Originally Posted by KNRG

I was checking out the info on my upcoming departure and it surprised me to see my two legs are on the same plane - essentially a continuing flight to my final destination.

I've never had that happen before with a major carrier. I remeber it happened a lot with Southwest, and you could just hang out on the plane and thereby get the "good seats" with the cattle call boarding...

But what does UA do in this situation? A Southwest plane is at the airport for an absolute minimum amount of time, so staying on board wasn't a big deal. I remember it being like "if you get off to use the restroom, you might not get back on in time." In comparison, my 'layover' at IAH is 52 minutes. Assuming he plane arrives early (which according to the history it always does) i'd have plenty of time to wander off and come back.

It just strikes me as weird.. I never expected to follow a plane through a hub like IAH. So what's the policy? Am I booted off? Do I get lots of time to be chatty with the FA's?