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Stupid QOTD: How are flight numbers assigned?
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Aug 12, 2003 | 10:10 pm
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AA (and other airlines) generally assigns the low numbers to "prestigious" international and transcon flights.
Who knows how they come up with which flight gets 1648 or 2717?
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