Last time you saw this few passengers on SFO-DEN (or any hub-hub for that matter)?
Feb 6, 2016, 5:59 pm
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Last time you saw this few passengers on SFO-DEN (or any hub-hub for that matter)?
F is booked 6/24 with 7 on the upgrade list...
Y is booked 16/189. Nonrevs clearing now...
Wow, what an empty flight...
Y is booked 16/189. Nonrevs clearing now...
Wow, what an empty flight...
Feb 6, 2016, 6:14 pm
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I was one of two to board in zone 1, and I think nearly everyone in F has an empty seat next to them. This is awesome 
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Feb 6, 2016, 6:23 pm
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Saturday pm flights, and the airport terminal for that matter, often give me a strange, fuzzy feeling that I can't exactly describe because of how empty, quiet, and relaxed they are.
Feb 6, 2016, 6:27 pm
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To make it even better, one of the FAs just said "hey, there are even some Panthers fans!", which got roughly the expected and appropriate response. It's going to be a fun flight...
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Feb 6, 2016, 6:47 pm
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Saturday is really a unique day for flying. DCA at 5 pm is my example--the concourse becomes so deserted that it might as well have been built entirely for me . Sure beats flying on the first flight Monday morning. Safe travels!
. Sure beats flying on the first flight Monday morning. Safe travels!
Feb 6, 2016, 6:57 pm
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Saw fewer on a flight shortly after 9/11. There were I think 8 of us total on the plane, a 757. They put us all into F (only 1 was actually paid in F) and gave us F meals and drinks etc. Was basically a little party onboard with the economy FA's working up front too. Imaging 4 FA's and 8 passengers? Service was great.
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Feb 6, 2016, 9:21 pm
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Given that the OP failed to mention which flight it actually was, this appears to have been UA1028 SFO-DEN, Feb 6. 5:50PM departure.
However there normally isn't a 5:50pm departure SFO-DEN on a Saturday.
This is either a rescheduled flight due to a cancellation, or it's an extra segment to reposition an aircraft after an extra flight into SFO due to the superbowl. (My money is on the latter, especially given that was also an extra DEN-SFO flight today)
Either way, hardly unusual for a flight like this to be so empty - especially given that it may well have only been added to the schedule recently.
However there normally isn't a 5:50pm departure SFO-DEN on a Saturday.
This is either a rescheduled flight due to a cancellation, or it's an extra segment to reposition an aircraft after an extra flight into SFO due to the superbowl. (My money is on the latter, especially given that was also an extra DEN-SFO flight today)
Either way, hardly unusual for a flight like this to be so empty - especially given that it may well have only been added to the schedule recently.
Feb 6, 2016, 10:12 pm
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Also could be that this is one of the birds that they're going to put in DEN-DCA eventually...
Feb 7, 2016, 12:58 am
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Last time you saw this few passengers on SFO-DEN (or any hub-hub for that matter)?
The 610 am las-SFO flight on a Sunday is always a ghost town. Low bookings plus still drunk pax equals a very empty plane.