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Old Feb 15, 2019 | 2:10 pm
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Originally Posted by OhDoctor
Should I believe the UA agent who tells me to ignore the equipment type listed on the check-in, and that the plane will indeed be the 787-10?
How would it affect your plans? You're not going to fly if it's not a 781? You would choose one of the 752s instead?

Originally Posted by jsloan
A swap is always possible, but a 781 -> 788 seems really improbable. The 781 is 44J/274Y; the 788 is 36J/183Y. That's a lot of displaced passengers.
And the flights EWR-SFO and vv this week have been booked close to 100%. A downgauge of that magnitude would be quite unlikely.
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