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danville 1K Oct 15, 2012 8:12 pm


Originally Posted by danville 1K (Post 19501621)
Didn't have the heart to tell him the monitor is a dumb terminal that displays the data fed into it. And that supposedly the entire company is using the same interface.


Originally Posted by andrewwm (Post 19501821)
Maybe yes, maybe no. I haven't looked closely at the gate displays but it's entirely possible (and, in fact, likely) that each "modern" gate display is running some type of thin client software that interfaces with SHARES, which is why the gate monitors sometimes appear to be on different points in the refresh cycle for the same flight.

That would be the exact same SHARES system which is feeding the data into the gate displays in terminals 7 & 8, where the monitors display waitlists, upgrades, etc.

Daniel-SYD Oct 15, 2012 9:41 pm

You'll know the merger is complete when you can order a burger on any United plane. That is, one way or another when they figure out how to have consistent and non-confusing branding.

GregMM Oct 16, 2012 8:29 am

I thought the lack of burgers was due to not having the heating equipment in Y on the pmUA planes. Do you expect that they'll be adding the equipment to the rest of the fleet?

koc1723 Oct 16, 2012 8:49 am


Originally Posted by 38,000feet (Post 19500945)
She was confused because the flight had a UA flight number, but was a CO 737.

There are distinct ranges of flight numbers for sUA and sCO flights.
sUA are from 200 to 999
sCO are from 0 to 199 & 1000 to 1744

That is what I am guessing what was meant.

It is also redundant to say it was a CO 737!


Originally Posted by GregMM (Post 19505178)
I thought the lack of burgers was due to not having the heating equipment in Y on the pmUA planes. Do you expect that they'll be adding the equipment to the rest of the fleet?

This was announced that they will be adding the cooking units back to the Airbus fleet. It will be done as part of various upgrades done to the Airbus fleet to get the fleet to commonality.

However, the fleet will have differences for the indefinite future. One example:
737's and domestic 757-300's will be with DTV and LiveTV wifi
Airbus fleet, 757-200's and all widebody will have wifi from panasonic

(the first A319 is out and flying with the new wifi!)

chinatraderjmr Oct 16, 2012 8:56 am


Originally Posted by koc1723 (Post 19505281)
There are distinct ranges of flight numbers for sUA and sCO flights.
sUA are from 200 to 999
sCO are from 0 to 199 & 1000 to 1744

That is what I am guessing what was meant.

It is also redundant to say it was a CO 737!

That's not exactly correct. PS flights had #'s between 0-199 (unless they changed that). UA used to have a #1 & 2 (LAX-HKG & RTW) but that's gone

Why does CO keep changing flight numbers every day on domestic flights. It's ridiculous & confusing. I used to be able to say I like UAXXX from SFO-JFK but now flight XXX operates in different routes on different days. So stupid

FriendlySkies Oct 16, 2012 9:01 am


Originally Posted by chinatraderjmr (Post 19505320)
That's not exactly correct. PS flights had #'s between 0-199 (unless they changed that). UA used to have a #1 & 2 (LAX-HKG & RTW) but that's gone

Why does CO keep changing flight numbers every day on domestic flights. It's ridiculous & confusing. I used to be able to say I like UAXXX from SFO-JFK but now flight XXX operates in different routes on different days. So stupid

It is correct since March 3rd. Unlike the past where you would take UA 1 & 2 for ORD/HNL/ORD, everything true UA has been moved into the 200-999 range. Would be interesting to know why it was done that way, and it could possibly be a question that one would ask at the ORD HQ events.

entropy Oct 16, 2012 9:46 am


It is correct since March 3rd. Unlike the past where you would take UA 1 & 2 for ORD/HNL/ORD, everything true UA has been moved into the 200-999 range. Would be interesting to know why it was done that way, and it could possibly be a question that one would ask at the ORD HQ events.
It was done because CO int'l (businessFirst) flight are 1-200 and UA's were 800-999.

KansasMike Oct 16, 2012 10:04 am


Originally Posted by HansGolden (Post 19501633)
When was the last time you flew out of ICT?

A week ago Sunday. They had separate areas for IAH checkin (one area) and for DEN/ORD (the other).

I asked when they were going to put an end to this misery and they said, "there is no date" to move everything to one concourse, common kiosks, etc.

Madone59 Oct 16, 2012 10:06 am

In SAN they have added "Newark and Houston" to the Terminal two United street sign because sCO was T2 and sUA was T1.

You wouldn't notice the writing unless you lived in SAN or drove really really slow to the airport (but who does that :D).

A few weeks ago I flew SAN-EWR a sCO route on a sUA plane, the check in agent insisted I was at the wrong terminal because of the AC, I insisted I was at the right terminal because of the destination. She need to get a supervisor to confirm what my smart phone and I already knew. I was in the right place. :rolleyes:

chinatraderjmr Oct 16, 2012 10:07 am


Originally Posted by entropy (Post 19505606)
It was done because CO int'l (businessFirst) flight are 1-200 and UA's were 800-999.

That still does not answer my question as to why CO feels it needs to use different flight numbers in different days for the same route. It's ridiculous. Other airlines including pmUA had a very simple serious of flight numbers
Flight 123 operates @ 1:00 from AAA-BBB
But CO confuses everyone w the ridiculous was they number flights
FLIGHT 123 operates from AAA-BBB on Mon, from DDD-YYY on Tues, from YYY-AAA on Weds & so on & so fourth. Gets very confusing and I doubt its necessary.

oopsz Oct 16, 2012 10:10 am


Originally Posted by Madone59 (Post 19505710)
In SAN they have added "Newark and Houston" to the Terminal two United street sign because sCO was T2 and sUA was T1.

You wouldn't notice the writing unless you lived in SAN or drove really really slow to the airport (but who does that :D).

A few weeks ago I flew SAN-EWR a sCO route on a sUA plane, the check in agent insisted I was at the wrong terminal because of the AC, I insisted I was at the right terminal because of the destination. She need to get a supervisor to confirm what my smart phone and I already knew. I was in the right place. :rolleyes:

Huh, early this year (pre 3/3) I was flying out of SAN and the sign said "Newark, Cleveland and Houston". Did they axe the CLE flight then?

PTahCha Oct 16, 2012 10:19 am


Originally Posted by chinatraderjmr (Post 19505320)
That's not exactly correct. PS flights had #'s between 0-199 (unless they changed that). UA used to have a #1 & 2 (LAX-HKG & RTW) but that's gone

Why does CO keep changing flight numbers every day on domestic flights. It's ridiculous & confusing. I used to be able to say I like UAXXX from SFO-JFK but now flight XXX operates in different routes on different days. So stupid

All p.s. flights now have flight numbers >200. The handful of flights operated by s-CO are in the 1500 range.

Madone59 Oct 16, 2012 10:48 am


Originally Posted by oopsz (Post 19505740)
Huh, early this year (pre 3/3) I was flying out of SAN and the sign said "Newark, Cleveland and Houston". Did they axe the CLE flight then?

CLE (non-stop) is seasonal, the sign has already changed back. It's the little things that make you wonder huh?

uastarflyer Oct 16, 2012 11:58 am


Originally Posted by koc1723 (Post 19505281)
(the first A319 is out and flying with the new wifi!)

Will it still have free IFE (movies/TV loops) on drop-down screens?

38,000feet Oct 16, 2012 12:16 pm


Originally Posted by koc1723 (Post 19505281)
There are distinct ranges of flight numbers for sUA and sCO flights.
sUA are from 200 to 999
sCO are from 0 to 199 & 1000 to 1744

That is what I am guessing what was meant.

Aha. You're right. Flight number was 104. Perhaps she thought that all one to three digit flights were UA. Regardless it is interesting to me that opening and closing codes are different. I wonder how long that will remain.


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