United Airlines re-makes business class for rich flyers

by The Bulldog • June 3, 2016

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United airlines is promoting what it calls Polaris, a cushy new level of service in business class which, it claims, offers up to 6 feet, 6 inches of sleep space. Hard to believe. They spaces are called business class isolation pods. Consumerist

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