I used to fly quite a bit. I used to travel from Portland to Boston about once a month. I did this for several years. My frequent flyer status was what United Airlines called Premier Executive. They were pretty nice to me then. I usually got good seats. I didn’t get a lot of nickel and diming me on things like baggage or seat upgrades. I even got a special line at security. I understand why they treated me so well. I was worth a lot of money to them then.
I don’t travel as much now. I also do much shorter trips when I do fly, so it’s hard to achieve any kind of frequent flyer status. Now that that is the case, I really try to avoid United. They really treat their regular passengers like crap. The seats that you get as a regular passenger are really small. I don’t begrudge them this, since they’re just trying to make a profit and there are plenty of people that will sit in them to save money. I just avoid flying them because of it. I also avoid them for reasons like what happened today. I arrived at the airport and discovered that my flight was delayed. Luckily they have an earlier flight that I could stand by for since I arrived early enough. I just need to pay them another $50 for that privilege. Really United? Really? My flight is delayed and you could get me out on an earlier one, but only if I fork over another $50. No. I’m not going to do it, and furthermore I will more actively avoid you in the future for this particular insult. I will fly Alaska.
Oh wait. I flew Alaska last month and they told me that I couldn’t stand by for an earlier flight at all. How long is the Amtrak ride from Portland to San Francisco again?
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