Anonymous wrote:It depends a lot on the route. I fly United a lot to Europe. If it's a flight to London or Frankfurt, that will be premium heavy and it'll be full.

But fly to Barcelona or Lisbon, and it's a plane with few Polaris seats, and not always full.

This.

Lots of premium demand to LHR and to FRA from EWR, from SFO, from ORD and even from IAD.

United has several different seating configurations for most wide body aircraft. The high-J usually is only on routes with high premium demand.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd just move the economy seats below where the luggage is, so I don't have to look at their sad and envious eyes as they walk past my business class seats, when I am sipping my champagne.

I miss flying first class on Lufthansa's 747. Upper deck, they block the aisles while you board and deplane so you don't have to mingle with the commoners....sigh.

At IAD, business and first boarded directly from the Senator Club in concourse A the last time I flew LH (admittedly a while ago).

Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd just move the economy seats below where the luggage is, so I don't have to look at their sad and envious eyes as they walk past my business class seats, when I am sipping my champagne.

DCUM does not often do satire as well as this.

It depends a lot on the route. I fly United a lot to Europe. If it's a flight to London or Frankfurt, that will be premium heavy and it'll be full.

But fly to Barcelona or Lisbon, and it's a plane with few Polaris seats, and not always full.

Back to the topic- I was on 2 United international flights over the past week. Polaris on the flight over, premium plus on the return. Polaris was full both directions. On the return flight premium plus was about half full, and economy was about half full. So clearly there is demand for Polaris.

I’ve mostly flown Polaris recently, but premium plus was pretty comfortable for a day flight.

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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

The rule should be extended to everyone. Max of 1 annoying sound or smell per hour.

Here is what it feels like

If you fly the Emirates A380 (they have 1 flight a day from Dulles to Dubai), the top deck is only first and business class, and the lower is all economy class.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd just move the economy seats below where the luggage is, so I don't have to look at their sad and envious eyes as they walk past my business class seats, when I am sipping my champagne.

Well they don't have to be below, just make sure there is a wall in front of economy, and they can only enter from the back of the plane. Let's not go overboard here.

Lol. So now when somebody has a medical emergency in economy the doctor flying business can't get back there and help them. This is fine.

Why would you care about them? They are flying economy and thus are poor. This is America 2026.

This is all satire, right? God, I hope it is.

Of course not- anyone flying economy should just be happy we let them on the plane. I would normally only fly private but my Gulfstream is being upgraded.

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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....

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish they'd just move the economy seats below where the luggage is, so I don't have to look at their sad and envious eyes as they walk past my business class seats, when I am sipping my champagne.

Well they don't have to be below, just make sure there is a wall in front of economy, and they can only enter from the back of the plane. Let's not go overboard here.

Lol. So now when somebody has a medical emergency in economy the doctor flying business can't get back there and help them. This is fine.

Why would you care about them? They are flying economy and thus are poor. This is America 2026.

This is all satire, right? God, I hope it is.

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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

You proles are still flying commercial?

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

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