United Drops Ted

They are refurbishing the Ted fleets to include first class and putting them into the normal United domestic fleet. Im not sure if they are repainting them. The older 737s (non-leased) and 4 of their older 747s are to be parked.
 
I never really understood the "Ted" thing.

At least when Delta made song, it was brand new flight attendants, live satellite television, and some other things. Ted just seemed like "ted" painted on the side of a United jet.
 
surreal1221 said:
What is TED?

It's United without the U-N-I.
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This brought to mind the story I read about how United spent about $300K to hire a consulting firm to name their low-fare venture.

After several weeks, the consulting firm just said: "take out the first three letters from 'United'! "
 
Sad isn't it?

We've got some brainchild MBA's in charge of our industry. . .only one direction to go, and that's south.
 
Ted is part of United, and United is part of Ted. At least it used to be. :)
 
Doug Taylor said:
I never really understood the "Ted" thing.

At least when Delta made song, it was brand new flight attendants, live satellite television, and some other things. Ted just seemed like "ted" painted on the side of a United jet.
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They were supposed to be a more competitive version of United, offering cheaper fares from DEN and ORD to vacation destinations. They even flew out of MDW for a while, but quickly pulled out of there. In the end, you ended up paying the exact same fare on Ted from Chicago to Tampa as you would have on American, except you are in a one class cabin A320 with tattered seats and a crew with a surly disposition. Good riddance to Ted.
 
aifiji said:
They were supposed to be a more competitive version of United, offering cheaper fares from DEN and ORD to vacation destinations. They even flew out of MDW for a while, but quickly pulled out of there. In the end, you ended up paying the exact same fare on Ted from Chicago to Tampa as you would have on American, except you are in a one class cabin A320 with tattered seats and a crew with a surly disposition. Good riddance to Ted.
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HAHAHA. That is one of the reasons I read this forum. you guys say some Hilarious stuff!
 
surreal1221 said:
Sad isn't it?

We've got some brainchild MBA's in charge of our industry. . .only one direction to go, and that's south.
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Don't be sad, Ted wants you to be happy. He also wants you to be safe, so buckle up for Ted.

I flew Ted once and my head almost exploded with the numerous third party references to "Ted."
 
N826AW said:
Don't be sad, Ted wants you to be happy. He also wants you to be safe, so buckle up for Ted.

I flew Ted once and my head almost exploded with the numerous third party references to "Ted."
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Oh man. . .I couldn't imagine.

Ted wants you to buckle up

Ted wants you to remain seated until the Captain of Ted turns off the seat-belt sign.

:banghead:
 
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