Welcome to a new flight report, where to tell themé cómy thing is to fly with United Airlines from Quito towards San Antonio, Texas in a Boeing 737 MAX 8.
United Go back to líNEAS OF THIS BLOG, on this occasion in a new flight report, where for the first time we will fly in a 737 MAX from the airínea, what a startó Operations with this avión last March.
The úlast time we fly with United was from Houston to Quito allá at 2021, in that éLittle in full pandemic and full of health requirements, But now we make it come out of that health crisis and with a new and modern avión operating in Ecuador.
Flying on Boeing 737 MAX de United
Today is a good Día to start a report again with United y qué better than flying in a 737 Max and with connectionón to know más about cómo is this process and whaté do if you lose your next flight in Houston.
As usual, We start the report with the official video on the YouTube channel, where to findán aún máwith informationón and details that need to know for their PRóXimo flight with this airlineínea:
Let's get fully into the report talking about what we should do first before a flight, check in. United offers two options for check-in: face-to-face at the airport and check-in in Línea a través of your website or applicationón mówill.
Usually, in the case of Ecuador, since it must be checked that you have a visa, the opción to do it online not to worká, So introduce you at the airport with greater anticipationóto beá necessary for documentary control and alsoén, deliver the luggage.
Since we talked about Baggage, It is important to indicate that if you travel with the Más econóMica called Basic Economy, This does not includeá suitcase checked in hold, so oweás pay for an additional fee of $45 for the first suitcase and $65 for the second, thinking up 23 kilos. additional note, one carry-on bag is allowed on all fares on flights to and from On América.
After carrying out the respective process, We carry out filters and migration processón to get closer to our boarding door, where I could pleasantly notice that the flight was almost in his 100% of occupationón, highlighting that the Boeing 737 MAX 8, who started flights to Quito last march, have a capacity to 166 passengers in two classes.

From room A12 we start boarding from Quito to San Antonio with United, process that is carried out by groups indicated on your boarding pass, do not stand or line up if your group has not been called.
This is the úunited route in Ecuador at the time, take off all Días a las 12.40 Am and has a durationóapproximate n of 5 hours, So to arriveás a Houston very early in the mañAna and in a block of arrivals of many flights from Latinoamérica, so he takes into account what couldíand demorar that processo de migrationón and caníTo lose your next connectionón.
During flight, the airíNEA offers two hot food options in the Economy cabin, This time opté por to opción of meat they seeía with pureé, salad, pan, butter and dessert:


The 737 MAX of United in comparisonón with others, It has individual entertainment screens with PELínaughty, series, música, games, flight tracking map and más. One of the novelties of these EST screensá in which you can now connect your audienceíwireless phonesámbricos a través De Bluetooth, a simple process, but you have to make sure you have previously disconnected them from your cell phone or tablet and activate the pairing mode.

On this flight I could try the opción of Asientos Economy Plus, which provide more leg space and greater comfort in comparisonón with the seats estáNDAR OF THE CLASS ECONómica, What is a good opción if you want máS space and get off Más ráI ask for Alcazar your connectionón. Thoseí, have an extra value ranging from $20 From now onún the route and you can select it at the time of check-in.
Given the delay that existedó en migrationón before the high passenger flow, loseí My connectionón original a Saint Anthony, but do not worry, that the aerosolíNEA is responsible for relocating in the PRóximo flight to your destination available and without anyúno additional cost.

In view of what forgiveí My original flight, I was able to take advantage of time at the airport, take pictures, tour and enter the United Club for a while, so it wasn't so bad, además, allow meó flying on a grandfatherón that there was noíhas done before, the Embraer 175, You can find all the details about this section of the flight in the Flight Report video.
Thanks for sharing your experience Nicholas..
I hope you enjoyed your trip with United.!
Thank you very much Bettina for your comment.!
Stolen 14/06/2023 from Newark to Panama
Two hours late due to delay in loading luggage, almost five hours of flight and they didn't even give us a snack 🙁
Really? How odd, this flight lasts the same and they gave us all that food. they told them something?