Review of United flight Chicago → Newark in Business

United’s mobile app is really a nice product. It allows fare and reward search along with all important information about your reservations, current flight status, mileage plus account and more. You can view and change seats, request upgrades, check in and get all the information you need. The only thing it can’t do is change a reservation. United has stated they have allocated a lot of resources into mobile applications and it shows. It is by far the most functional airline app I’ve used.




Cabin

Pleasantly surprised at the cleanliness of this cabin. Traveling on a 22 year old aircraft but this interior had just been refurbished. Very comfortable seat with a lot of cushion. They pack 6 across so you do not have a lot of width but for a short haul route it was more than adequate. I will never understand the reverse seating however.




The problem is there is no privacy with this seating arrangement. Sitting in 6A I faced backwards to the tail of the plane. You have a person next to you sitting the same direction. But across the aisle in 6C/H they sit facing forward. It’s almost like sitting at a table facing the other person, which is fine, but not trying to sleep on an overnight flight, in my opinion. Sitting backwards was not an issue for me. At least sitting backwards in 6A you get a nice view of the engine!



Food:
Typical airline food. Two lunch selections, both chicken. A sandwich or salad. The sandwich was huge and tasty, but was warmed too long and the bottom crust was hard. But for an hour flight what can be expected???

United has a pretty good airshow and this flight had ATC, which is slowly being eliminated from aircraft. (Shame on you Continental especially after promising you would keep it.)



This flight was a positioning flight for a trip to Paris. Originally I was booked on a 767-300 in business to Paris but found a 777 flight out of EWR with this flight to get me there. Good move.

Great for an hour flight. Better than EMB or 319 for sure. But internationally? Not so much.

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