LAX-OGG-LAX Equipment Swap to 752 Lie Flat - Will it stick?
Jul 21, 14, 4:42 am
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Originally Posted by mduell
The usual weekend shenanigans? PS to Hawaii, Q400s across the Atlantic, etc.
Jul 21, 14, 10:40 am
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Originally Posted by chicaloca453
LOL. I'm scheduled on one of those Q400s from IAD to BRU. I'm looking forward to the 8 refueling stops on the way. :/
Jul 21, 14, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by Phil Level
I hope it turns out to be a PS bird, but my gut instinct is that it's a "Ghost in the Machine". I'm on that OGG-LAX flight on Aug 27.
It's currently showing:
Available Cabins: F1, A1, JN1, C0, D0, Z0, ZN0, P0, PN0, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y0, YN0, B0, M0, E0, U0, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0
and last time I checked seatmap there were lots of seats in the Y cabin.
During the P.S. transition, there was some buggy code going on vis-a-vis seatmaps. On one very memorable occasion, I showed up at LAX for the red-eye to JFK, and the overhead monitor was showing a plain 752. Happily, when I boarded, it was a P.S. bird.
It's currently showing:
Available Cabins: F1, A1, JN1, C0, D0, Z0, ZN0, P0, PN0, R0, RN0, IN0, I0, Y0, YN0, B0, M0, E0, U0, H0, HN0, Q0, V0, W0, S0, T0, L0, K0, G0, N0, XN0, X0
and last time I checked seatmap there were lots of seats in the Y cabin.
During the P.S. transition, there was some buggy code going on vis-a-vis seatmaps. On one very memorable occasion, I showed up at LAX for the red-eye to JFK, and the overhead monitor was showing a plain 752. Happily, when I boarded, it was a P.S. bird.
Jul 21, 14, 11:35 am
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Originally Posted by JOSECONLSCREW28
The only PS 757 that flew to Hawaii was N596UA. It did a couple of LAX - LIH - LAX trips a couple weeks back. Can't find anything about PS 757 flying DEN - OGG - DEN.
Jul 21, 14, 12:24 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
I couldn't find any either. Understandable that one could be used out of LAX or SFO to Hawaii under extenuating circumstances, but for one to find its way to Denver somehow to be used on the Maui route is a bit far-fetched. I don't think we'll get the flight dates.
Jul 21, 14, 12:32 pm
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Originally Posted by rockdoc
It was in the early part of June, or perhaps late May. I will see if I can track down the exact dates from him. He may have just gotten lucky with a swap for mechanical reasons, don't know.
Jul 21, 14, 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
There aren't p.s. planes sitting around in Denver to be used as a substitute. They normally fly exclusively between LAX/SFO and JFK. One was used out of LAX to LIH a couple of times, but I doubt your friend was on one out of Denver.
Jul 21, 14, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by rockdoc
My bad, thought friend told me he had gone to Maui, it was KOA-DEN (not OGG) on June 7/8 on the return - N598UA. This bird came in from SFO and did a DEN-KOA-DEN turn according to Flightaware.
Jul 21, 14, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by chicaloca453
LOL. I'm scheduled on one of those Q400s from IAD to BRU. I'm looking forward to the 8 refueling stops on the way. :/
Originally Posted by N1120A
Nah - you could make it with 2. It would just take a LONG time
Jul 21, 14, 5:17 pm
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
Definitely a one-off. That a/c's series of flights looks like it was used because it replaced a non-p.s. 752 that was out of service for a while. It definitely is not a regularly-scheduled a/c out of DEN. I bet when you friend bought the ticket, it was a regular 752 and by sheer luck he got the p.s.
My family and I flew DEN-KOA-DEN a few weeks ago, and no such luck; just regular 24 seat FC 757.
Aug 8, 14, 9:17 am
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Well.... 2.5 weeks since last post in this thread. Flights are still showing the PS seat map, and the F only booking class seems to have resolved. The flight we are booked on started showing Y seats available and went F7 R1 couple days ago. Yesterday it went F7 R3, and I decided to jump on those three upgrades. Now F6 R0, which seems a bit odd.
All the flights with the PS bird are #391 as best I can tell. Maybe they are taking a regular 757-200 out for maintenance, and subbing in a spare PS bird? One can hope...
All the flights with the PS bird are #391 as best I can tell. Maybe they are taking a regular 757-200 out for maintenance, and subbing in a spare PS bird? One can hope...
Aug 19, 14, 7:12 am
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It's looking like it just might stick.
Flight info for today is showing:
United Flight 391
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? Los Angeles, CA (LAX), Flight 635 Check Status
United Flight 635
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? New York, NY (JFK), Flight 445 Check Status
United Flight 445
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? San Francisco, CA (SFO), Flight 760 Check Status
Flight info for today is showing:
United Flight 391
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? Los Angeles, CA (LAX), Flight 635 Check Status
United Flight 635
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? New York, NY (JFK), Flight 445 Check Status
United Flight 445
Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 aircraft #5997
Where is this aircraft coming from? San Francisco, CA (SFO), Flight 760 Check Status
Aug 19, 14, 7:29 am
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A bunch of the p.s. birds are ETOPS-rated as they were formerly part of the subfleet of 757s used by UA for Hawaii service. If a route is presently sUA, and for various operational reasons, can't be swapped to the sCO side and also requires an ETOPS airplane, then 7 of the 16 ETOPS sUA 757s also sport the p.s. config.
It's not hard to see how such a swap could (and does) periodically happen.
It's not hard to see how such a swap could (and does) periodically happen.
Aug 19, 14, 4:03 pm
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Plenty of unassigned seats in lie-flat F for UA635 on 8/23 (9 out of 28 unassigned, which I know doesn't mean they're not sold).
But since you can't actually book the flight right now, does that suggest that the flight is indeed sold-out?
But since you can't actually book the flight right now, does that suggest that the flight is indeed sold-out?
