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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 11:59 pm
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Originally Posted by businesstraveller2
Yes they flew us to SYD as an extra flight in addition to the regular 10:15pm flight. We left ahead of them at 9:30pm. I did not know how ATC handled this I was very curious because we did have the same flight number.
When this happens, they'll usually add a letter to the end of the additional sector.

Example:

UA870 SFO-SYD
UA870(T) Tango SFO-SYD (extra sector)
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