Why do you even need the United app? They have a website.

Boarding pass. For the airline apps, it probably is a good assumption that most people want to get a notification that their flight is delayed, or started boarding, etc..

	▲	TheJoeMan 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They don't advertise it, but you can many times add the Apple Wallet pass from the website. And it actually sends you flight change notifications too.

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bitwize 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is why whenever you try to do anything significant on a web site with a phone, they tell you to "Download our app". Detection is very good now. Slack can see right through desktop mode, cheater, and will redirect you to the app regardless.

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whatsupdog 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Never had that issue on Vanadium browser, or Brave or even Firefox. I personally refuse to download an app if there is a website for the same. For a long time I was even using door dash in browser.

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ipython 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Why use a website at all, then? United has a reservations 800 number and you can print your boarding pass at the airport.

	▲	whatsupdog 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I get the sarcasm, but it's like comparing apples to oranges. Calling a number and talking to people is vastly different to clicking some buttons on your phone. App/website have almost same user interface, just different ways to get to that interface. Calling the number is totally different interface.