Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that

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Premium Economy is fine for trans-Atlantic day flights, but for overnight I would need a flat bed.

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the DCUM elite posts in the Travel section, this is perhaps the DCUMiest.

I do have a concern about this new plane interior, though: will it be more challenging to enjoy your privilege when there are so many of you enjoying it? Don’t you need a vast number of lesser travelers to feel special?

You still get to watch the "lesser thans" trudging back to economy! That gets the teeny peen tingling!

One nice thing about some of the larger planes is that there are separate entrances for business class and economy, so you don't have to do that awkward eye contact when they pass by. Lufthansa has a setup at Dulles where, if you are in the lounges, you can board directly onto the business class from there and never even have to see people in economy.

This is a weird attitude. I sometimes fly in economy, sometimes in business. It's all good. We are all people. I'm not made of gold when I fly business, nor made of shit when I fly economy.

+1.

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They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

This company only had business class seats and you never hear about fights or problems

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Anonymous wrote:Of all the DCUM elite posts in the Travel section, this is perhaps the DCUMiest.

I do have a concern about this new plane interior, though: will it be more challenging to enjoy your privilege when there are so many of you enjoying it? Don’t you need a vast number of lesser travelers to feel special?

You still get to watch the "lesser thans" trudging back to economy! That gets the teeny peen tingling!

One nice thing about some of the larger planes is that there are separate entrances for business class and economy, so you don't have to do that awkward eye contact when they pass by. Lufthansa has a setup at Dulles where, if you are in the lounges, you can board directly onto the business class from there and never even have to see people in economy.

This is a weird attitude. I sometimes fly in economy, sometimes in business. It's all good. We are all people. I'm not made of gold when I fly business, nor made of shit when I fly economy.

Applies to so many posts on this thread. Thanks to the peeps making it fun. Love have smart you are. To the rest:

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Anonymous wrote:^ to be fair, they are better fliers than most adults

Judging by the snobbery and hate in this thread, I agree.

there should be a rule about noise distruption in that if the child or baby is crying they would be required to go to the back of the plane until there was less than 1 noise disruption per hour

Why not Survivor rules? Every hour someone gets voted out of business class. Better make friends in the lounge....

Vote them out and have contests to see who gets promoted from Economy. Form alliances. Negotiate deals. Barter your bag of pretzels and participate in unabashed backstabbing. Revenge at the baggage carousel.

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Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.

And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.

I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.

I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience

I would pay double for that and an airline that allows no children under the age of ten.

agree, no children under 10 should be allowed in business class or higher unless they rent out the entire cabin

My kids all flew first class for the first few years of their life. It's way more comfortable up there with a baby/toddler.

I still had status back then. I don't fly as often for work anymore so they usually have to slum it in coach now. We still do upgrade for some longer flights, but pay for it instead of using upgrades.

Please don't.

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

Why do we need buses or low rate airlines? If you are poor, you shouldn't waste your money traveling. Will free up highway space for people who can afford cars.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ to be fair, they are better fliers than most adults

Judging by the snobbery and hate in this thread, I agree.

there should be a rule about noise distruption in that if the child or baby is crying they would be required to go to the back of the plane until there was less than 1 noise disruption per hour

Why not Survivor rules? Every hour someone gets voted out of business class. Better make friends in the lounge....

haha

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

Why do we need buses or low rate airlines? If you are poor, you shouldn't waste your money traveling. Will free up highway space for people who can afford cars.

Sometimes they need to move from place to place

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

Why do we need buses or low rate airlines? If you are poor, you shouldn't waste your money traveling. Will free up highway space for people who can afford cars.

Sometimes they need to move from place to place

Yeah but then we might have to see them. My kids will get scared, let's not.

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Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.

And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.

I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.

I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience

I would pay double for that and an airline that allows no children under the age of ten.

agree, no children under 10 should be allowed in business class or higher unless they rent out the entire cabin

My kids all flew first class for the first few years of their life. It's way more comfortable up there with a baby/toddler.

I still had status back then. I don't fly as often for work anymore so they usually have to slum it in coach now. We still do upgrade for some longer flights, but pay for it instead of using upgrades.

Please don't.

Sorry, not sorry.

Fly private if you are triggered by kids.

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

This company only had business class seats and you never hear about fights or problems

Wasn't Midwest Express (RIP) all business class?

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

This company only had business class seats and you never hear about fights or problems

Wasn't Midwest Express (RIP) all business class?

I flew Midwest Express once. I was a short flight- I think DCA to Omaha, but I remember it being pretty good. Big comfortable seats for everybody, ample legroom and warm chocolate chip cookies.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:They should just get rid of economy class on major airlines. Buses and low rate airlines can service these people.

This company only had business class seats and you never hear about fights or problems

Wasn't Midwest Express (RIP) all business class?

I flew Midwest Express once. I was a short flight- I think DCA to Omaha, but I remember it being pretty good. Big comfortable seats for everybody, ample legroom and warm chocolate chip cookies.

I don't remember the cookies, but I do remember the seats. So comfortable.

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Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.

And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.

I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.

I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience

The only place I ever hear about crazy people on airplanes is on social media from strangers or anonymous accounts. I honestly think they’re just AI boys trying to sow discontent. I fly economy 100% of the time and have never encountered anything noteworthy, other than a man who used a headlamp to read on a red eye and kept lifting his head up to look around and basically blinding everyone. But even that? I mean the flight attendant just nicely asked him to stop. I didn’t even hear any audible complaints.