that as a Yankee he drank 64 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle and 107 through the entire day.
He'd only eat skinless chicken on game day, but he'd drink 60 beers, LOL.
I'm pretty sure that story was from when he was on the Red Sox.
Nope. Yankees.
In fact hotels used to let you use points on any kind of room - now they only work for their cheapest/basic room options.
Conversely, even when you want to use your airline points on a flight... you're lucky to get 1% back, which is what you'd get back on a freakin' cash card (in fact some cash cards are offering 2% back now). So 25,000 points on a $250 cash price flight. It's a terrible return -- only reason I've kept my AA card is i work for Citi so i get some added perks, waived annual fee, etc and feel like I'm helping the company.
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In comment 13253821 pjcas18 said:
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episode of it's always sunny in Philadelphia might be among the single best episodes of any sitcom.
It is allegedly a true story though that as a Yankee he drank 64 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle and 107 through the entire day.
He'd only eat skinless chicken on game day, but he'd drink 60 beers, LOL.
I'm pretty sure that story was from when he was on the Red Sox.
Nope. Yankees.
The 64 beer flight was from Boston. The 107 beers in 24 hours - did he actually say when it was?
Nope, 64 beer flight was from new jersey to Seattle (the Yankees flew out of NJ then), Jeff Nelson is the one who started sharing the stories of Boggs drinking prowess.
the 107 was the same day, the 64 was on the flight, it went up to 107 when he factored in (I shit you not) the car ride to the airport, the waiting time for the plane to take off, there was a layover for some reason, and they went out that night)
I'm sure he drank a ton that day but they must have been shots of beer or some other twist to this.
Read the anecdotes from Jeff Nelson and Brian Rose (from Boggs Tampa days) and decide for yourself.
I don't care if you call BS on it or not, I have no way of confirming it's accuracy and you cannot disprove it.
It's lore, legend, myth, etc. but in either case a great episode of a funny show in which they were convinced Wade Boggs was dead and during their own cross country flight they tried to break his 64 beer record and Charlie hallucinated and saw a vision of wade boggs ghost to help coach him through the contest.
Any time they mentioned Boggs they'd say (may he rest in peace) and one of them kept correcting the others with "wade boggs is very much alive".
which is how we got here on the use of the overhead bins thread.
And he really was never drunk. Then again, he was a lineman on the football team and was 6'4" 310.
Boggs was probably pushing 200 pounds.
I did it, but I remember the last 15 minutes being really tough to complete.
We used to have some guys toss their cookies about 40 minutes in.
We were stupid fucks.
I did it, but I remember the last 15 minutes being really tough to complete.
We used to have some guys toss their cookies about 40 minutes in.
We were stupid fucks.
No...but we used to play 21 shots. You have to drink 21 shots on your 21st birthday. And I don't mean you start at 8am to make it through the night. You start drinking when you hit the town...usually around 9pm or so. By the time my evening ended (blacked out and carried back to my room by my roommates), I had done 16 shorts in four hours. One of the worst decisions of my young life.
I lost sight of my brother that night (he was down in Annapolis from West Point for our birthday), but found him on the floor of our room the next morning. The story I got back was that he and one of my roommates got kicked out of the bar, puked in front of a cop, pissed on our Commandant's lawn, and barely made it back.
St. Patrick's Day Junior year I started at 9 am and finished around 11 pm, and my best calculation was that I had the equivalent of 31 12oz beers. I wasnt even particularly drunk at any point. And took several longish breaks for class and to play some basketball. Should point out that I tend to drink light beers and pilsners that are not nearly as strong as some of the ales I see today.
I did it, but I remember the last 15 minutes being really tough to complete.
We used to have some guys toss their cookies about 40 minutes in.
We were stupid fucks.
It's call the Centurion now and it is 100 shots in a 100 minutes. A lot of people threw up right around that 30-50 mark.
And people call Millennials lazy....
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off topic, but did anyone ever take the Power Hour challenge? A shot of beer ever minute for 60 minutes.
I did it, but I remember the last 15 minutes being really tough to complete.
We used to have some guys toss their cookies about 40 minutes in.
We were stupid fucks.
It's call the Centurion now and it is 100 shots in a 100 minutes. A lot of people threw up right around that 30-50 mark.
It was always centurion for me in college I never did it, didn't have the patience.
I'd start it and get through about 15 min and be bored.
It takes some serious time keeping.
I've been around people doing it and they say by about shot 50+ the beer tastes like whiskey or something they find hard to do continual shots of for another 50 minutes.
The dumbest thing we did was to go to bars and try and come up with the worst tasting shots we could and buy them for each other. prairie fires (tequila and tobasco) cement mixers, some bars had a dusty bottle with no label, we'd sometimes order that, etc.
That's a prairie fire
I think it is called a Prairie Fire, but people just order it as tequila and tobasco. Havent had that in 15 years.
Bang one of those out and rain in the mouth commences.