Nov 20, 2016, 11:21 am
Last edit by: Juventini
United to retire 747 by end of 2017
Current scheduled 747 routes
Currently 14 left, retirement plan as follows(updated Aug 2017):
N127UA Owned - Exit 15-Aug-17 Age 18.0
N181UA Lease -01-Nov-17 -Exit 15-Oct-17 Lease return Age 26.0
N117UA Owned - Exit 30-Oct-17 Age 18.8
N174UA Lease- 09-Dec-17 Exit 30-Oct-17 Lease return Age 27.8
N105UA Lease- 09-Dec-17 Exit 01-Nov-17 Lease return Age 23.4
N107UA Lease- 01-Jun-18 Exit 01-Nov-17 Lease return Age 19.2
N175UA Owned - Exit 01-Nov-17 Age 27.2
N116UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 18.9
N118UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 18.7
N128UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 17.5
N119UA Owned - Exit 20-Nov-17 Age 18.7
N121UA Owned - Exit 20-Nov-17 Age 18.6
N178UA Lease - 01-May-18 Exit 20-Nov-17 Lease return Age 27.1
N180UA Owned - 20-Nov-17 Age 26.3
See details at United Fleet Site.
Current scheduled 747 routes
Currently 14 left, retirement plan as follows(updated Aug 2017):
N127UA Owned - Exit 15-Aug-17 Age 18.0
N181UA Lease -01-Nov-17 -Exit 15-Oct-17 Lease return Age 26.0
N117UA Owned - Exit 30-Oct-17 Age 18.8
N174UA Lease- 09-Dec-17 Exit 30-Oct-17 Lease return Age 27.8
N105UA Lease- 09-Dec-17 Exit 01-Nov-17 Lease return Age 23.4
N107UA Lease- 01-Jun-18 Exit 01-Nov-17 Lease return Age 19.2
N175UA Owned - Exit 01-Nov-17 Age 27.2
N116UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 18.9
N118UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 18.7
N128UA Owned - Exit 10-Nov-17 Age 17.5
N119UA Owned - Exit 20-Nov-17 Age 18.7
N121UA Owned - Exit 20-Nov-17 Age 18.6
N178UA Lease - 01-May-18 Exit 20-Nov-17 Lease return Age 27.1
N180UA Owned - 20-Nov-17 Age 26.3
See details at United Fleet Site.
UA to pilots: We're considering retiring all 747s by end of 2018 (Phaseout EOY 2017).
Apr 26, 2017, 10:40 pm
#601
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when will the SFO-PVG and PVG-SFO 747 be retired?
Apr 27, 2017, 8:55 am
#603
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Maybe someone already posted the schedule. This is as of last time I checked a few weeks ago. (Sorry, when this posted, it was a nice chart...now it is all jumbled together)
Outbound Return Replaced by
HKG 25-Mar Polaris
PVG 4-Oct 6-Oct Dreamliner
PEK 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
TPE 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
NRT 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 2pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 7pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
ICN 28-Oct 29-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
Outbound Return Replaced by
HKG 25-Mar Polaris
PVG 4-Oct 6-Oct Dreamliner
PEK 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
TPE 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
NRT 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 2pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 7pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
ICN 28-Oct 29-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
Apr 27, 2017, 9:23 am
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So there's still time to burn GPUs to global first.
Apr 27, 2017, 9:44 am
#605
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Maybe someone already posted the schedule. This is as of last time I checked a few weeks ago. (Sorry, when this posted, it was a nice chart...now it is all jumbled together)
Outbound Return Replaced by
HKG 25-Mar Polaris
PVG 4-Oct 6-Oct Dreamliner
PEK 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
TPE 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
NRT 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 2pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 7pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
ICN 28-Oct 29-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
Outbound Return Replaced by
HKG 25-Mar Polaris
PVG 4-Oct 6-Oct Dreamliner
PEK 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
TPE 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
NRT 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 2pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 7pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
ICN 28-Oct 29-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
Apr 27, 2017, 10:24 am
#606
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Strangely I will have travelled on UA's 747s more this year than ever before as they have been concentrated much more on the routes I fly.
Apr 29, 2017, 1:18 am
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Outbound Return Replaced by
HKG 25-Mar Polaris
PVG 4-Oct 6-Oct Dreamliner
PEK 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
TPE 26-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777
NRT 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 2pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
FRA 7pm 27-Oct 28-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
ICN 28-Oct 29-Oct United 3 class 777 (Returns same day as arrival)
May 21, 2017, 12:49 am
#608
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Looks like the dates of the final flights have changed. I was to fly at end of OCT to TPE. Was a 747. Now a 777.
May 21, 2017, 1:01 am
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http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.c...77-300-taipei/
May 21, 2017, 1:04 am
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SFO/TPE (UA 871/872) - Starting August 1, reverts to 3-class 772 on March 24, 2018
May 22, 2017, 10:27 am
#611
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I have an upcoming direct LX 777 J award flight. I now see GF availability (one stop in FRA) on a UA 747, seat 2k. 10k more miles, is it worth it to experience GF in a 747 at least once?
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
May 22, 2017, 10:34 am
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I have an upcoming direct LX 777 J award flight. I now see GF availability (one stop in FRA) on a UA 747, seat 2k. 10k more miles, is it worth it to experience GF in a 747 at least once?
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
May 22, 2017, 10:39 am
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I have an upcoming direct LX 777 J award flight. I now see GF availability (one stop in FRA) on a UA 747, seat 2k. 10k more miles, is it worth it to experience GF in a 747 at least once?
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
To my mind, the food, the wine and the service are all far superior on LX. But the UA GF bed is better than the LX J bed, and the UA J bed is not dissimilar. So, in my book, if it's a day flight it would be better in both circumstances to fly LX, whereas I'd probably go with UA for a night flight (either in F for the better bed, or in J for the Upper Deck and spending fewer miles).
May 22, 2017, 11:45 am
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May 22, 2017, 5:48 pm
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I have an upcoming direct LX 777 J award flight. I now see GF availability (one stop in FRA) on a UA 747, seat 2k. 10k more miles, is it worth it to experience GF in a 747 at least once?
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...
I feel like I'd be more tempted by the UD, but there's none of that available for when I'm travelling. That said I've never flown LX, whereas I've flown the 747 UD on other airlines...