A few years ago when Continental and United were rumored to be working on a merger I had stopped in at Continental's President's Club before a flight and was having a glass of wine and the bartender mentioned that if the merger went through he had been told that United would be changing out all the bar ware with new stuff. Well they served the wine at the bar in Spiegelau stemware which my wife and I also had at home. Very nice glassware, a lot like Riedel.
So for about the next 6 months every time we had a drink at the club while traveling we would just stick our nice glasses in a large carry on bag as we walked out and eventually get them home. Ended up with 8 I think.
Also, I took a lot of the silverware and use it for camping and picnics. I don't care, I hate the new United!
