What is midnight?
Sep 11, 2013 | 10:46 am
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What is midnight?
"We will hold this reservation until midnight Thu., Sep. 12, 2013 in Beijing, People's Republic of China (PEK - Capital)."
Is that 11:59:59pm Wednesday or 11:59:59pm Thursday?
Is that 11:59:59pm Wednesday or 11:59:59pm Thursday?
Sep 11, 2013 | 10:48 am
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Sep 11, 2013 | 10:52 am
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Sep 11, 2013 | 12:00 pm
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I'm on EST (Washington) and had an held itin disappear from my itins at 00h01 EST but when I typed the confirmation number directly into .sux (no mention of my account number) - I still saw the reservation....until 01h00 EST (so, midnight Central).
I've always noticed the wording at the top of the reservation and how it says held until [seemingly] the Initial Departure City's Local Time at Midnight...but i'm not certain it really works that way...
Just another mystery here at COdbaUA it seems!
-jeremy
Sep 11, 2013 | 3:23 pm
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Sep 11, 2013 | 3:33 pm
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UA should know better.
Sep 11, 2013 | 3:39 pm
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This. And if any fare rules come into effect they expire at midnight central (for example if you hold a fare that requires a 7 day advanced purchase, 7 days expires when it become less than 7 at midnight central time - I had an issue that involved that detail a couple of weeks ago where it got submitted by my company TA after midnight central and therefore would not ticket because the 7 day fare had expired)
Sep 11, 2013 | 4:07 pm
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My pet peeve is when I get something referring to, say, "7PM EST" in the middle of the summer. Do they mean EST? Or EDT? Are they somewhere where they don't observe daylight time?
Sep 11, 2013 | 4:29 pm
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Same time zone, assuming that Texas and Illinois follow the same daylight savings time dates.
My pet peeve is when I get something referring to, say, "7PM EST" in the middle of the summer. Do they mean EST? Or EDT? Are they somewhere where they don't observe daylight time?
My pet peeve is when I get something referring to, say, "7PM EST" in the middle of the summer. Do they mean EST? Or EDT? Are they somewhere where they don't observe daylight time?
Sep 11, 2013 | 4:57 pm
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This thread is making me very pleased to have made the decision to post the business hours on my company's web site as 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM - Central Time Zone.