AA Special LAS-NRT flights during CES
Aug 2, 2018, 11:07 am
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AA Special LAS-NRT flights during CES
During CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2019 AA just announced that their daily ORD-NRT trip will include a stop in LAS, effectively making it a nonstop LAS-NRT and a one-stop ORD-NRT (JL will continue flying nonstop between ORD and NRT). That's about 10 flights each way, between 4 and 14 January, 2019.
Here's the schedule for the curious:
Depart LAS: 1125, arrive NRT: 1625 (next day)
Depart NRT: 18:25, arrive LAS: 1140
Cool to see them do this.
Here's the press release: Press Release
Here's the schedule for the curious:
Depart LAS: 1125, arrive NRT: 1625 (next day)
Depart NRT: 18:25, arrive LAS: 1140
Cool to see them do this.
Here's the press release: Press Release
Last edited by dfw88; Aug 2, 2018 at 11:30 am
Aug 2, 2018, 11:26 am
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Aug 3, 2018, 5:20 am
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If the ticket you purchase is for NRT-ORD I don’t understand how this works with the stop in LAS. Do people just get off in LAS and abandon the last leg?
Or are they going to allocate and market specific seat availability for just the NRT-LAS leg (and vice versa)?
Or are they going to allocate and market specific seat availability for just the NRT-LAS leg (and vice versa)?
Aug 3, 2018, 6:59 am
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Of course they are going to market just the NRT-LAS leg - that’s the point of it!
Aug 4, 2018, 9:02 am
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Aug 4, 2018, 2:32 pm
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Aug 4, 2018, 3:53 pm
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Aug 12, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Found this thread since I got an alert from AA today, informing me that I was rescheduled to this flight. My original NRT-ORD flight would have left NRT at 18:15 and arrived in ORD at 13:10. With the LAS layover, its adding about 6hrs to travel time. For the LAS portion, arrival is 11:40 and onward departure to ORD is 13:55. One thing I noticed is that they'll be charging for meals on the LAS-ORD portion. For the more knowledgeable posters, am I correct to assume customs and immigration will be done in LAS for those going to ORD? Its been ages since I've done the whole get off/get back on the plane for intl flights.
Last edited by Gradfly; Aug 12, 2018 at 6:02 pm
Aug 12, 2018, 11:16 pm
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It sounds like the NRT-ORD people got screwed
Aug 13, 2018, 11:59 am
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AA is selling tickets for LAS-ORD AA 186 (788) portion alone, which implies that all passengers will clear customs and immigration at LAS. If ORD bound passengers do not clear CIQ at LAS then AA will not able to carry and sell tickets for domestic only LAS-ORD portion passengers.