787 DEN-NRT Delayed Implementation?
Dec 28, 2012 | 9:21 pm
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787 DEN-NRT Delayed Implementation?
A friend and I purchased B fare tickets DEN-NRT on 4/10 and had confirmed upgrades on the 787. Everything was fine up until today...the reservation for 4/10 still says flight UA139 and confirmed in BusinessFirst (R), but there is no equipment listed and when I click on the seat change button it says "Reacommodation Pending, Try again later!" When I view it on the phone app it says DEN-NRT UA 139, with 2 stops.
Our return flight on 4/14 still shows the 787 for the equipment but I get the same message when I try and change seats. The seat assignments have disappeared for the entire round trip on both our itineraries.
Anyone else having this issue? If they're changing the equipment I'm pretty annoyed.
Our return flight on 4/14 still shows the 787 for the equipment but I get the same message when I try and change seats. The seat assignments have disappeared for the entire round trip on both our itineraries.
Anyone else having this issue? If they're changing the equipment I'm pretty annoyed.
Dec 28, 2012 | 10:02 pm
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Might just be a schedule change; they rolled one through a week ago for the 31 March flight, I believe, changing it about 30 minutes time-wise.
I'd wait until the weekend schedule changes fully propagate through the systems before worrying too much.
Might just be a schedule change; they rolled one through a week ago for the 31 March flight, I believe, changing it about 30 minutes time-wise.
I'd wait until the weekend schedule changes fully propagate through the systems before worrying too much.
Dec 28, 2012 | 10:07 pm
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Might just be a schedule change; they rolled one through a week ago for the 31 March flight, I believe, changing it about 30 minutes time-wise.
I'd wait until the weekend schedule changes fully propagate through the systems before worrying too much.
Might just be a schedule change; they rolled one through a week ago for the 31 March flight, I believe, changing it about 30 minutes time-wise.
I'd wait until the weekend schedule changes fully propagate through the systems before worrying too much.
On second thought.. I just saw another thread where a Q200 is scheduled on a TATL flight....so perhaps I should not be so concerned yet.
Dec 28, 2012 | 11:59 pm
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Won't surprise me if this is temporarily converted to a direct flight, connecting in LAX or SFO.
Dec 29, 2012 | 12:50 am
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Very Odd. I checked my June res (made yesterday) as soon as I read this post and same thing; schedule change, although no time changes -- just no longer lists equipment. I clicked accept sched change and when it refreshed it showed a 787 again. But I notice my receipt does not list equipment either -- the space is blank.
Dec 29, 2012 | 5:15 am
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Very Odd. I checked my June res (made yesterday) as soon as I read this post and same thing; schedule change, although no time changes -- just no longer lists equipment. I clicked accept sched change and when it refreshed it showed a 787 again. But I notice my receipt does not list equipment either -- the space is blank.
From the main list of your reservations page-
- Click "Add E-mail Address and Request Receipt"
- Make sure your e-mail address is listed
- Click "Submit"
- Go back to the reservation and view the e-receipt where it should now be updated (n.b. you may have to wait a minute for it to take or refresh the page a few times for it to show)
- Dump or keep the new e-mail from United
Dec 29, 2012 | 8:18 am
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Did anyone really expect the 787 to be ready to fly DEN-NRT on time? Sounds to me like UA already knows there is going to be an equip problem, just not sure how they plan to fix it yet (i would not be surprised to see a sCO 777 w a stop for a while on the DEN-NRT route)
Dec 29, 2012 | 8:25 am
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Did anyone really expect the 787 to be ready to fly DEN-NRT on time? Sounds to me like UA already knows there is going to be an equip problem, just not sure how they plan to fix it yet (i would not be surprised to see a sCO 777 w a stop for a while on the DEN-NRT route)
Dec 29, 2012 | 8:27 am
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Did anyone really expect the 787 to be ready to fly DEN-NRT on time? Sounds to me like UA already knows there is going to be an equip problem, just not sure how they plan to fix it yet (i would not be surprised to see a sCO 777 w a stop for a while on the DEN-NRT route)
Dec 29, 2012 | 8:42 am
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I still think it is a bit early to jump to conclusions on this route. There is plenty of time for things to fall into place and still plenty of time for other unexpected issues to arise.
When I booked it it said something along the lines of "pending approval". I don't even know if that approval is granted yet.
As long as I get to keep BF on any changes I am not so bothered....will catch the 787 on another route.
I for one hope they spend time to work out any kinks and not rush an aircraft into long haul service if it isn't ready.
When I booked it it said something along the lines of "pending approval". I don't even know if that approval is granted yet.
As long as I get to keep BF on any changes I am not so bothered....will catch the 787 on another route.
I for one hope they spend time to work out any kinks and not rush an aircraft into long haul service if it isn't ready.
Dec 29, 2012 | 9:46 am
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False alarm folks.. sorry for the confusion. sbm12 was absolutely right..it was just an odd display due to there being a minor schedule change. The reservations for both my friend and me returned to normal this morning including the seat assignments..and it's a 787 round trip. Flight numbers remain UA 139/138. Chalk this one up to me not being familiar with viewing schedule changes post merger while they are in progress... I have learned something new.
Nothing to see here.. perhaps the mods should just lock this up or merge it into a schedule change thread.
Nothing to see here.. perhaps the mods should just lock this up or merge it into a schedule change thread.