Originally Posted by
mduell
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Could also be the company reshuffling the slots toward more important flights. ATC sets the capacity and rations out the slots, but the company picks which flight goes when.
Which means the pax from LAX, SAN, PDX, SEA, etc., who are connecting long-haul at SFO get hosed.
At the very least, UA could have contingency planned for that. They knew it was coming.