2nd daily UA IAH-NRT? (UA back to 1 flight Jan-31-15, ANA Starting 77W in June 2015)
Dec 11, 2014, 7:45 am
#106
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Dec 11, 2014, 7:49 am
#107
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Good news. Although curious about timing, westbound. My next summer UA7 departs IAH at 10:50 and NH173 departs only 30 mins later (11:20). Oh well. If by any chance I miss a connection at IAH, may be they'll put me on an ANA flight (I'm booked in J, so hope NH J is acceptable if that happens).
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomidation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomidation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
Dec 11, 2014, 7:52 am
#108
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Dec 11, 2014, 7:52 am
#109
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Good news. Although curious about timing, westbound. My next summer UA7 departs IAH at 10:50 and NH173 departs only 30 mins later (11:20). Oh well. If by any chance I miss a connection at IAH, may be they'll put me on an ANA flight (I'm booked in J, so hope NH J is acceptable if that happens).
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomidation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomidation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
TOKYO, December 11, 2014 –ANA, Japan’s leading airline, is to launch a new route from Narita to Houston, the capital of the US oil and energy industry, from June next year as part of an expansion of its network between the Americas and the growing Asian market.
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With the effect that this rapid and ongoing collapse in crude prices is and will continue to have on the Houston economy, I wouldn't bet on that service being there next summer.
Dec 11, 2014, 8:24 am
#110
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Good news. Although curious about timing, westbound. My next summer UA7 departs IAH at 10:50 and NH173 departs only 30 mins later (11:20). Oh well. If by any chance I miss a connection at IAH, may be they'll put me on an ANA flight (I'm booked in J, so hope NH J is acceptable if that happens).
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomodation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
EDIT: Looks like the bird is the one with all-aisle access in J, in which case I'll be fine with reaccomodation. Although still makes me wonder if this could be a "replacement" flight for UA7.
will remain to be seen if this improves connectivity into IAH for outbound NRT with the later departure.
Dec 11, 2014, 8:23 pm
#113
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We were supposed to travel IAH-ORD-NRT with ORD-NRT in NH F on September 26 until that the fire happened and wrecker our plans (not much flexibility), so we postponed until April 2015 now going directly IAH-NRT on UA7 in J (SLIGHT downgrade from NH F 
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So I suppose we should be grateful we had rebooked on UA7 instead of UA1 but really wish ANA would've started their service a few months sooner
).So I suppose we should be grateful we had rebooked on UA7 instead of UA1 but really wish ANA would've started their service a few months sooner
Dec 14, 2014, 1:28 pm
#114
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Dec 17, 2014, 2:34 am
#116
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I'll take that bet; Houston's economy runs on a lot more than energy now. 1982 was a long time ago.
Dec 17, 2014, 7:31 pm
#118
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Dec 17, 2014, 7:51 pm
#119
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If this makes it easier for GPUs to clear on UA7, then it's a big ^ for me. UA7 is tough to score an upgrade on, especially on Sat/Sun departures.
Dec 17, 2014, 9:34 pm
#120
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It's been like this for a lonnnnnnng time. I remember myself being on the UG list and not clearing until 26 hours before the flight - I was even Presidnetial Platinum at that time. Must be good returns on this flight!