Jun 17, 2019, 11:50 pm
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For Latest Information
- Agreement has been reached. BR expects to resume full schedule by 20 July for flights out of TPE
- Strike Information Page:
- English: https://www.evaair.com/en-global/emer/strikeinfo.html Chinese
- 中文: https://www.evaair.com/zh-tw/emer/strikeinfo.html
- Flight Status Page:
- Direct link to cancelled flight listing up until 21 July - double check the link below to confirm
- https://booking.evaair.com/flyeva/EVA/B2C/flight-status.aspx?lang=en-tw
- News Releases (Chinese as it is more current): https://www.evaair.com/zh-tw/about-eva-air/news/travel-news/?page=1&filter=Travel+Advisory
- Hello Kitty Services suspended during the strike
- In-Flight services are streamlined + no duty-free sales due to reduced staffing onboard
- Coolfish on how to handle other carriers' award tickets (ticket number does not start with 695)
- Krispykrme's answers on award and codeshare tickets issued by BR and other carriers
- Yoonny's experience with United MileagePlus award redemption
- Partial refund calculation and EU261 discussions
- WChou's wife's experience at BR office near SFO
- Kremmen's experience at BKK on a mixed TG->BR ticket
- 2019/07/06 - Agreement was reached, full schedule is expected by the end of July
- 2019/07/02 - negotiation session did not resolve the strike. Strike continues
- 2019/06/29 Evening - more disagreements during negotiations to hammer out new agreement. Strike continue
- 2019/06/29 3:39PM - Union announced the FAs voted to end the strike, pending new agreement being drafted and signed
- 2019/06/29 12:00PM, flight attendant vote to determine whether to continue the strike concluded
- 2019/06/20 2:09PM, strike announced starting 16:00 TPE Time (GMT +8) on 6/20
- 2019/06/20 1PM TPE Time: Negotiation Session started and was broadcast live. Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjzS5W_LaIM and the dramatic moment is at 1:08 into the video
Flight Attendants Strike Vote
Jul 2, 2019, 10:50 am
#496
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: DFW
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So it depends on who you want to believe.
Hope things would go back to normal even with reduced capacity.
Jul 2, 2019, 2:48 pm
#497
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: ANC
Posts: 404
I waited on hold for three hours for the Chicago office this morning (it's the only one that didn't hang up, at one point I had three different phones on hold with different ticket offices). When they answered it took about five minutes for them to rebook on a direct United flight HKG to SFO.
Jul 2, 2019, 2:50 pm
#498
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: ANC
Posts: 404
I think the local offices are the only viable option. Every time I called the 800-695-1188 number it either immediately disconnected or it played a message then disconnected.
Jul 2, 2019, 3:21 pm
#499
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: YYZ
Programs: Ex-Bonvoyed, Hyatt, Hilton, BR, AC, AA
Posts: 1,298
Since flights are returning, I would assume EVA isn't materially wrong, unless they've just acquired the ability to magically produce FAs out of thin air.
Jul 2, 2019, 3:50 pm
#500
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: BR Diamond, Dynasty Flyer Paragon, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 1,926
They are now running almost 70% of the network. The union's picket line has clearly shrunk, with half the tent now empty and the tent now filled with family members instead of actual FAs.
The union reportedly lied about the location of the passports and IDs, with someone discovering it was sitting in a church right by the union's office. The new affidavit they requested FAs sign promising not to retrieve documents only has 1,000 signatures of the 2,350 passports they originally had and many people are slowly returning to the company. The company says they are running roughly 70% after the 17th of July.
The union reportedly lied about the location of the passports and IDs, with someone discovering it was sitting in a church right by the union's office. The new affidavit they requested FAs sign promising not to retrieve documents only has 1,000 signatures of the 2,350 passports they originally had and many people are slowly returning to the company. The company says they are running roughly 70% after the 17th of July.
See Wiki on top of the page.
Jul 2, 2019, 6:03 pm
#502
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: LAS ORD
Programs: AA Pro (mostly B6) OZ♦ (flying BR/UA), BA Silver Hyatt LT, Wynn Black, Cosmo Plat, Mlife Noir
Posts: 5,992
Jul 2, 2019, 7:30 pm
#504
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: NC
Posts: 117
We traveled on BR105 from FUK to TPE on 01Jul2019 (in Biz class) on a hello kitty plane and found the experience underwhelming. Only one meal choice which was pretty ordinary ('seafood pasta'), and no hello kitty amenities. On the positive, we're happy that this flight wasn't canceled and we got to TPE on time.
Our flight from TPE to ORD on the 5th is cancelled so we're headed back on ANA through Tokyo.
Our flight from TPE to ORD on the 5th is cancelled so we're headed back on ANA through Tokyo.
Jul 2, 2019, 7:44 pm
#505
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Toronto
Programs: DL Silver, AC E75K, Chatime Elite
Posts: 339
As mentioned in the wiki by the BR experts here, there were to be no Hello Kitty services during the strike.
We traveled on BR105 from FUK to TPE on 01Jul2019 (in Biz class) on a hello kitty plane and found the experience underwhelming. Only one meal choice which was pretty ordinary ('seafood pasta'), and no hello kitty amenities. On the positive, we're happy that this flight wasn't canceled and we got to TPE on time.
Our flight from TPE to ORD on the 5th is cancelled so we're headed back on ANA through Tokyo.
Our flight from TPE to ORD on the 5th is cancelled so we're headed back on ANA through Tokyo.
Jul 2, 2019, 8:19 pm
#506
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: California, USA
Posts: 67
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but my spouse and I are booked on EVA for next week, from SFO-TPE-PP, leaving at 1:20 am.
Given the ongoing strike and how many flights have been canceled, and that I'm on SFO route, and that I've never been in an airline strike before, I don't know if I ought to:
1.) wait to see if the situation will be resolved in the next week
2.) if I should wait for the flight to be canceled (I can't go at another time; this is my only vacation time this year) -- and what happens if they do that?
3.) if I should use my "cancel for any reason" insurance now and rebook with another airline and lose 25% of the costs
I tried customer service and gave up after two hours on hold.
What are people doing about their flights with EVA right now?
What is EVA doing, if anything?
Is it likely to be canceled?
My spouse is not a great flier and is starting to go a little nuts over this.
Also, for anyone whose flown recently, how is the mood onboard?
Given the ongoing strike and how many flights have been canceled, and that I'm on SFO route, and that I've never been in an airline strike before, I don't know if I ought to:
1.) wait to see if the situation will be resolved in the next week
2.) if I should wait for the flight to be canceled (I can't go at another time; this is my only vacation time this year) -- and what happens if they do that?
3.) if I should use my "cancel for any reason" insurance now and rebook with another airline and lose 25% of the costs
I tried customer service and gave up after two hours on hold.
What are people doing about their flights with EVA right now?
What is EVA doing, if anything?
Is it likely to be canceled?
My spouse is not a great flier and is starting to go a little nuts over this.
Also, for anyone whose flown recently, how is the mood onboard?
Jul 2, 2019, 9:54 pm
#507
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: EK Gold, A3 *G, AB Gold, Jetblue Mosaic
Posts: 1,386
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but my spouse and I are booked on EVA for next week, from SFO-TPE-PP, leaving at 1:20 am.
Given the ongoing strike and how many flights have been canceled, and that I'm on SFO route, and that I've never been in an airline strike before, I don't know if I ought to:
1.) wait to see if the situation will be resolved in the next week
2.) if I should wait for the flight to be canceled (I can't go at another time; this is my only vacation time this year) -- and what happens if they do that?
3.) if I should use my "cancel for any reason" insurance now and rebook with another airline and lose 25% of the costs
I tried customer service and gave up after two hours on hold.
What are people doing about their flights with EVA right now?
What is EVA doing, if anything?
Is it likely to be canceled?
My spouse is not a great flier and is starting to go a little nuts over this.
Also, for anyone whose flown recently, how is the mood onboard?
Given the ongoing strike and how many flights have been canceled, and that I'm on SFO route, and that I've never been in an airline strike before, I don't know if I ought to:
1.) wait to see if the situation will be resolved in the next week
2.) if I should wait for the flight to be canceled (I can't go at another time; this is my only vacation time this year) -- and what happens if they do that?
3.) if I should use my "cancel for any reason" insurance now and rebook with another airline and lose 25% of the costs
I tried customer service and gave up after two hours on hold.
What are people doing about their flights with EVA right now?
What is EVA doing, if anything?
Is it likely to be canceled?
My spouse is not a great flier and is starting to go a little nuts over this.
Also, for anyone whose flown recently, how is the mood onboard?
Last edited by kq747; Jul 2, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Jul 2, 2019, 10:15 pm
#509
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: EK Gold, A3 *G, AB Gold, Jetblue Mosaic
Posts: 1,386