Can't log into UA site (site back up @ ~1:08pm CST 7/17/12)
Jul 17, 2012, 11:32 am
#79
Join Date: May 2000
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posts: 1,960
The last thing I did was look for South African flights between JNB and Kruger National Park. At first, it showed the airport. Then it refused to admit there was an airport (MQP), and then it refused to let me in due to "maintenance". It's business hours here in America. What ARE they thinking?
Jul 17, 2012, 11:35 am
#82
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West Coast
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 264
It's not an update. The site bombed, bad. Updates would happen at 2am on a saturday or something. This is what happens when you roll the dice on low cost IT. Smisek just crapped out.
Jul 17, 2012, 11:36 am
#83
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: UA Gold-MM, AA Gold-MM, F9-Silver, Hyatt Something, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,393
Seriously, I want some speculation on what this costs them per minute of downtime. Most companies have a figure for that sort of thing, right?
Jul 17, 2012, 11:39 am
#84
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 21,606
Jul 17, 2012, 11:40 am
#86
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Moreland Hills (CLE)
Programs: Over-entitled UA 1.3MM Gold, AA Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott L-T Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 5,521
Jul 17, 2012, 11:41 am
#89
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 43
The entire website down for about an hour (and still down) in the middle of business hours?
I'm pretty sure they lost more money from this crash than that 4 miles HKG fare fiasco.