Fall Schedule Update
Jun 11, 2018, 8:28 pm
#31
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With that a big change in schedule, you should be able to call in, refuse the schedule change, and be refunded to your original payment method. You should not be forced to deposit to your wallet if it did not originate there.
Jun 11, 2018, 10:18 pm
#32
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ABQ - SFO 17 Sept 715 am departure is suddenly no longer operating - the only flight is now 340 pm. I am positioning for SFO - HKG (separate ticket) which now mis-connects.
Alaska offers no option other than refund to my wallet or travel the day before which will cost me added hotel expense.
Alaska offers no option other than refund to my wallet or travel the day before which will cost me added hotel expense.
Tom in Albuquerque tonight
Jun 11, 2018, 10:32 pm
#33
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Could you still make the SFO-HKG flight if you depart ABQ and connect at LAX on Alaska? I see routings that would get you into SFO as early as 0959 which should be pretty close to what your nonstop arrival time was. Are they even looking at routings with a connection?
Tom in Albuquerque tonight
Tom in Albuquerque tonight
Jun 11, 2018, 10:41 pm
#34
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Jun 11, 2018, 11:25 pm
#35
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AS is small enough that they only use so many flight numbers. 0xxx are AS mainline, 1xxx are former VX birds (for now, at least), 2xxx are QX flights, 3xxx are OO-operated, and 9xxx are maintenance/repositioning/etc. flights. Apparently 4xxx is the AA codeshare range.
Jun 12, 2018, 1:26 am
#36
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Had some pretty bad insomnia last night, again I am up at 03:30 today and was checking my flights out. Saw that a midday PDX-SFO had appeared when it previously had not existed. Tried to reschedule but the system came up with errors. Gave a call at 04:22 and got a person in Boise who was very nice and competent. Told me about the system outage and update. Got me scheduled onto the PDX-SFO flight I wanted but did note that my JFK- PDX flight had moved up from 10:55 to 09:30 which is a pretty big change.
Jun 12, 2018, 6:44 am
#37
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That said, even mainline is not immune to it, I had a bus gate to a mainline VX 320 the other day at SFO.
Jun 12, 2018, 10:12 am
#38
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This latest round of schedule changes have been great for me. Trips with 3 connections and an overnight have now morphed into a one stop at the perfect time and no overnights. All four of my upcoming trips have had changes that worked to my advantage.
One flight that was changed last week by an hour allowed us to change to my preferred direct flight from SEA (no U when I booked so I took a connection from YVR with an overnight through SJC) and kept us in F, albeit with a 5 hour wait in SEA. Yesterday, it changed again and I noticed a new YVR-SEA flight on the schedule which cut our wait time down to 2 hours. Love these schedule changes.
One flight that was changed last week by an hour allowed us to change to my preferred direct flight from SEA (no U when I booked so I took a connection from YVR with an overnight through SJC) and kept us in F, albeit with a 5 hour wait in SEA. Yesterday, it changed again and I noticed a new YVR-SEA flight on the schedule which cut our wait time down to 2 hours. Love these schedule changes.
Jun 12, 2018, 10:58 am
#39
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I'd be happier without the bus ride, of course, but I haven't lived here long enough to know whether all AS E75s get remote stands at SFO or not.
Jun 12, 2018, 11:06 am
#40
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if I seek a new car Rez my costs increase significantly. May just scratch the whole excursion & stay home...
Jun 12, 2018, 11:22 am
#41
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They don't always. Bigger concern as extensively discussed in the diversion thread is the E175s are always going to take the first and worst of delay/diversion problems at SFO before mainline.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:11 pm
#42
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ETA: Looks like SFO-BOS is still running Airbii for the fall as well.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:24 pm
#43
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The delays, yeah, I can totally see that being a problem. So far I've been pretty lucky on that front, but I'm sure I'll run into it soon.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:37 pm
#44
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I flew SFO-SNA yesterday, and even with the bus, it was fine. It wasn't a DCA Gate 35X level of hell by any stretch. On the way out, the 2nd bus left the terminal fairly close to departure, so we didn't sit on the plane for an excessive period of time. On the return, they again had two busses waiting for the plane, so we weren't crammed in too badly and the timing was fine.
I'd be happier without the bus ride, of course, but I haven't lived here long enough to know whether all AS E75s get remote stands at SFO or not.
I'd be happier without the bus ride, of course, but I haven't lived here long enough to know whether all AS E75s get remote stands at SFO or not.
Arriving, it adds time. If you checked bags, it reduces or eliminates your bag waiting time in most cases. If you didn't check bags, it can add 15 minutes to your exit from the airport.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:41 pm
#45
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Looks like the evening SFO-ORD flight in the fall gets in well before midnight, which is better than the current well after midnight. Did that once and was not impressed with the late hour of the arrival.