Safety, Cleanliness, & COVID-19 Travel Review
United Airlines Safety Review
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Cleaning Policy
Partnered with Clorox & Cleveland Clinic. Enhanced cabin sanitization, with electrostatic spraying before most flights. Info…
Masks & Distancing
Requires & enforces passengers and crew wear masks on board. Provides masks if necessary. Passengers must complete health self-assessment during check-in.
Cancellation & Rebooking
No change fees for bookings thru Aug 31 2020, with free changes over the next 12 months. Cancellations thru Aug 31 2020 become eCredit for 12 months.
United Safe Travel Info
United Airlines Cancellation & Safety Review
United has always been strong at branding. So it’s no surprise its COVID-19 operational changes are distinctly branded, with some bold announcements.
The airline has launched United CleanPlus, efficiently partnering with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to direct its new cleaning, health, and safety procedures on board.
United also requires passengers to complete a health self-assessment at check-in, and enforces mask wearing on board, potentially banning those passengers who don’t comply.
United does operate full flights, which prevents social distancing on board. It does notify passengers on flights over a certain capacity in advance and allows them to reschedule for no change fees.
Operationally, United sanitizes aircraft with electrostatic spraying before most flights. It’s providing passengers hand sanitizer wipes at boarding. And it has temporarily shut down older self-service kiosks, requesting passengers scan mobile boarding passes.
United is also piloting a new touchless kiosk check-in, which includes baggage checking in Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Boston (BOS), Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW), and Orlando (MCO). The kiosk simply requires you to scan a mobile boarding pass and it automatically prints your baggage tags.
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Safe Travel Summary
Check-in: 6-foot rule at check-in counters minimizes contact between agents and customers
Check-in and boarding: No self-service kiosks, passengers encouraged to use the United app and scan their own boarding pass
Plexiglass shields installed at check-in and baggage counters
All employees and customers must wear face masks on board unless they’re eating or drinking.
Electrostatic spraying disinfects all aircraft after most flights. Gate areas are cleaned with this device as well
Boarding fewer customers at a time and boarding from back to front after pre-boarding
All aircraft are ventilated with outside air, or air recirculated through HEPA filters, removing 99.97% of particles including viruses
Disinfecting high-touch surfaces like arm rests, lavatories, seat back screens & seat belts
Social Distancing: no blocked seats for social distancing on full flights. Passengers on full flights notified and allowed to rebook
In-flight amenity bag with wrapped sanitizer wipe, bottled water, stroopwafel and pretzels
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