Thanksgiving travel week begins for UA travelers ...
Nov 27, 2014, 9:08 am
#106
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Nov 30, 2014, 1:57 pm
#108
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Sitting at the SFO club (old domestic) and watching the departures from the 10s and arrivals on the 19s. The rain has stopped and things look ok for the most part for mainline and a mess for Express flights.
Traffic into the airport was pretty congested, so I am glad we arrived early. PreCheck and Clear had no wait.
Traffic into the airport was pretty congested, so I am glad we arrived early. PreCheck and Clear had no wait.
Nov 30, 2014, 2:37 pm
#110
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cape Cod MA
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Sitting at the SFO club (old domestic) and watching the departures from the 10s and arrivals on the 19s. The rain has stopped and things look ok for the most part for mainline and a mess for Express flights.
Traffic into the airport was pretty congested, so I am glad we arrived early. PreCheck and Clear had no wait.
Traffic into the airport was pretty congested, so I am glad we arrived early. PreCheck and Clear had no wait.
Nov 30, 2014, 3:08 pm
#112
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i expect T/W to be worse than today in terms of delays at SFO, as that will be a stronger storm with deeper moisture (more rain) and stronger winds per the forecast as of now.
47 and light rain here in the foothills now. Snow levels headed up to Tahoe are about 5000' or so.
Nov 30, 2014, 11:16 pm
#113
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: East Coast, USA
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Thanks again UA, for letting me change to direct flight home rather than having me connect through SFO. If I'm still on my original itinerary, I'm still not at home!
(I have posted on another thread thanking UA/DL/AA for the weather waiver on the way out, day before thanksgiving).
(I have posted on another thread thanking UA/DL/AA for the weather waiver on the way out, day before thanksgiving).
Dec 1, 2014, 9:16 am
#114
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
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A few adventures flying home LAX-DEN on Saturday:
I was scheduled for a 4 p.m. LAX-DEN on Friday, but I used same-day change. Since I had sprung for P class months earlier, I had quite a few choices, all in C and F. Chose LAX-SFO-DEN at 8:20 on Saturday morning, with a C seat on UA223 SFO-DEN on a 777. I was delighted to receive an upgrade message on Saturday morning. Sweet - seat 2A in Global First!
Sadly, SFO was under flow control that day and UA1761 LAX-SFO was delayed, then delayed more by a mechanical problem. I had a good backup, though, as UA750 LAX-DEN at 10:45 a.m. was also a 777. I got 6J in business, but wound up number four on the CPU list. UA1761 arrived at 11:49 a.m. (SFO-DEN was at 11:05 a.m.) and I would have misconnected, so I made the right choice.
Many, many upgrades at the gate. The agents seemed stressed out - at one point, the agent said over the PA: "If you are waiting for an upgrade, please don't approach the counter; board and we will come and get you at your seat and move you up . . . so either board or stay out."
It was a fun flight - only 1:38 in the air with a great tail wind. The crew hustled and served us our lunch (no choice in C, but the chicken wrap with onion soup was tasty) quickly. I miss widebodies from DEN to the West Coast.
I was scheduled for a 4 p.m. LAX-DEN on Friday, but I used same-day change. Since I had sprung for P class months earlier, I had quite a few choices, all in C and F. Chose LAX-SFO-DEN at 8:20 on Saturday morning, with a C seat on UA223 SFO-DEN on a 777. I was delighted to receive an upgrade message on Saturday morning. Sweet - seat 2A in Global First!
Sadly, SFO was under flow control that day and UA1761 LAX-SFO was delayed, then delayed more by a mechanical problem. I had a good backup, though, as UA750 LAX-DEN at 10:45 a.m. was also a 777. I got 6J in business, but wound up number four on the CPU list. UA1761 arrived at 11:49 a.m. (SFO-DEN was at 11:05 a.m.) and I would have misconnected, so I made the right choice.
Many, many upgrades at the gate. The agents seemed stressed out - at one point, the agent said over the PA: "If you are waiting for an upgrade, please don't approach the counter; board and we will come and get you at your seat and move you up . . . so either board or stay out."
It was a fun flight - only 1:38 in the air with a great tail wind. The crew hustled and served us our lunch (no choice in C, but the chicken wrap with onion soup was tasty) quickly. I miss widebodies from DEN to the West Coast.