T110's Long, Comfortable, Nights by the Fireside

The_Chieftain: First Class? Doing well. United is moving to Business-only, though at least the new business seats are very similar to the current first class ones.    What gets me is the different standard of service of lounges around the world, and they're not better in the US. Go to United's lounge in LHR, full food, free beer... Hey, they're competing with Lufthansa and B.A. Go to United's lounge in JFK, and you're lucky to get little cheese blocks and crackers. Seriously?   That said, the frequent-flyer perks are reasonable. I'm subjecting myself to a bit of culture shock given I've a couple of tickets booked on Virgin Australia and Kiwi Air next year. 7kg hand luggage restriction? One checked bag? You're kidding.... I never use my full United baggage allowance of 3x 70lb bags plus carry-on, and I haven't flown less than premium economy in years. If I'm still at this in two years' time, United should be at least at European levels, even if still behind Mid-East/Asia.   Much though I have sympathy for Wulfe, what does or does not happen to the folks who have taken a dislike to him are irrelevant to his own actions in response. Not breaking our rules, not personally going after folks, is not all that hard to do, and it's why I don't think I can do much for him. His opposition didn't write the posts under his name that our moderators found broke the rules. Even if we were to go back and decide that the guys he responded to broke the rules, the result is that both will be sanctioned, Wulfe's situation would not be changed. The only hope I can see for him is if it turns out after investigation that the account was actually bought, and that that buy's him a 'buy' on the warning. That also is not anything I have influence over, except making sure that the investigation happens.