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Deceptive flight numbering by United Airlines (sham on them)!
mrtravel wrote:
The two legs might not even be truly on the same airline; one leg may be a code share flight. I have never seen a codeshare using the same flight number as a non codeshare flight, have you? No; indeed, I've never seen a US-based airline use the same *range* of numbers for a codeshare flight as a regular one. ie. on American, "real flights" are 1-999, regional subsidiary flights are like 3xxx for Eagle, and codeshares are even higher numbers (6xxx and 7xxx) Do you think UA codeshares on partner metal when going SFO-HNL? Probably not, although the opposite - that the UA SFO-HNL flight also has some partner flight numbers - seems pretty likely. -- Nate Edel http://www.cubiclehermit.com/ preferred email | "With all the accumulated wit and wisdom in the is "nate" at the | world, it is pointless to try to select a few posting domain | choice quotes." (some guy from my HS yearbook) |
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Deceptive flight numbering by United Airlines (sham on them)!
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:54:09 -0800, wrote:
At first glance it was ot clear to my wife, as only shows UA#77 DEN- HNL, not UA#77 DEN-SFO and UA#77 SFO-HNL At first glance the UA web site shows this United 77 BUAS BUAS DEN Apr 8 01:23 PM HNL Apr 8 06:51 PM 1-stop Plane change 9h 28m Show flight details View seat map The plane change is clear to see on the opening page of the flight details without clicking on anything. -- Lansbury www.uk-air.net FAQs for the alt.travel.uk.air newsgroup |
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Deceptive flight numbering by United Airlines (sham on them)!
TMOliver wrote:
"mrtravel" wrote... Nobody wrote: wrote: apparent that is not the case. Looks like we have to change planes in San Francisco. I think this is very deceptive and I have mind to call There are a couple of advantages to having the multiple flights under a single number. If there is a snafu, United has greater responsability to accomodate you than if you had booked the trip on the same planes but with two separate flight numbers. Really? Where is this stated? There are moments in which I must conclude that much posted hereabouts in respect to your character and conduct must (while somewhat malicious in tone and tenor) be based upon some original mustard seed of veracity..... Nope. The previous poster stated that UA had a greater responsibility. I thought they actually had knowledge of some regulation stipulating this or were aware of some UA company policy stating this. However, based on your comments below, you don't know the answer, so you made up 2. I would not have drawn the conclusion in that fashion, but would expect.... (A) That, if the first leg is late, the second would be unlikely to leave on schedule since some/many of its pax had booked as a single direct flight. On the other hand, UA has over the years at least in my case displayed the occasional ability to f**k up a wet dream.... For a single plane, that might be true. However, airlines often use a different plane for the other segment. In the reality of the airline world, if they tie up that plane waiting for a very late connection, there is a good chance it will cause problems on other flights that plane has to take. (B) Under most folks' interpretations of airline practices (and in most examples I've experienced), by selling the ticket as a single flight number, UA is an inch or two more likely to pay to put folks up overnight if they arrive from Denver and circumstances prohibit changing planes and continuing on the HNL. Really? So, if a weather delay stop a UA flight, with the same flight number for the connecting segments, from continuing after a intermediate stop, UA would most like put people up for the night at a hotel. Yeah, right. Do you fly in the real world? |
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Deceptive flight numbering by United Airlines (sham on them)!
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:14:29 -0600 "TMOliver"
wrote: :(A) That, if the first leg is late, the second would be unlikely to leave :on schedule since some/many of its pax had booked as a single direct flight. :On the other hand, UA has over the years at least in my case displayed the :occasional ability to f**k up a wet dream.... I have had occasion where the continuation left before my (delayed) flight arrived. -- Binyamin Dissen http://www.dissensoftware.com Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. |
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