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Old Dec 17, 2019 | 1:16 am
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Originally Posted by sfo3388
Before the merge, I remember the international flight numbers were more consistent. Such as even numbers for coming back to US. Odd numbers were for leaving US. ...
I’ve always wondered if the odd/even had any meaning! Was hoping it would be something like highway numbers so we could easily tell what direction a flight was generally heading.
Originally Posted by sfo3388
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SFO-PEK is 888. EWR-PEK is 89. SFO-PVG flights have 857 and 891. LAX-PVG is 198.
I believe 8 is a significant/lucky number for the Chinese, so probably more than coincidence that all of those flights have an 8 in them.
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