Are ORD-PEK frequencies been reduced?
Jan 20, 2020, 8:50 pm
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Are ORD-PEK frequencies been reduced?
Apology if this has been discussed.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
Jan 20, 2020, 9:49 pm
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Apology if this has been discussed.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
Jan 20, 2020, 10:23 pm
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Jan 21, 2020, 1:51 am
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Apology if this has been discussed.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
I have a business trip late in Feb IAH-ORD-PEK. UA has notified me that ORD-PEK flight has been cancelled on Saturday Feb 29, and I have been rerouted onto IAH-IAD-PEK.
I have not checked UA schedules for flight 850/851, but want check if others in the forum has heard of anything.
i am on UA850 today and Polaris was 17/50 about 24 hours before the flight and had 30 seats blocked. Y has been sold out for weeks. At check in counter earlier, I asked the agent how full the flight was, and was told the flight is oversold.
Perhaps UA is only able to sell discounted Y seats on this route.
I just landed in PEK from EWR, and it was an easy PlusPoints upgrade. PEK is a zoo, and it's all related to the New Year.
Didn't appear many business travelers at all, maybe one or two. Flight had 1 GS and a couple of 1Ks, that's it.
All people at work have already left for the holidays and aren't back until Feb 3.
I am there alone (great, as I can do a lot of work uninterrupted!
)Your Feb 29 issue is unrelated I think.
Added: oops, just noticed it's 850 you're on today, not 851. That changes my theory a bit.
Last edited by narvik; Jan 21, 2020 at 5:04 am