empty empty empty-my recent flights are empty
Nov 6, 2008 | 10:25 am
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empty empty empty-my recent flights are empty
3 in a row, and i know it is scattered and random, but boy they are really quiet in Y, and i asked an FA and she said last 3 weeks, biz has fallen off in Y dramatically
Nov 6, 2008 | 10:55 am
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Nov 6, 2008 | 10:56 am
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Nov 6, 2008 | 11:08 am
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For me (usually 2 to 3 UAL flights a week), it's been a weirdly disproportionate full/emptiness.
On long haul domestic/cross country, regular economy is packed to the freaking gills, and Economy Plus less than 1/2 full.
On short haul, the flights are less full, and Economy+ is vacant.
Routinely now they have a senior gate agent come on board to try to upsell, usually after several people get pissed off after being told they can't move up to the nice empty seats up front without paying more.
On long haul domestic/cross country, regular economy is packed to the freaking gills, and Economy Plus less than 1/2 full.
On short haul, the flights are less full, and Economy+ is vacant.
Routinely now they have a senior gate agent come on board to try to upsell, usually after several people get pissed off after being told they can't move up to the nice empty seats up front without paying more.
Nov 6, 2008 | 11:09 am
#10
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Haven't flown UA in a few weeks but my recent TPE-BKK roundtrip on TG was very quiet.
The return - everybody had a row of 3 to themselves in Y and the back section was completely empty - probably a load of <10% in Y.
I have several UA flights booked between now and March, mostly international, and the seatmaps look very sparse (I am the only seat in C assigned trans-pacific both directions for example)
Yes I know seatmaps don't tell the whole story but I have never seen them so empty...
The return - everybody had a row of 3 to themselves in Y and the back section was completely empty - probably a load of <10% in Y.
I have several UA flights booked between now and March, mostly international, and the seatmaps look very sparse (I am the only seat in C assigned trans-pacific both directions for example)
Yes I know seatmaps don't tell the whole story but I have never seen them so empty...
Nov 6, 2008 | 11:19 am
#12
Join Date: Jan 2008
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My flights last weekend were all full, with one even at the point of asking for volunteers, and actually IDBing people. Also, I have several Y class flights booked for later this month, and one of them looks full, and one is currently at all 0's except for Y1 B1.
Nov 6, 2008 | 11:23 am
#13
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October trip to Asia, all flights FULL in all classes (they took 1 VDB on my HKG-SFO flight). SFO-ORD was full in F, I think a handful of empties in Y, but not many. Even my MBS-ORD-MBS flights were mostly full, just 3-4 empty seats on a CRJ--lucky me, I got one of the empties next to me both times.
