ooh sandollar monti, super cool! if you have anymore in the future let me know =) I'd love to add this one to the tank.
I used to always fly united, they suck. My bar was so low for airlines. I even have a united mileage plus card.
The reason why I flew united was because I could fly to Santa Barbara directly from SF where my girlfriend lived (than goodness she's in San Jose now, more excuses to visit all the LFS's off i-880). I flew from Switzerland to the US on United. It was so bad. The 1 hour flights to santa barbara or la were fine, but gosh, 14 hours was horrible. They were mean, rude, and looked like they hated their jobs.
I flew Luftansa to Germany, the planes seemed kind of old, but the service was super nice =)
Flying sucks for me... usually by the end of a flight my knees get bruised from smashing into the edges of the front seat. I have to wedge my legs between whatever space there is between the seats in front of me unless I want to sit straight like a crazy person with my butt all the way to the back of the seat.
I'll try to avoid flying at all costs until one day I can pay for first class (or expense it with a company, heehee)...
So I guess I've yet to get on a really nice airline.