Leap day screwing up flight status on NWA
Feb 29, 2008, 5:41 am
#1
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Floating around
Programs: UA 1K (1MM), DL Gold (1MM), Marriott LTT
Posts: 10,344
Leap day screwing up flight status on NWA
I was looking at my current reservation on nwa.com for today's flights (JFK-DTW-SEA) and I clicked on the "Current Flight Status" button for each of those flights. The flight status page came up for both flights but said it was for "Sat, March 1, 2008".
However, if you go to the homepage and manually enter the flight numbers the flight status section, you can get proper flight info for today's flights.
I hope this misinformation doesn't affect anyone today. People who check their flight status on the current itinerary page will either think every flight is on schedule or will be told their flight is not scheduled to operate today
-RM
However, if you go to the homepage and manually enter the flight numbers the flight status section, you can get proper flight info for today's flights.
I hope this misinformation doesn't affect anyone today. People who check their flight status on the current itinerary page will either think every flight is on schedule or will be told their flight is not scheduled to operate today
-RM
Feb 29, 2008, 9:28 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MSP
Programs: Delta Diamond (MM), Hilton Diamond, Avis President's Club
Posts: 873
I saw that too. Was a bit suprised they have a bug with that, but managed to make sure my Gold status doesn't start until tomorrow.
Feb 29, 2008, 5:22 pm
#3
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: TPA, PHL
Programs: NW: SE & WC
Posts: 2,136
It did much more to UA, we were lucky (and/or our IT is much better).
Feb 29, 2008, 6:08 pm
#4
Suspended
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: Delta, American, USAir, Continental, Northwest, United, AirTran, SouthWest, Midwest
Posts: 563
Its like Y2k all over again.
Feb 29, 2008, 6:49 pm
#6
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: EAU
Programs: UA 1K, CO Plat, NW Plat, Marriott Premiere Plat, SPG Plat, Priority Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 4,712
Y2K was a leap year.
Trust me, I lost that argument with the wife a couple weeks ago....
It's only multiples of 100 that are NOT multiples of 400 where you skip the leap day....
Trust me, I lost that argument with the wife a couple weeks ago....
It's only multiples of 100 that are NOT multiples of 400 where you skip the leap day....
Feb 29, 2008, 9:21 pm
#7
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: TPA, PHL
Programs: NW: SE & WC
Posts: 2,136
Thanks for the correction, I guess I had too many people argue with me back in '99 that I forgot what was really correct.
Feb 29, 2008, 10:38 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: United 1K, Delta DM 1MM, Marriott Gold, IHG Diamond, Hertz PC, Europcar Elite VIP, Accor Gold
Posts: 145