Major schedule changes 11 Feb 2017)
Feb 12, 2017, 11:30 am
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Major schedule changes 11 Feb 2017)
AA had a major schedule change overnight. Check your reservations. Two of mine had changes of more than 2 hours and another now has a legal but short connecting time. I've received no notification from AA as of yet about these changes, but saw them when looking at my bookings on AA.com
Feb 12, 2017, 11:40 am
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Feb 12, 2017, 3:14 pm
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Yes, I put a trip on hold yesterday for May and when I went to book it today, the flight numbers and departure times had changed (by 15 and 10 minutes respectively, not a big deal on this trip) and my seat assignments were changed.
Most importantly, the Purchase Now button had disappeared, so I had to call in and have a reservations agent ticket it. He did waive the fee.
I looked at just letting it cancel and rebooking but the trip was $235 yesterday in coach and $2877 (not a typo-- more than 10 times as much) today. Business class as around $600 yesterday and around $800 today. All very strange. Suspect it will all settle down in a few days, but still... a major annoyance for me today since the call centers were jammed with problems from the storm up north.
Most importantly, the Purchase Now button had disappeared, so I had to call in and have a reservations agent ticket it. He did waive the fee.
I looked at just letting it cancel and rebooking but the trip was $235 yesterday in coach and $2877 (not a typo-- more than 10 times as much) today. Business class as around $600 yesterday and around $800 today. All very strange. Suspect it will all settle down in a few days, but still... a major annoyance for me today since the call centers were jammed with problems from the storm up north.
Feb 12, 2017, 4:15 pm
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I can't see it in the airliners.net list but it looks like the early morning AUS-MIA has gone away. That's a royal PITA as it's now no longer possible to connect to most destinations south east of MIA in the same day, and MIA is far from my first choice for an overnight.
Feb 12, 2017, 4:36 pm
#7
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Looks like some STL-DFW MD80s have been swapped as well. The schedule change caused a lot of havoc with a held itinerary from last night - couldn't pay online and the reservations agent had to get permission (if that's the word) to "tie in" the held fare with the new itinerary. Took almost an hour...and that was after the 70 minute callback - but saved a couple hundred bucks.
Feb 12, 2017, 5:43 pm
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Feb 12, 2017, 8:23 pm
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Similar to what I posted last month. It seems like on January 7-8, they would revise the schedules for the next three months up to May 4, 2017. Then last night, they would revise the schedules for May 5, 2017 and later. In both cases, the 738 (SFO to DFW) and 757 (DFW to SFO) became pmUS 321's.
Last edited by vincepoy; Feb 13, 2017 at 1:59 am
Feb 12, 2017, 8:59 pm
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Interesting times.
Un-flown DONE4 (starts 08 Mar) with a flight PHX-STL 26 May mid-day changed to a different flight number 4 hours earlier . AA reservations won't touch the QR ticket.....
and there is no D class on the (4 hour) later flight. And nothing but Y class on the flight I was assigned (which I need for MrsWF) so it might be an Anytime award required.
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
At the moment (un)happy wandering
Fred
Un-flown DONE4 (starts 08 Mar) with a flight PHX-STL 26 May mid-day changed to a different flight number 4 hours earlier . AA reservations won't touch the QR ticket.....
and there is no D class on the (4 hour) later flight. And nothing but Y class on the flight I was assigned (which I need for MrsWF) so it might be an Anytime award required.
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
At the moment (un)happy wandering
Fred
Feb 12, 2017, 10:24 pm
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Interesting times.
Un-flown DONE4 (starts 08 Mar) with a flight PHX-STL 26 May mid-day changed to a different flight number 4 hours earlier . AA reservations won't touch the QR ticket.....
and there is no D class on the (4 hour) later flight. And nothing but Y class on the flight I was assigned (which I need for MrsWF) so it might be an Anytime award required.
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
At the moment (un)happy wandering
Fred
Un-flown DONE4 (starts 08 Mar) with a flight PHX-STL 26 May mid-day changed to a different flight number 4 hours earlier . AA reservations won't touch the QR ticket.....
and there is no D class on the (4 hour) later flight. And nothing but Y class on the flight I was assigned (which I need for MrsWF) so it might be an Anytime award required.
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
At the moment (un)happy wandering
Fred
Feb 13, 2017, 12:21 am
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It is J7 but losing a mid day flight with a reasonable arrival time is a PAIN.And there should now be a note in the PNR
Happy wandering
Fred