UA to end JFK-IAD Service, Effective 25 October 2014
Sep 20, 2014, 6:49 am
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I had several itineraries hit with schedule changes last night.
They seemed to have totally dropped IAD flights to/from JFK. That eliminates JFK as option for most of the Eastern USA as there are no JFK flights from ORD either. Seems to be effective from late October.
So much for access to P.S. flights. Totally kills one of my itineraries. No way to get to JFK.
More network shrinkage....
They seemed to have totally dropped IAD flights to/from JFK. That eliminates JFK as option for most of the Eastern USA as there are no JFK flights from ORD either. Seems to be effective from late October.
So much for access to P.S. flights. Totally kills one of my itineraries. No way to get to JFK.
More network shrinkage....
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Sep 20, 2014 at 1:03 pm Reason: I believe this is worthy of it's own thread. Title added with effective date
Sep 20, 2014, 7:17 am
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I had several itineraries hit with schedule changes last night.
They seemed to have totally dropped IAD flights to/from JFK. That eliminates JFK as option for most of the Eastern USA as there are no JFK flights from ORD either. Seems to be effective from late October.
So much for access to P.S. flights. Totally kills one of my itineraries. No way to get to JFK.
More network shrinkage....
They seemed to have totally dropped IAD flights to/from JFK. That eliminates JFK as option for most of the Eastern USA as there are no JFK flights from ORD either. Seems to be effective from late October.
So much for access to P.S. flights. Totally kills one of my itineraries. No way to get to JFK.
More network shrinkage....
I suppose one could still fly to LGA and take the bus over to JFK, but what a pain.
Sep 20, 2014, 8:31 am
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@united r u ending all IAD flights to/from JFK after 15OCT?
@anc-ord772 The last day is the 25th of October.
Last edited by anc-ord772; Sep 20, 2014 at 8:36 am
Sep 20, 2014, 9:08 am
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That really sucks as IAD-JFK (and vv) was a nice "out" under irrops at either airport. So does that leave JFK with only PS flights as the only UA presence?
Sep 20, 2014, 9:18 am
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Sep 20, 2014, 10:36 am
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I purposefully just asked for options to see what they would suggest. The only option they offered was a refund.
I told them I would do some searching for options, so they left it intact for now.
Sep 20, 2014, 12:55 pm
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UA to end JFK-IAD Service, Effective 25 October 2014
Just saw a red alert on my reservation and the change was that JFK-IAD segment of JFK-IAD-AUA was dropped.
Called the 1K line the first rep was only willing to change to LGA-IAD-AUA and not EWR-AUA, and she also checked other days and so no other JFK-IAD flights.
Her thought was that UA pulled out of that market.
A quick check with KVS and other tools confirmed it.
Called the 1K line the first rep was only willing to change to LGA-IAD-AUA and not EWR-AUA, and she also checked other days and so no other JFK-IAD flights.
Her thought was that UA pulled out of that market.
A quick check with KVS and other tools confirmed it.
Sep 20, 2014, 1:00 pm
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Just saw a red alert on my reservation and the change was that JFK-IAD segment of JFK-IAD-AUA was dropped.
Called the 1K line the first rep was only willing to change to LGA-IAD-AUA and not EWR-AUA, and she also checked other days and so no other JFK-IAD flights.
Her thought was that UA pulled out of that market.
A quick check with KVS and other tools confirmed it.
Called the 1K line the first rep was only willing to change to LGA-IAD-AUA and not EWR-AUA, and she also checked other days and so no other JFK-IAD flights.
Her thought was that UA pulled out of that market.
A quick check with KVS and other tools confirmed it.
Sep 20, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Sep 20, 2014, 1:16 pm
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yep, HUACA was in progress - second rep not only changed the outbound to direct, but also the return. And in a higher bucket as well. So I lost 2 hours on a beach (1 in, 1 out) but gained peace of mind avoiding 1h connections in IAD and PTY :-)
all in all, I'd say a win :-)^
her reasoning was: "if you wanted a non-stop you would have bought a non-stop". And - "we have other alternatives".
I was not going to argue with her - just glad she didnt put notes in my PNR and second rep was much nicer.
In the same vein - if I wanted to fly from LGA I would have bought LGA...
all in all, I'd say a win :-)^
I was not going to argue with her - just glad she didnt put notes in my PNR and second rep was much nicer.
In the same vein - if I wanted to fly from LGA I would have bought LGA...
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Sep 20, 2014, 1:22 pm
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Yeah, enjoy EWR.
Not a win in my book.
Not a win in my book.
Sep 20, 2014, 1:33 pm
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Sep 20, 2014, 1:58 pm
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UA can also add ORD and IAD into ISP (Long Island) airport. Fares wouldn't be competitive and more like how UA sells high fares on MHT-ORD and PVD-ORD even though Southwest offers much lower fares to MDW, but UA keeps the flights for connections.
Sep 20, 2014, 3:03 pm
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I always thought it was an odd route. JFK to nowhere else, no ORD, IAH, but IAD.
Sep 20, 2014, 3:16 pm
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As much as I despise the CRJ200's this is a loss to the network. I hope it is replaced by some other service; either to some other UA hubs or international destinations.
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