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Nov 12, 2008 | 7:00 am
#46
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My UA experiences as of late have all been jam-packed in Y (as they announce it on every flight onboard, too)....on the plane and in the gate area. No one is a happy camper in that UA wing of the airport, it seems! That, and every single leg of every UA flight I've flown has been delayed. Most of mine have been near cross country... SLC-DCA.
F9 this weekend was pretty average...an empty seat in nearly every row. It was enjoyable, for sure.
I have mixed feelings on empty flights. Love the extra room, but I'm a fan of taking bumps
F9 this weekend was pretty average...an empty seat in nearly every row. It was enjoyable, for sure.
I have mixed feelings on empty flights. Love the extra room, but I'm a fan of taking bumps
Nov 12, 2008 | 7:13 am
#47
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MCO - MDW - OMA - MDW - MCO on WN
My Monday morning MCO - MDW - OMA and return Thursday afternoon have been over 80% full on WN. The seat gods have been good to me though I have had an empty middle seat about 50% of the time. The OMA - MDW and MDW - OMA legs are almost always completely full. I did notice a lull in late September and early October (to/from MCO) presumably because parents didn't want to take the kids out of school at the beginning of the school year.
Nov 12, 2008 | 7:26 am
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Nov 13, 2008 | 2:44 pm
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Nov 13, 2008 | 6:13 pm
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Nov 13, 2008 | 7:31 pm
#54
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i was on a southwest flight sfo-lax on monday morning and it was less than half full. saturday morning on AA from lax-sfo coach was entirely full with 2 seats left in first. why is southwest doing so poorly on this route?
Nov 15, 2008 | 5:53 pm
#55
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My intra - TX CO flights in Oct and Nov have been about 80% full. Of course, there were a lot of empty seats in Sept after hurricane Ike.
Nov 15, 2008 | 6:19 pm
#56
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Lots of full/oversold flights between SEA and SJC this weekend, many almost completely full flights on the return next week.
You'd think on a nerd-heavy route such as this that people would be doing a lot more video conferencing these days instead of flying.
As with others here, it's been years since I've seen an empty row in a plane. I think it's been about that long since I've seen an empty middle seat too!
You'd think on a nerd-heavy route such as this that people would be doing a lot more video conferencing these days instead of flying.
As with others here, it's been years since I've seen an empty row in a plane. I think it's been about that long since I've seen an empty middle seat too!
Nov 17, 2008 | 9:41 am
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I had generally the same experience as the OP last week. Flight from LGA-ORD was only 1/2 full. Same for flight from ORD to YEG. YEG to DEN was completely full, but DEN to LGA was only 1/2 full.
Given the length of most of those flights, I was very happy for the extra space.
Given the length of most of those flights, I was very happy for the extra space.
Nov 17, 2008 | 1:25 pm
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I did a JFK/MIA/SJU MR Saturday on AA. Primarily huge leisure routes. All flights were said to be nearly full (FA announced to that effect but I was in F.) The slowdown in the economy does not appear to have hit leisure travel, YET. (Next year will probably be a totally different story.)
Nov 17, 2008 | 2:02 pm
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I did a JFK/MIA/SJU MR Saturday on AA. Primarily huge leisure routes. All flights were said to be nearly full (FA announced to that effect but I was in F.) The slowdown in the economy does not appear to have hit leisure travel, YET. (Next year will probably be a totally different story.)