2nd daily UA IAH-NRT? (UA back to 1 flight Jan-31-15, ANA Starting 77W in June 2015)
Jun 3, 2014, 4:38 pm
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Jun 3, 2014, 6:52 pm
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Jun 3, 2014, 6:55 pm
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Jun 3, 2014, 7:01 pm
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Jun 3, 2014, 7:10 pm
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Now this is what I call "Flyer Friendly". Presumably when you go through a call center you get hit with the phone booking fee (unless elite of course).
Jun 3, 2014, 7:57 pm
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An interesting note is that many of the UA/*A MR deals in the past few months have been via NRT. For example X-NRT-CGK and X-NRT-SIN. It might be nothing, just mentioning it.
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Jun 3, 2014, 8:10 pm
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Jun 3, 2014, 9:40 pm
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Agreed at least for the 747. The 747 seems to be pitched up 3 or 4 degrees even in level flight, which makes a fully flat front-facing seat incredibly uncomfortable for me, since my head is lower than my feet. Flying backwards solves this issue.
Jun 3, 2014, 11:59 pm
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The IAH-NRT route makes great sense for latin america connections. It also takes the pressure off the IAH-SFO feeders, which often fill early, and I suspect this costs UA some revenue.
That said, UA is clearly having some trouble filling its NRT flights. SFO-NRT is also an upgrade bonanza. Today's UA852 is booked only 29/52 in J and that's a pretty normal state of affairs right now. We'll see what happens when they move one of the two dailies to HND.
That said, UA is clearly having some trouble filling its NRT flights. SFO-NRT is also an upgrade bonanza. Today's UA852 is booked only 29/52 in J and that's a pretty normal state of affairs right now. We'll see what happens when they move one of the two dailies to HND.
I know I ran DEN-IAH-NRT a few times before DEN-NRT came online.
Jun 4, 2014, 8:02 am
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And for me, the best pricing has always been to book via IAH. My ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK was much less expensive than ORD-NRT-CGK or ORD-SFO-NRT-CGK.
Aug 11, 2014, 9:51 pm
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Was looking for award travel from NRT to EZE and UA 2 NRT-IAH now shows as a 787 ( at least on Feb 3 ) instead of a triple 7. Not sure if that is the added "2nd" flight but in any case would mean a reduction in seats, no?
Aug 11, 2014, 9:57 pm
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IIRC, it was downgraded seasonally to 787 plus not 7 days a week.
Supposedly will return to 7 days a week and 777 in spring.
Supposedly will return to 7 days a week and 777 in spring.
Aug 12, 2014, 1:58 am
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