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Old Feb 29, 2020, 10:09 am
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mrmoo
 
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Originally Posted by moops380
Maybe the plane is 2/3rds chartered or something and they have the rest for the public? I've booked really random flights in europe (most don't appear on google flights even) that would usually be 80%+ a group, maybe for a cruise or something and they sell of the remaining seats for cheap. UA just doesn't sell them on the cheap.
I doubt this to be the case in this instance for a few reasons:
  1. The seat maps are empty
  2. Generally speaking for US airlines chartered flights are for big planes and they wouldn't share it
  3. This flight is currently operated by ExpressJet on an E175; if one wanted to charter such a small plane, it would be cheaper than United
I could be wrong, but it would be highly unusual. United has been known to sell positioning flights, but this seems odd so far in advance for that.
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