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Old Nov 25, 2015, 10:45 am
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Predictions on CyberMonday fare sale?

I can't recall whether the major airlines typically participate in CyberMonday sales.

Any predictions on whether to expect UA's fares to go down over this weekend?
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by transportprof
I can't recall whether the major airlines typically participate in CyberMonday sales. ..
A search of this forum shows three other posts with "cybermonday" -- all related to Copa's 2014 sale. None related to UA.

But always a first time.
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 11:44 am
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The early chatter and "leaks" I've noticed so far have been mainly focused on hotels.
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 12:17 pm
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expedia and orbitz both had killer hotel deals last year. if airlines do anything, expect it to be the typical "weekly savers" email fare. maybe you'll see something decent from a LCC.

FT's MR forum and "the blogs" will almost always beat promoted fares 365 days/yr. B6 did run a $31 deal for this past halloween that included transcon fares with good availability.
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 12:52 pm
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LOL! As if...

It would honestly surprise me for UA to offer any kind of fare sale targeted at Cyber Monday that isn't their usual non-sale or last-minute "deals" list.

I suppose they could do a "save 5k RDM on economy saver awards to Europe" "sale" or something.
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 1:15 pm
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How about a surprise and delight one day "sale" where everything works properly on the website?

Ok I know - too much to ask....
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 2:19 pm
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Originally Posted by bmwe92fan
How about a surprise and delight one day "sale" where everything works properly on the website?

Ok I know - too much to ask....
Yes! yes! Hear him!^
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Old Nov 25, 2015, 2:57 pm
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I received an email today from AAVacations promoting a Black Friday event, so it wouldn't surprise me if United Vacations does something similar.
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Old Nov 26, 2015, 4:54 pm
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Vueling is having a BOGO "Yellow Friday" sale tomorrow. Though it's not like Vueling is all that expensive to begin with...
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Old Nov 27, 2015, 1:10 am
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Air China is having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale with limited seats available in Economy and Business (4/2). Started at midnight and goes through Monday.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 12:13 pm
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Here's the Cyber Monday Sale:

https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/con...ate=2015-11-30

I don't fly domestically much (usually to/from Canada) so I can't judge whether there are any good deals here.

Thoughts on whether this was a real sale?
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 12:24 pm
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Originally Posted by transportprof
Here's the Cyber Monday Sale:

https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/con...ate=2015-11-30

I don't fly domestically much (usually to/from Canada) so I can't judge whether there are any good deals here.

Thoughts on whether this was a real sale?
not a sale. they're not even decent fares for the most part. BDL-LAX for $338? it would have to be sub-$260 to even get on my radar. i've booked it for under $210 a few times within the past 2 years.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 12:49 pm
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I got an email about cheap fares to Hawaii for travel between December to Early March. Not really applicable to me so I didn't really look at the details / fine print.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 12:58 pm
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There are a few ok deals on here, such as LAX-ORD round trip for under $200.

Unfortunately, none of their specials originate at ORD. Only hub not listed.
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Old Nov 30, 2015, 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by JBord
There are a few ok deals on here, such as LAX-ORD round trip for under $200.

Unfortunately, none of their specials originate at ORD. Only hub not listed.
I guess UA's revenue managers decided that there is enough motivation for people to escape Chicago's frozen months that they didn't need to add any fare incentives ex ORD.
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