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

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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.

Yeah and they went out of business.

Don't know if providing a superior product was Midwest's downfall, but I enjoyed flying them.

I flew them a few times (had an assignment in Milwaukee back then), by the end they were stripping out the bigger seats because they couldn't get enough of a fare premium for them. Eventually their small network meant they succumbed to the same issues other small airlines have- not a big enough network to offer a lot of options to enough customers. But they were already moving away from the premium product by then.

They were brought down by smaller seats.

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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.

Yeah and they went out of business.

Don't know if providing a superior product was Midwest's downfall, but I enjoyed flying them.

I flew them a few times (had an assignment in Milwaukee back then), by the end they were stripping out the bigger seats because they couldn't get enough of a fare premium for them. Eventually their small network meant they succumbed to the same issues other small airlines have- not a big enough network to offer a lot of options to enough customers. But they were already moving away from the premium product by then.

They were brought down by smaller seats.

Actually it was death by chocolate chip cookie.

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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.

Yes, you board in the middle and hang left.

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Isn't this just continuation of the High-J 767s they've been flying for many, many years on certain premium heavy routes? What's new here?

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't this just continuation of the High-J 767s they've been flying for many, many years on certain premium heavy routes? What's new here?

Nothing really other than OPs bad math in the title.

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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.

I honestly don’t get why poor people need to travel at all. I mean, wherever they go, they will still be poor. What difference does it make if you are in DC not being able to afford anything, or in London not being able to afford anything?