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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2017, 12:50:39 PM »
UA 90/91 is now operated by sUA, dont belive they have experience with "this" flight  ;)
Yup and interesting thing is they have a total different way of doing things

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2017, 12:50:51 PM »
I was on this flight too, and yes it the crews first time to TLV, and boy did they get a good crash course with this lag be'omer flight.
fa's were going crazy,
While serving the first meal , one fa told me "I wanna go home...."
No WiFi, was a problem as people were going off their......
I didn't sit in J, but I did get  pj's.
Ouch. What were people doing to make them so out of sorts?

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2017, 12:51:53 PM »
I was on this flight too, and yes it the crews first time to TLV, and boy did they get a good crash course with this lag be'omer flight.
fa's were going crazy,
While serving the first meal , one fa told me "I wanna go home...."
No WiFi, was a problem as people were going off their......
I didn't sit in J, but I did get  pj's.
Lol, welcome to TLV flights.
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2017, 12:53:20 PM »
That was a crazy story in and of itself...

We were originally supposed to fly EWR-ZRH-TLV (on UA and LX) at 6:30 PM. Our flight from Newark to Zurich was delayed, to the point where we'd miss our connecting flight to Tel Aviv. And thanks to Lag Ba'omer being Sunday, pretty much every flight was booked solid - with stops and without.

But... after a heck of a lot of skilled maneuvering by an angel named Lynn in the United Club at EWR, we somehow found ourselves in literally the last two J seats on a overbooked, Erev Lag Ba'omer, 10:45 PM nonstop flight to Tel Aviv... in United Polaris, no less. 8)

The short version is: after a LOT of back and forth, trying different connecting city options, calling other departments (help desk?) etc, someone she was talking to on the phone told her there's 2 seats on UA90. She said "I don't see them, the flight is sold out" and he told her "there's two seats that are reserved, but not ticketed; I'll cancel them out for you." She then booked us into those two seats.

Somewhere, some TA is probably REALLY pissed. 😂
Ok, so the guy behind me said that his ta held him 2 seats in J but at last second was put into economy plus, didn't know  what went wrong so you were the one.....
Plus he paid $2800, for that ticket!!

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2017, 12:55:47 PM »
Ok, so the guy behind me said that his ta held him 2 seats in J but at last second was put into economy plus, didn't know  what went wrong so you were the one.....
Plus he paid $2800, for that ticket!!
Wow. Why wasn't that seat ticketed? Some sort of trick they had to make it cheaper?

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #25 on: May 11, 2017, 12:56:42 PM »
Ouch. What were people doing to make them so out of sorts?
Um, a flight for of heimishe guys , going to R Shiminon....
Oh and shachris smack in the middle of the flight,
I was sitting at the exit tow so got the full deal, ppl were there the shmusing the entire flight

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2017, 12:57:53 PM »
Ok, so the guy behind me said that his ta held him 2 seats in J but at last second was put into economy plus, didn't know  what went wrong so you were the one.....
Plus he paid $2800, for that ticket!!

Wow. Why wasn't that seat ticketed? Some sort of trick they had to make it cheaper?

So it should open up last minute for mileage/upgrade etc

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #27 on: May 11, 2017, 12:58:39 PM »
Um, a flight for of heimishe guys , going to R Shiminon....
Oh and shachris smack in the middle of the flight,
I was sitting at the exit tow so got the full deal, ppl were there the shmusing the entire flight

Not nice...People have to learn how to behave...

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #28 on: May 11, 2017, 12:58:59 PM »
So it should open up last minute for mileage/upgrade etc
I see. Thanks.

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #29 on: May 11, 2017, 01:01:49 PM »
Ok, so the guy behind me said that his ta held him 2 seats in J but at last second was put into economy plus, didn't know  what went wrong so you were the one.....
Plus he paid $2800, for that ticket!!
OK, this is kind of amazing now.
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #30 on: May 11, 2017, 01:03:18 PM »
Lol, welcome to TLV flights.
Yes, there is the standard Tlv flight, then there is the lag flights which are in a way worse than bein hazmanim

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #31 on: May 11, 2017, 01:04:09 PM »
Not nice...People have to learn how to behave...
Yup, was woken up many times.....

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #32 on: May 11, 2017, 01:05:19 PM »
So it should open up last minute for mileage/upgrade etc
Thats what it sounded like

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #33 on: May 11, 2017, 01:22:45 PM »
Ok, so the guy behind me said that his ta held him 2 seats in J but at last second was put into economy plus, didn't know  what went wrong so you were the one.....
Plus he paid $2800, for that ticket!!
Wow that's classic. And Batchy gets to ride high!

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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #34 on: May 11, 2017, 01:35:42 PM »
Did you get a peek in eco on the new 5-8-5 config?
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #35 on: May 11, 2017, 01:45:17 PM »
That was a crazy story in and of itself...

We were originally supposed to fly EWR-ZRH-TLV (on UA and LX) at 6:30 PM. Our flight from Newark to Zurich was delayed, to the point where we'd miss our connecting flight to Tel Aviv. And thanks to Lag Ba'omer being Sunday, pretty much every flight was booked solid - with stops and without.

But... after a heck of a lot of skilled maneuvering by an angel named Lynn in the United Club at EWR, we somehow found ourselves in literally the last two J seats on a overbooked, Erev Lag Ba'omer, 10:45 PM nonstop flight to Tel Aviv... in United Polaris, no less. 8)

The short version is: after a LOT of back and forth, trying different connecting city options, calling other departments (help desk?) etc, someone she was talking to on the phone told her there's 2 seats on UA90. She said "I don't see them, the flight is sold out" and he told her "there's two seats that are reserved, but not ticketed; I'll cancel them out for you." She then booked us into those two seats.

Somewhere, some TA is probably REALLY pissed.
Wow this whole story is crazy!
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #36 on: May 11, 2017, 01:55:57 PM »
Would love to know what the UA upgrade list looked like.
Did it show J was full?
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #37 on: May 11, 2017, 01:56:04 PM »
Did you get a peek in eco on the new 5-8-5 config?
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #38 on: May 11, 2017, 01:59:29 PM »
Would love to know what the UA upgrade list looked like.
Did it show J was full?
Classic story would have been Dan getting upgraded to those seats after booking into Y
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Re: AMA: United Polaris EWR-TLV
« Reply #39 on: May 11, 2017, 02:02:04 PM »
Would love to know what the UA upgrade list looked like.
Did it show J was full?

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