2019 Airline Status Review And A Look Towards 2020
I had a healthy diet of United Airlines in 2019, which isn’t good for my blood pressure. What does 2020 look like for you? Here’s what I’m expecting….
Wi-Fi
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: September 2019
September is the 9th month I’ve been tracking my wi-fi reliability across all flights and airlines I’ve flown. United continues to lead the pack as the worst among them.
Dear United, It Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Airline employees have unions to band together and discuss their grievances with an airline. Customers don’t have the same ability to band together two let an airline know something disappoints them. A recent experience on a United flight makes me wonder what would happen if customers banded together to air their grievances with the airline.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: August 2019
August was a pretty successful month as far as airplane wi-fi reliability was concerned. Given how bad United Wi-Fi has been, I’ll wait to claim this a win.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: July 2019
United performs above average in July but still below every other airline I’ve flown. Is this the start of a positive trend?
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: June 2019
June is the sixth month I’ve tracked my wi-fi reliability. The numbers are going up just a bit, but only because I’m continuing to book some flights on Delta.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: May 2019
May marks the fifth month in a row where I’ve kept track of the Wi-Fi reliability on all of my flights. With over 50 flights in the books, we have enough of a sample size to start making some reasonable conclusions.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: April 2019
April marks the fourth month in a row where I’ve kept track of the Wi-Fi reliability on all of my flights. With over 40 flights in the books, we have enough of a sample size to start making some reasonable conclusions.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Reliability Report Card: March 2019
Wi-Fi is so critical for me on airplanes, and yet so unreliable. I’ve begun tracking my success rate with Wi-Fi on different carriers to see if my frustration in the moment matches my results. So far, with almost half of my flights experiencing some sort of Wi-Fi issues, my frustration seems appropriate.
Monthly Airplane Wi-Fi Report Card: February 2019
This is my second month of tracking my Wi-Fi success on flights. So far, 2019 has been pretty poor, with United making up most of the failed connectivity. It’s insane that a decade after the expansion of in-flight internet connectivity can still be this bad.