United Continental

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Ugh. I hate united, but really like Continental. Continental was the last of the big US airlines that did not hate you for showing up to travel with them. On Delta/US/United I always feel like I should be apologizing for causing inconvenience to employees by actually showing up and getting on the plane. Continental at worst treated you with a benign indifference and at best was actually pretty helpful and positive.

But now, they have been bought by United.

Which simply furthers my quest to fly, whenever possible, on JetBlue, Southwest, or Virgin.

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