Originally Posted by
lively1nc
I would like to know how you can tell if on your return it is the same ship as you were on for your outbound? The MR's I have done so far have all been different ships on the return. Knowing you are on the same ship would be a huge relief trying to get back home. Obviously I cant answer the OP question.
not sure at a hub, but in SJU, there are 2 UA flights -- IAD/SJU/IAD and ORD/SJU/ORD -- which don't usually overlap on their ground-time in SJU, and leave from the same gate where they arrive, so it's pretty easy to know.
even easier someplace like BKK, where there's exactly 1 UA flight in and out each day.
and yes, it was nice on my MRs to SJU knowing that i would never misconnect in SJU.
on one of the runs, i missed a golden opportunity though:
had flown the LAS/SFO/ORD piece of an LAS/SFO/ORD/SJU/ORD/LAS MR. had turned off my phone while sitting in the plane in ORD, and the pilot announced that he the plane needed 2 tires changed, and we'd be delayed an hour. my thoughts were, "no worries, i can't misconnect in SJU." my thoughts should have been, "turn on your phone." a GS agent had called and left me a message saying they'd re-routed me ORD/LAS instead of ORD/SJU/ORD/LAS to make sure the mechanical issues didn't result in me making it home that night. i could've spared myself 1/2-day of travel and then asked for original routing credit... darn.