September/October Schedule Changes Loading 8/15
Aug 26, 2020, 10:16 pm
#61
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It does seem strange, it could also be a placeholder schedule for reinstatement in the next round of additions? If enough people like you and scubadu keep buying tickets between the 2 city pairs, maybe it'll stick? I don't trust anything actually operating within a week of trip date these days, but I haven't been on a plane since this all started back in March...
Sep 6, 2020, 12:33 pm
#62
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Anybody can guess when the confirmed November schedule is released? I am thinking about booking SFO-LAX. On 11/19, there are 6 non-stop flights. On 11/20, there are 14 flights. In September, there are only 5 and no flight after 6pm. I know it is hard to predict during pandemic. Just trying to book a flight with less chance to be cancelled.
Sep 6, 2020, 1:30 pm
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AS just schwacked my 24 Oct IAD-SEA — had a choice of 0800 and 1705 when I booked a couple weeks ago, now it’s a single 1040 flight — so I’m gonna have to depart from BWI or < gasp! > take UA at 1755 (AS at 1730 from DCA and DL at 1740 from IAD have also disappeared)
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Sep 6, 2020, 5:07 pm
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Anybody can guess when the confirmed November schedule is released? I am thinking about booking SFO-LAX. On 11/19, there are 6 non-stop flights. On 11/20, there are 14 flights. In September, there are only 5 and no flight after 6pm. I know it is hard to predict during pandemic. Just trying to book a flight with less chance to be cancelled.
the social end of this pandemic will be by christmas however......i think there will be a ton of people travelling for christmas due to the "fantastic 2020" we had.....i already see a ton of normalization of this crisis.
Sep 8, 2020, 6:33 am
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We had an October trip DEN-SEA-HNL and back booked many months ago, upgraded at booking with GGUs. Hawaii is too uncertain with endless "reopening" delays, so we changed to DEN-SEA-PVR and back in November. Lost the upgrades (what is U space?) but had window/aisle seats. Then another schedule change post-social distancing and we now have middle/aisle. So I've gone First Class->Window with Empty Middle->Middle. Not a good trend!
Sep 8, 2020, 11:03 am
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We had an October trip DEN-SEA-HNL and back booked many months ago, upgraded at booking with GGUs. Hawaii is too uncertain with endless "reopening" delays, so we changed to DEN-SEA-PVR and back in November. Lost the upgrades (what is U space?) but had window/aisle seats. Then another schedule change post-social distancing and we now have middle/aisle. So I've gone First Class->Window with Empty Middle->Middle. Not a good trend!
Sep 8, 2020, 11:14 am
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Anyone know of any 737-700 one offs being operated this month or October within the continental US?
Sep 8, 2020, 11:37 am
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There doesn't seem to have been any Saturday evening schedule changes since 8/15 and that sweep went into at least the first half of November so my guess is that we'll see the next major schedule change sweep (which will likely include Thanksgiving/Christmas) either next Saturday or the Saturday after that.
Sep 11, 2020, 12:11 pm
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There are two of us and we like to sit together. Aisles across is a possibility, but that's not our preference.
Sep 19, 2020, 2:56 pm
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Since it's been over a month now since the last major schedule change, my guess is that tonight is the night....it may not include all of December, but at least through the Thanksgiving holiday.
Sep 25, 2020, 8:53 am
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~9/20: PDX-OGG nonstop for late October cxled. Best alternative (in F) gets in about nine hours later than original flight and travel time (via SEA) is about double. Will probably end up flying AA via PHX and get in a few hours earlier than AS's best. Scratching my head a bit on this one. Phone agent suggested problem was slot availability in OGG. No idea whether that's credible.
Sep 25, 2020, 9:54 am
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Sep 25, 2020, 10:44 am
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Oops wrong forum (was thinking I was in UA for some reason). Looks like October cuts (and some additional in September) were done around mid-August -- https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1450555 . So they do indeed seem to be past due for November cuts. AA/DL/UA seem to make their cuts closer to the start of the month (sometimes only 2-3 weeks out).
Sep 28, 2020, 3:37 pm
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I'm pleasantly surprised, but I think September was the first month in quite awhile where AS didn't roll through a major schedule change on a Saturday night....I guess that means we're *slowly* moving back to some semblance of normalcy.
Sep 28, 2020, 9:01 pm
#75
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Check your flights again folks. I had a Vegas flight change out of blue. Disappeared right off the schedule.