Dec 25, 2015, 10:45 am
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earlier thread, pre-merger -- ABE to EWR bus service questions [threads merged]
Questions on the ABE-EWR bus service segment (ABE-EWR-XXX)
May 12, 2019, 4:35 pm
#46
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
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I am looking at a flight from PBI - EWR - ABE. It is about 1 hour lay over in EWR to catch the bus to ABE. Is this enough time? What happens if teh flight PBI - EWR is delayed? Do they have the bus waiting (probably not!!), or where can I find the schedule for the next bus in case flight got delayed, and bus left already!
Thanks.
Thanks.
Not sure how they handle this, but I've had UA organize & pay for a taxi on the flight AVP-EWR a few years back when there was an issue with that flight.
Hopefully someone with specific knowledge can give you a better answer...
Jun 7, 2019, 5:47 am
#47
Join Date: Dec 2013
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I'm close to pulling the trigger to get 3 out of 4 of my segments in for 2020 (in January). Could you (doubly) confirm if ABE - EWR counts as one of the four yearly United segments for status qualification? All signs point to yes, but I don't want to bother with creative routing just to miss out on a segment.
Jun 7, 2019, 6:16 am
#48
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I'm close to pulling the trigger to get 3 out of 4 of my segments in for 2020 (in January). Could you (doubly) confirm if ABE - EWR counts as one of the four yearly United segments for status qualification? All signs point to yes, but I don't want to bother with creative routing just to miss out on a segment.
unts as a UA segment just like any other United or United Express segment counts.
Aug 19, 2019, 9:23 am
#49
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 53
) --> EWR --> IAD --> FRA (LH) --> MUC in January to get 3/4 of my yearly United segments in. Being a foreign MP member can make those segments a bit tricky to nail down!
Jan 8, 2020, 3:24 pm
#50
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: ORD
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I just took my first ORD-EWR-ABE trip for the year on 1/6 and noticed that the EWR-ABE bus segment earned PQP as expected but did not earn any PQF. I'm on this flight every week, and it was earning PQS pre-1/1/2020. The new Premier Status Qualification page defines a PQF as "a takeoff and landing — no more fare class multipliers and confusing segment math", so perhaps this means the end of segment credit for the bus?
Jan 8, 2020, 5:49 pm
#51
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 237
Not true on 2 levels: You do NOT go through security at ABE - the bus picks you up at the upper level curb outside of the UA check-in desk. Therefore it is not possible to drop you inside security at EWR. The confusion might be that the bus departs EWR from inside security. It's a small bus and they load you pretty close to scheduled departure time. You are dropped at the regular passenger drop curb at EWR, similar to a shuttle bus from a hotel. I took it in both directions several times last year, most recent in Nov, including that 5:00 flight. I never had a problem with traffic - it runs on time or slightly early. There is free wifi on the bus.
UA 3662 Newark departure gate: see ticket counter
If the bus goes airside EWR-ABE, I see a slight risk in security. Maybe someone will hide something in the bus. Unlikely to be exploited, though.
Jan 8, 2020, 8:04 pm
#52
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: UA MM
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It leaves EWR airside. It doesn’t arrive ABE airside.
Jan 9, 2020, 6:14 am
#53
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 53
I just took my first ORD-EWR-ABE trip for the year on 1/6 and noticed that the EWR-ABE bus segment earned PQP as expected but did not earn any PQF. I'm on this flight every week, and it was earning PQS pre-1/1/2020. The new Premier Status Qualification page defines a PQF as "a takeoff and landing — no more fare class multipliers and confusing segment math", so perhaps this means the end of segment credit for the bus?
I hope to find time to ring United and see if it would qualify as a PQF too, because it doesn't make sense.
Jan 9, 2020, 9:00 am
#54
Join Date: Sep 2014
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There also may be a security sweep before the bus goes airside, though probably not one strict enough to catch your tweezers or whatever.
Jan 10, 2020, 10:31 am
#57
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Similar to baggage handlers, cleaning crews, fueling crews, drivers of airside shuttles, etc. They don't get screened on a daily basis, though they do go through background checks and get screened randomly.
Jan 15, 2020, 6:19 am
#58
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Jan 15, 2020, 4:38 pm
#60
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r elites are usually at the 500 mile minimum IIRC