Mileage Between Some City Pairs is Different After System Integration-Resolved by UA.
Mar 4, 2012, 10:08 am
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Mileage Between Some City Pairs is Different After System Integration-Resolved by UA.
Just signed in to check on tomorrow's SFO/IAH itinerary and see that what used to be 1635 miles is now 1631, so a loss of 16 RDM per R/T.
Living in the Bay Area, about 2 miles from the Hayward fault, I sure hope UA doesn't know something the rest of us don't know about a pending Earth change, although that would be one h**l of a quake.
Anyone else seeing mileage changes, either up or down?
[Moderator Note: Per UA Insider post 397, UA has decided to follow its previous mileage allocations and differences will be credited retroactively: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18187986-post397.html
Living in the Bay Area, about 2 miles from the Hayward fault, I sure hope UA doesn't know something the rest of us don't know about a pending Earth change, although that would be one h**l of a quake.
Anyone else seeing mileage changes, either up or down?
[Moderator Note: Per UA Insider post 397, UA has decided to follow its previous mileage allocations and differences will be credited retroactively: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18187986-post397.html
Last edited by Ocn Vw 1K; Mar 13, 2012 at 6:33 am Reason: To show the United resolution of this issue.
Mar 4, 2012, 10:13 am
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Hah. I just posted a similar thread on MP.
SEA-IAH is shorter 5 miles now as well. Instead of 1,874 as always shown on CO.com it's now 1,869. I wonder if the data UA used is what's driving this part of the website as well.
-RM
SEA-IAH is shorter 5 miles now as well. Instead of 1,874 as always shown on CO.com it's now 1,869. I wonder if the data UA used is what's driving this part of the website as well.
-RM
Mar 4, 2012, 10:15 am
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Think of the millions of people flying these routes. I wonder what the effect of shrinking 5 miles off every lane UA runs would equate to in savings for them annually
Mar 4, 2012, 10:28 am
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while we expected the changeover to be earthshaking...
it apparently is responsible for an overall shrinkage of the planet:
Munich is now 20 miles closer to Washington
London is now 14 miles closer to Washington
Every one of my seven booked itineraries (on PMUA) is shorter on each leg!
Has anyone found a route which is now longer?
Munich is now 20 miles closer to Washington
London is now 14 miles closer to Washington
Every one of my seven booked itineraries (on PMUA) is shorter on each leg!
Has anyone found a route which is now longer?
Last edited by Portolan; Mar 4, 2012 at 10:38 am Reason: clarity
Mar 4, 2012, 10:33 am
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PMCO used Denver Stapleon's location while PMUA used the new airport's location. I haven't checked yet to see which survived.
Mar 4, 2012, 10:37 am
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apparently not Stapleton...
Mar 4, 2012, 10:40 am
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yeah i agree. SFO to HKG used to be 6914 but now 690x... couple of miles loss.... well not a big deal but i wonder why UA performed this shrinkage...
Mar 4, 2012, 10:40 am
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All of my booked reservations grew: DCA-DEN and DEN-ORD. I think I will net an extra 26 miles.
Mar 4, 2012, 10:42 am
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COntinental drift?
Mar 4, 2012, 10:46 am
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Mar 4, 2012, 10:48 am
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Mar 4, 2012, 10:57 am
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Same for JFK-LAX. Now it shows 2466, and for years it's been 2475.
Mar 4, 2012, 11:02 am
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It will be interesting to see what gets credited for PM flights credited post-M. I flew IAH/SFO on Friday so will know in a couple of days.
Mar 4, 2012, 11:47 am
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its not all shrinkage....dsm-den used to be 589, now its 602
Mar 4, 2012, 12:47 pm
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San Francisco must have moved to the East while I wasn't looking. SFO-IAD is 9 miles shorter (2419 -> 2410), SFO-DEN is 4 miles shorter (967 -> 963) and SFO-ORD is 7 miles shorter (1846 -> 1839). This is gonna add up. 
