Originally Posted by
bouch097
That’s somewhat the thing... They didn’t let me know. I got no notification of any sort. If it were flat out cancelled, you’d think I would have gotten some sort of notification.
Well,
you'd think that.
I wouldn't think that, because I know United too well.
Kidding aside, UA is woeful in communicating schedule changes. (I have a reservation in the exact same state, BTW). There's a pretty good chance that they would eventually get around to sending out a notification, but the truth is, monitoring your reservations is definitely a best practice for the UA flyer.
Originally Posted by
bouch097
Not to mention, doubling the price all but guarantees no demand, making it impossible for them to judge when resuming semi-profitable flights would be feasible.
Possibly -- but they tried offering deep discounts and weren't able to generate significant business. I think their current plan is to keep prices fairly high until they get an idea how much capacity they'll want to offer, because the last thing that they want to do is to fill up a bunch of flights with discount passengers and lock out people who would be willing to pay more.