UA872 TPE-SFO time change
Ever since this flight went 789, they have changed the departure time to 9:50AM instead of the previous 11:10AM. Scheduled arrival time at SFO is 6:30AM, but the flight has been arriving before 6:00AM almost daily. Today's flight landed around 5:45AM and we had to sit in the plane for 45 minutes waiting for customs to open.
TPE Terminal 2 is also absolutely bursting at the seams around 8AM, with very long security and immigration lines.
Why did UA move the departure time from TPE? Is it a gate availability issue at SFO? TPE gates are pretty empty starting from 9:30AM and the UA plane is parked overnight at a remote gate and towed over right before departure. Either way they should push the time to 10:30-10:45AM to move out of the TPE rush time and to arrive at SFO right when customs opens.