EWR-ORD Unusual Loads Today ?
My daughter is flying SRQ-EWR-ORD today (4/4). When she checked in last night she got a TOD offer to upgrade from T to P on the EWR-ORD leg for $99 which she (or should I say I) grabbed. She is *S. I checked the seat map today and all seats are grayed out on the EWR-ORD leg, presumably assigned. The stand by list for this flight lists 10 names. I looked at the loads on all of the afternoon flights and found this:
UA 3350 7 Standbys
04/04/16 2:35 PM ORD
04/04/16 4:15 PM E70
F1 C1 A1 D1 Z1 P1 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 N0
UA 1062 6 standbys
04/04/16 3:05 PM ORD
04/04/16 4:45 PM 739
F0 C0 A0 D0 Z0 P0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 N0
UA 308 10 standbys
04/04/16 4:42 PM ORD
04/04/16 6:25 PM 319
F0 C0 A0 D0 Z0 P0 Y0 B0 M0 E0 U0 H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0 G0 N0
Is this an unusually heavy load factor or just a regular Monday NewYork-Chicago business flight pattern ?
My daughter was not offered any VDB for her Flight. Any chance she will here an "announcement" of overbooking on Flt 308 ?