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Old Feb 22, 2014 | 12:32 am
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Originally Posted by unavaca
Some régional operators use their RJs for multiple marketing carriers in the same day. If where that plane is coming from isn't a United flight, UA's system won't give you a "where is this flight coming from" link.

For example, SkyWest used to use the same EM2 to operate SLC-SGU as Delta Connection and turning the plane for SGU-LAX as United Express. UA would not have "where is this plane coming from" information in this case.
In this case it was definitely a United flight. It just had the same flight number.
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