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Old Jan 11, 2015 | 8:24 pm
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Originally Posted by euslaner
I don't see the rationale for this. They caused enough confusion when they renumbered some international flights. Was there a reason for this?
Yes. the flights operated by CO and UA crews are still split so they are kept in separate ranges within the systems so the back-office knows which is what. Flight numbers 200-999 are sUA while 1-199 and 1000-1764 (save for the UAX in the middle) are sCO.

Originally Posted by euslaner
If UA is trying to save money, this doesn't seem like a good way to do it.
That's not the reason at all.
Originally Posted by Portolan
A placeholder with another change to come?
This is my guess.
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