Ted by United

Wow. Thanks TED. This was the most unpleasant flight I have ever taken in my entire life, you jerks.
United, you had such a shot at getting me back into your good graces, but you blew it. I had no problem with the plane itself, the flight attendants or the boarding. In fact, I even got my bags back quickly and without incident. We were going along so great, and then you sat me directly behind these three demon children all under the age of five.
Here’s my problem with this scenario I am about to lay out for you. If I decided to board the plane drunk, loud and belligerent, do you think I would be able to make the 3 ½ hour flight without incident? Or do you think I would be forcibly removed from the aircraft and most likely arrested? But for some reason it is perfectly OK for 3 children to scream, cry, harass and keep hostage 150 people for hours on end just because the parents are choosing to ignore the situation. People at TED, I paid $ 300 for this flight. I was sympathetic toward the «weather issues and delays at O’Hare» and would have been content with the added 1 ½ hours had I been able to RELAX and/​or SLEEP. But even reading was impossible. I left with a pounding headache, neck pains from being so tense, and generally pissed off.
So thanks to the family on the Tampa to Chicago flight #1585 on ³⁄₂₁. You have no idea how close to death you all came. And to the 100 year old bastard next to me who had the audacity to comment about how «charming and delightful» the 1 year old who caused the most commotion was — you sir almost got stabbed in the neck with a pen.

Ted is the low cost branch of United. I’m not sure if this name is clever or not because while part of the name «United», you can say that Ted is «United with U n’ I». Sorta makes it seem impersonal.
Anyhow, this is a nicer airline that Southwest and definitely gives Jet Blue a run for the money. We got pretty cheap tickets to Vegas and although we took off about 15 minutes late, we made up half of that in the short flight. Overall my experience was enjoyable and I’d definitely consider flying Ted again. It’s part of the Star Alliance and since it’s United, all those miles count towards United miles.
Woot.