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United and Continental Play Nice for the First United Airlines iPhone App

July 27, 2011 at 12:22 PM | by | Comments (2)


Searching for Copenhagen flight, left; homescreen, right

It's happened. United has finally released their long-awaited iPhone Travel App and, to be brief, it's solid all around. Granted, Continental has had their own iPhone app for something like a year now, but this newer app has both airline brands working seamlessly together towards a more united...United.

For users of the Continental app, this one will feel very familiar. There are still the notification alerts for your flights and mobile boarding passes, but it's stocked with much more information. Of course you can track flights (United or Continental), plot them on a map, see delays, manage your bookings and check in to get the aforementioned mobile boarding pass, but the app is also outfitted with airport terminal maps, detailed information and directions for their President Clubs and affiliate lounges and Sudoku games of increasing difficulty levels. And! ANNDD! It's got our favorite innovation to come with the newer airline apps: you can search and book a flight right in the app.

The app is free direct from iTunes, of course.

Pro tip: Note that the details for each Presidents Club includes the club's individual phone number. This is perfect for when you realize you left your book/briefcase/iPad in there. Call them from your seat on the plane just after boarding and we bet they'd run it to your gate!


Searching for Newark Presidents Club, left; viewing one club's details, right


Map-tracking a flight from Dublin, left; playing Sudoku, right

[Images: iPhone screenshots]

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And...

And they've repainted hundreds of planes, and co-located facilities across the country. Sorry... Smisek'ing out there for a second.
Peter Shankman on July 27, 2011 at 3:37 PM #Permalink

The apps are not the same

The continental app can get a mobile boarding pass withOUT having to have email on your device while the United app can only send to an email address.
John Galloway on August 22, 2011 at 1:04 AM #Permalink

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