US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - 1 stop flights

I'm taking my first 1 stop flight in many years. The stop is in PHL on the way to MCO and I will be by myself. It is a 45 minute stop so, assuming everything is on time, there would only be 15 minutes off the plane. Not much time.

I'm thinking of staying on the plane. I'm in FC, so I could just relax. If there is a crew change, do they make you leave?

What do you guys do?

I'm taking my first 1 stop flight in many years. The stop is in PHL on the way to MCO and I will be by myself. It is a 45 minute stop so, assuming everything is on time, there would only be 15 minutes off the plane. Not much time.

I'm thinking of staying on the plane. I'm in FC, so I could just relax. If there is a crew change, do they make you leave?

What do you guys do?

You can't be on the plane alone. What will make the determination is if the new crew is waiting the arrival of your aircraft and boards as soon as pax are off. Then you can stay. However, if your first crew leaves before the next one arrives, you, too, must leave.

I, too, prefer to stay on the plane in FC, especially if an Airbus--I can just plug in my laptop and get lots of work done.

Once in DEN on UA, this screwed up their system and they thought I'd gotten off and never back on. Then they tried to upgrade someone to my seat! When the gate agent came on, she was, like, "there you are! We've been paging the airport and club for you." My one shot at fame and I was on the plane and missed the DEN-wide page for Mr. EnvoyBoy. Rats.

FYI: pax who thought he was upgraded at the last second was not too happy. <evil laugh combined with wringing of hands>

Wow, they have flights that stop in PHL and don't change planes? That's quite a luxury. When I fly LAX-FRA, I always have to change planes in PHL, despite the fact that the flight has a single flight number.

This involves walking all the way down to the end of the A (I think) concourse. Going through CLT instead is a bit better, since the D (US International) concourse is a bit closer to the B concourse, where I usually end up from LAX.

John

Wow, they have flights that stop in PHL and don't change planes? That's quite a luxury. When I fly LAX-FRA, I always have to change planes in PHL, despite the fact that the flight has a single flight number.



Thank God! Who wants to go to FRA in the 321 that brought you into PHL from LAX???????? It's worth the walk!

Thank God! Who wants to go to FRA in the 321 that brought you into PHL from LAX???????? It's worth the walk!
I was thinking more along the lines of going all the way in the 330, actually...

John

I was thinking more along the lines of going all the way in the 330, actually...

John

I like the way you think--you're my kind of people, John! :)

I like the way you think--you're my kind of people, John! :)
I always try to be kind to people.

Oh, wait -- that's not what you meant, is it? :D

I always try to be kind to people.

Oh, wait -- that's not what you meant, is it? :D

That sense of humor isn't winning you any points! :D

I'm taking my first 1 stop flight in many years. The stop is in PHL on the way to MCO and I will be by myself. It is a 45 minute stop so, assuming everything is on time, there would only be 15 minutes off the plane. Not much time.

I'm thinking of staying on the plane. I'm in FC, so I could just relax. If there is a crew change, do they make you leave?

What do you guys do?

If there is a crew change on a thru flight usually the most junior f/a is elected "babysitter". (Please don't take offense to this term, it's been used for years.) Type of a/c warrants how many f/a's must stay on board, and they are required to stay until new f/a's arrive. The only time you would have to deplane is if the connecting crew is running late and the crew that flew on the first portion has to work another flight. You need a whole crew complement to board so you can't afford to have a crew member waiting on another a/c. One negative about PHL is that we utilize more than one concourse and chances are your connecting crew is coming in from a gate far from yours.
We know that many people prefer to stay on board during through flights, and crews will do anything they can to accomodate you. If the crew is on the originating leg of their trip then they should be there in plenty of time.
Good luck, I hope it works out for you.

Just curious....why do you only get 1 segment credited for this type of flight? Is the airline losing money on this kind of deal such that they need to do this? I have always found this puzzling, and as a seg hound, I avoid the one-stop flights.

Just the practice. Now if you can book the flight at 2 separate segments then i think you'll get credit for 2.

A word of caution for those trying to upgrade on 1-stop flights: You will only clear if both flights clear. If flight #2 is wide open in F, you won't clear unless you clear Flight #1, and they cannot (or will not) manually clear Flight #2 until Flight #1 has landed. I almost got screwed out of an F seat a few months ago on a 1-stop flight from LAX-BOS. I didn't clear LAX-PIT, and even though I was assured F was wide open on PIT-BOS, the LAX-PIT leg landed in PIT about 30 minutes late. The gate clearance was already happening when I got off the plane. The gate agent said it was a good thing I got there when I did. As soon as he handed me my boarding pass, he cleared the last person on the waiting list.

When I fly LAX-FRA, I always have to change planes in PHL, despite the fact that the flight has a single flight number.
I don't get this, why the same flight numbers for flights exist even when there is an aircraft change. It's really nothing resembling a continuation of the flight... I've noticed this a couple times on various US flights.

I don't get this, why the same flight numbers for flights exist even when there is an aircraft change. It's really nothing resembling a continuation of the flight... I've noticed this a couple times on various US flights.
Whenever I fly LAX-FRA, I try to upgrade the domestic portion of the flight. When I have two different flight numbers, this isn't an issue, and I can occaisionally clear the upgrade before the day of the flight; nearly always at the gate. When I fly on one of these one-flight-number flights that changes planes, however, this is not always the case. Usually, they can't process the upgrade ahead of time. The gate agent can split up the two flights, and upgrade the domestic portion, but this can't be done before about an hour before the flight.

Just something I find annoying...

John