Classic Southwest: TUL-DEN-RNO-LAS-STL-BNA-BWI-CMH
Nov 30, 2019, 10:55 am
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Classic Southwest: TUL-DEN-RNO-LAS-STL-BNA-BWI-CMH
Tomorrow’s WN 5563 is s 7-legged hop, going TUL-DEN-RNO-LAS-STL-BNA-BWI-CMH.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...235Z/KTUL/KDEN
Haven’t seen one quote this crazy in a long time....
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...235Z/KTUL/KDEN
Haven’t seen one quote this crazy in a long time....
Nov 30, 2019, 11:32 am
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Did you book it? I can not find that on WN site.
Or were you just pointing out the day this particular plane has?
I wonder what is the most legs a single WN jet flies on one day.
Or were you just pointing out the day this particular plane has?
I wonder what is the most legs a single WN jet flies on one day.
Nov 30, 2019, 2:06 pm
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I think we have had threads on the longest single flight number route, but not the longest route, in a day.
A plane keeps the same flight number as long as in any given aaa-bbb-ccc along the route, aaa-ccc is bookable.
A plane keeps the same flight number as long as in any given aaa-bbb-ccc along the route, aaa-ccc is bookable.
Nov 30, 2019, 9:14 pm
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I am on one of the legs in the middle, purely by coincidence. Was just quite surprised by the flight schedule.
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Dec 1, 2019, 6:47 am
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I am on one of the legs in the middle, purely by coincidence. Was just quite surprised by the flight schedule.
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Dec 1, 2019, 3:17 pm
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Nothing special with this route, there are countless planes doing lots of legs each day on one flight number.
Heck, just plug in WN1 today and it does DAL-HOU-JAX-BWI-CLE-BNA-DEN.
I've seen 10 before, with the plane doing mostly intra California flying all day.
Heck, just plug in WN1 today and it does DAL-HOU-JAX-BWI-CLE-BNA-DEN.
I've seen 10 before, with the plane doing mostly intra California flying all day.
Dec 1, 2019, 3:41 pm
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I am on one of the legs in the middle, purely by coincidence. Was just quite surprised by the flight schedule.
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Seems if they were to break these 7 hops into 2-3 smaller trips it buys them more flexibility in case of IRROPS.
Mostly a novelty for me though. It will be interesting to see how close to schedule they are by hop #7 ...
Dec 1, 2019, 4:19 pm
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Dec 1, 2019, 5:56 pm
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You are exactly right. With or without a different Flight number does not matter. I am thinking one flight number helps them keep track of 4.000 flights a day with 700 planes.
Dec 1, 2019, 10:25 pm
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Dec 2, 2019, 6:50 am
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Yup. Happened to me as a thru on an Oct flight through BNA. My only issue with it was that they allowed the pre-boarders on the new plane before the thrus. I don't think that is right as the thrus would already be on the plane without the swap, so thru pax just got "down-graded". Didn't affect me as I was headed to exit row where pre-boards can't go, but if I wanted a bulkhead or something, my "thru" advantage was just given away.
Dec 2, 2019, 6:57 am
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Tomorrow’s WN 5563 is s 7-legged hop, going TUL-DEN-RNO-LAS-STL-BNA-BWI-CMH.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...235Z/KTUL/KDEN
Haven’t seen one quote this crazy in a long time....
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...235Z/KTUL/KDEN
Haven’t seen one quote this crazy in a long time....
Dec 2, 2019, 8:29 am
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Yup. Happened to me as a thru on an Oct flight through BNA. My only issue with it was that they allowed the pre-boarders on the new plane before the thrus. I don't think that is right as the thrus would already be on the plane without the swap, so thru pax just got "down-graded". Didn't affect me as I was headed to exit row where pre-boards can't go, but if I wanted a bulkhead or something, my "thru" advantage was just given away.
And, you just pointed out one of the reasons they do pre-boarders first in these situations. This allows the crew to KNOW who is pre-board and keep them from sitting in exit rows. They always tell the first "regular" passenger to notify the flight crew that preboarding has ended.
Also, allows them to manage the wheelchair stuff a bit easier.
Dec 2, 2019, 10:55 pm
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I know that soon after Southwest came to Chicago, they had a sale where all 4-stops were $49. I remember that another graduate student did MDW-OAK via something like STL, HOU, ELP, and maybe LAS.
Dec 3, 2019, 9:23 pm
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And, you just pointed out one of the reasons they do pre-boarders first in these situations. This allows the crew to KNOW who is pre-board and keep them from sitting in exit rows. They always tell the first "regular" passenger to notify the flight crew that preboarding has ended.
Also, allows them to manage the wheelchair stuff a bit easier.
Also, allows them to manage the wheelchair stuff a bit easier.