New Future Flight Status Tool (presently non-operative)
May 14, 2017, 12:55 am
#46
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,117
"Get Flight Status" just does nothing.
Tried on both Chrome (desktop and mobile) and Edge.
Nada.
May 14, 2017, 1:19 am
#47
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Just tried it on FF and works fine.
May 14, 2017, 9:23 am
#48
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1.6MM
Posts: 21
It had been working for me until Friday May 12. Yesterday it started not to work. I tried Firefox, Chrome, IE, iPhone. No response after clicking "Get Flight Status".
May 14, 2017, 9:35 am
#49
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1k MM, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 256
Same, working fine all year on Chrome, stopped working Friday. Weekend glitch I hope.
May 14, 2017, 10:04 am
#51
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Working for me using Safari on a random date choice of May 25th
May 14, 2017, 12:45 pm
#53
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May 14, 2017, 2:40 pm
#54
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
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Guess this may have to do something will the scripting code.
Are the working cases on Apple OS?
On a PC/W10 & FF, with Inspect Element on, give the following
Don't see "oldCookieValue" in the source code.
On PC/W10 & IE with Inspect Element, get
On PC/W10 and Chrome
IANHSC (I am not a HTML script coder)
Are the working cases on Apple OS?
On a PC/W10 & FF, with Inspect Element on, give the following
TypeError: oldCookieValue is undefined[Learn More]
On PC/W10 & IE with Inspect Element, get
SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'indexOf' of undefined or null reference
united.js (28,8)
united.js (28,8)
favicon.ico Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)
united.js:28 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
at flightStatus (united.js:28)
at HTMLInputElement.onclick (VM43 united:53)
united.js:28 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
at flightStatus (united.js:28)
at HTMLInputElement.onclick (VM43 united:53)
Last edited by WineCountryUA; May 14, 2017 at 2:49 pm Reason: Other browser data
May 14, 2017, 2:49 pm
#55
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 622
Working fine for me today, PC running Windows 10 and using Firefox. If on mobile, the cablepick site still works but the United site breaks, particularly after trying to switch from the amenities to the upgrade list tab. It's possible some older version of the united.js is cached on my PC, though it does still work in a new private browsing window, so that seems unlikely.
May 14, 2017, 3:36 pm
#56
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: In between IAD and DCA
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Love it! Thank you!
May 14, 2017, 4:57 pm
#57
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: LAX, EWR, LHR
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 227
The javascript code that sets the cookie was checking for the existence of the cookie and if it could not find it then it would create one. Problem seemed to be that it always thought the cookie existed. Changing the check on line 24 if (oldCookieValue == '') to if (oldCookieValue == null) seems to have solved the problem I hope. oldCookieValue is defined on line 21 and its the previous cookie values. Line 31 appends the new search values to the cookie.
I'm sure sure why it decided to break after a year... Luckily my day job has nothing to do with IT or web design.
May 14, 2017, 5:06 pm
#58
Moderator: United Airlines
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May 14, 2017, 5:28 pm
#59
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57,605
Cleaned the old cookies on Chrome and Safari. Works fine now on Safari, on Chrome I get the UA page but it can't find the flight.
May 14, 2017, 6:54 pm
#60
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1k MM, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 256
Thanks for the input; cleared cookies,deleted old Java Script and installed new version.
Working as normal!
Working as normal!