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Old Apr 28, 2014, 9:43 pm
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Originally Posted by RNE
I noticed on my UA38&39 flights in late October (and on random other dates) that seats 7D&E are always "booked." Could it be that they are not booked but blocked?
Think that's pretty standard on the 757's.
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Old Apr 29, 2014, 12:33 am
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SFO->OSL->SFO is back for $535. 10/24 to 10/27 again.
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Old Apr 29, 2014, 10:11 am
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Originally Posted by dordal
SFO->OSL->SFO is back for $535. 10/24 to 10/27 again.
Any other dates? I see it on United.com...but not on ITA.

Trying to stay longer...
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Old Apr 29, 2014, 12:31 pm
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Originally Posted by emofeng
Any other dates? I see it on United.com...but not on ITA.

Trying to stay longer...
You can try playing with the flex days feature on UA site & see what comes up. I used 7 days in OCT, & 10/8-15 & 10/22-29 both @$534 came up.
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Old Apr 29, 2014, 2:47 pm
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Originally Posted by dordal
SFO->OSL->SFO is back for $535. 10/24 to 10/27 again.
Originally Posted by emofeng
Any other dates? Trying to stay longer...
You may want to lock in what you can find—while you still can. This is a terrific deal—especially from far off SFO.
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Old May 1, 2014, 8:55 pm
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You may want to lock in what you can find—while you still can. This is a terrific deal—especially from far off SFO.
BOOKED! How do you guys feel about getting to OSL then taking a flight to Paris or Madrid. It seems cheaper that way. Just curious.
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Old May 1, 2014, 11:20 pm
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Originally Posted by emofeng
BOOKED! How do you guys feel about getting to OSL then taking a flight to Paris or Madrid. It seems cheaper that way. Just curious.
If Oslo holds little or no interest, why not use as launch point for other cities/places? Whole point of travel (other than business) is to have fun!
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Old May 2, 2014, 6:55 am
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BOOKED! How do you guys feel about getting to OSL then taking a flight to Paris or Madrid. It seems cheaper that way. Just curious.
Side trips are good ways to leverage mileage runs. But be careful when nesting itineraries on disparate airlines. If you're delayed getting back to OSL, UA won't necessarily be too sympathetic.
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Old May 2, 2014, 8:39 am
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Originally Posted by RNE
Side trips are good ways to leverage mileage runs. But be careful when nesting itineraries on disparate airlines. If you're delayed getting back to OSL, UA won't necessarily be too sympathetic.
I would be more concerned about the converse.... the probability of there being a delay on UA is greater, and the OTA may not be as lenient.

Though honestly, I'd just allow a decent connection time (several hours) and not worry about it.
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Old May 2, 2014, 9:37 am
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Originally Posted by hobo13
I would be more concerned about the converse.... the probability of there being a delay on UA is greater, and the OTA may not be as lenient.

Though honestly, I'd just allow a decent connection time (several hours) and not worry about it.

I plan on heading back to OSLO a day earlier so I should be able to make any UA delays. I do play on using Oslo as a launch point for other cities in Europe.

I'm thinking Paris and/or Madrid...however seeing as my itinerary goes from 10/22-10/29 from SFO-OSL-SFO, My Paris/Madrid time frame will be looking like 10/23-10/28. This will also be my first time to EU!
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Old May 2, 2014, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by emofeng
I plan on heading back to OSLO a day earlier so I should be able to make any UA delays. I do play on using Oslo as a launch point for other cities in Europe.
You miss the point. You need to be more careful about booking your OSL-XXX tickets because UA, especially out of EWR, is prone to delays.

OSL is an easy airport to connect in, but I would still allow extra time. (We were delayed an hour last month. Buddy delayed 30 mins this past week. It's pretty common. EWR and UA are a mess.)
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Old May 2, 2014, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by emofeng
I plan on heading back to OSLO a day earlier...
Good.

Originally Posted by emofeng
I'm thinking Paris and/or Madrid...
I'm going to take a day trip by road to small locales in Western Sweden during my 3-day stay.
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Old May 2, 2014, 7:09 pm
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I can't seem to find any availability for this except for 10/22 and 10/27. I'm searching from SFO, is there a better airport to search from, since it connects via EWR?

The price goes up flying from any other city to OSL, tried LAX/ORD.

Edit: These are other cities in the routing rules on KVS, but I'm not sure if I'm just doing it wrong
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Old May 2, 2014, 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Zatheria
I can't seem to find any availability for this except for 10/22 and 10/27. I'm searching from SFO, is there a better airport to search from, since it connects via EWR?

The price goes up flying from any other city to OSL, tried LAX/ORD.

Edit: These are other cities in the routing rules on KVS, but I'm not sure if I'm just doing it wrong
Per ITA search, available @$534 on 10/8 ex SFO, for 6 nts or 10/22 for 4 nts & that's it. This UA deal has been around since early April at varying prices but I only found it ex SFO or EWR.
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Old May 2, 2014, 10:43 pm
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Doing a quick-and-dirty google flight search (for speed, then confirming a few on united's website), I see $534 RT for departures on Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 (all Wednesdays). These are from SFO-EWR-OSL.

If departure on Oct 1: $534 return on Oct 8,13,15,20,22,27 (M/W)
If departure on Oct 8: $534 return on Oct 13,15,20,22,27, Nov 3,5,7 (M/W/F)
If departure on Oct 15: $534 return on Oct 20,22,27, Nov 3,5,7,10,12,14 (M/W/F)
If departure on Oct 22: $534 return on Oct 27, Nov 3,5,7,10,12,14,17,19,21 (M/W/F)
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