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Old Nov 10, 2006, 10:55 am
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Flight not open for checkin [merged threads]
I've been trying to check-in for my flight tomorrow morning SFO-IAD-RDU. When I go to .bomb and select my trip, it says that UA 950 SFO-IAD is "not open for Checkin". To me this smells like trouble (which wouldn't be a surprise given the 777 on the route) but the Premier Executive reservations say there are no problems.

Any ideas?
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:02 am
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Flight is probably oversold and there are going to work with seats at the gate..
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by couscous
Flight is probably oversold and there are going to work with seats at the gate..
Maybe, but usually oversold flights don't show F9 C9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 K9 L9 G9 P9 A9 D0 Z0 . . .

More likely, they have an aircraft sub in mind . . .
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:20 am
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Maybe, but usually oversold flights don't show F9 C9 Y9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 K9 L9 G9 P9 A9 D0 Z0 . . .

More likely, they have an aircraft sub in mind . . .
When I took 951 last week the 3 class 777 was switched to a 2 class 777, hence no upgrade. Thats my fear for this trip as well. I hate it when I *specifically* book a flight for the upgrade possibility and then they sub different equipment.
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by noah
When I took 951 last week the 3 class 777 was switched to a 2 class 777, hence no upgrade. Thats my fear for this trip as well. I hate it when I *specifically* book a flight for the upgrade possibility and then they sub different equipment.
I see. You may find that happening again . . . or it could just be a 777 XC/XI/XP swap which would only lose you 4 C seats. Only time will tell.

I don't like downswapping A/C either (unless I'm on a paid premium fare in which case I don't care).
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by noah
I've been trying to check-in for my flight tomorrow morning SFO-IAD-RDU. When I go to .bomb and select my trip, it says that UA 950 SFO-IAD is "not open for Checkin". To me this smells like trouble (which wouldn't be a surprise given the 777 on the route) but the Premier Executive reservations say there are no problems.

Any ideas?

You are likely in for the "SSSS" (secondary screening) treatment, courtesy of the beloved TSA.

When that happens, you can't check-in online or at a kiosk.
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:46 am
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You are likely in for the "SSSS" (secondary screening) treatment, courtesy of the beloved TSA.

When that happens, you can't check-in online or at a kiosk.
My experience has been that when you get SSSS'ed it tells you that "This Itinerary not available, please contact United Reservations". Rather than in this case, my particular flight not being available. Time will tell I suppose.
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 11:50 am
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With all these theories, people are missing what I consider a 90% likelihood: a bug on united.com.
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
With all these theories, people are missing what I consider a 90% likelihood: a bug on united.com.
Impossible..
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 2:20 pm
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Update: Just tried again to check-in and the aircraft type no longer says 777. It says 747. Good for my UG chances!

Sadly, the flight is under airport control so no OLCI and I'll have to just take my chances with seat in Y or C tomorrow...
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 2:25 pm
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Originally Posted by noah
Just tried again to check-in and the aircraft type no longer says 777. It says 747. Good for my UG chances!
And noah wins the Lucky Dog!
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Old Nov 10, 2006, 2:27 pm
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Originally Posted by noah
My experience has been that when you get SSSS'ed it tells you that "This Itinerary not available, please contact United Reservations". Rather than in this case, my particular flight not being available. Time will tell I suppose.
Got this message for Tuesday's flight, and expected a secondary, but nothing materialized. I know I always sweat those secondaries at MOD (Modesto, CA)

Also, tried checking in for my return at SFO Gate 80 CSC Chicken's, but no joy. Nice gate agent in ALB did the deed for me ^^.

Got the same routing next week so will see if I have the same message and problem...

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Old Mar 22, 2007, 8:00 am
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OLCI: Flight not open for checkin?
I tried to do OLCI for my flight, and I got the "Flight not open for checkin" error. Any idea what is going on?

United 189
Not departed
Airbus A320
Food for purchase
Upgraded flight

Flight not open for checkin

Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Mar 22
Scheduled: 6:05 PM
Estimated: 6:05 PM

San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Mar 22
Scheduled: 9:28 PM
Estimated: 9:28 PM
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Old Mar 22, 2007, 8:14 am
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Often a change of aircraft will trigger this.
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Old Mar 22, 2007, 8:43 am
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It happened to me a few weeks ago on one of the Monday morning DEN-SFO flights. Turns out the flight was extremely oversold for whatever reason so I'm guessing that was the reason in this case.

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