New Future Flight Status Tool (presently non-operative)
May 14, 2017, 7:20 pm
#61
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Could you add input type="number" to the HTML for the flight number field? This will show a numeric keyboard on iOS and Android devices.
May 14, 2017, 9:30 pm
#62
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May 15, 2017, 8:09 am
#63
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Location: SFO
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Works well again. Thanks. The problem happened after I removed all the cookies and caches while fixing a malware issue, which matches your diagnostics.
Aug 17, 2017, 9:13 pm
#64
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Tool was working fine earlier today, but now I am getting "could not process your request" on .bomb flight status page.
Still the same after clearing browsing history & cookies on Google.
Still the same after clearing browsing history & cookies on Google.
Aug 17, 2017, 9:36 pm
#66
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NYC and SFO
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Code:
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/flightstatus/results.aspx?FLN=1885&FLD=4/28/2016&FSO=EWR&FSD=SFO
Code:
FLN=1885&FLD=4/28/2016&FSO=EWR&FSD=SFO
On a similar note, from the "Manage Reservations" page one can copy the URL for a given reservation, to use later. The "CN" field is critical. My travel spreadsheet synthesizes these links for each of my reservations, from the CN field and the confirmation code. A different script opens all of my reservations at once, to check for changes.
It utterly astonishes me that people would use a third-party web site to avoid composing a flight status URL for themselves, but different strokes... On the other hand, one absolutely does not want to share CN and confirmation codes; anyone could use this to for example cancel your reservation. So here there is a clear advantage to doing this for oneself.
Aug 17, 2017, 11:48 pm
#67
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Thanks all for the swift & valuable replies.
It is back up & working now. However, .bomb states "upgrade standby list currently unavailable" for BF and GF cabins. Seems to be a united.com issue though (?)
It is back up & working now. However, .bomb states "upgrade standby list currently unavailable" for BF and GF cabins. Seems to be a united.com issue though (?)
Aug 17, 2017, 11:57 pm
#68
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I've found that if I click the tabs often enough, eventually the list will appear. My guess is that the service that is responsible for holding upgrade lists caches the most requested (upcoming) flights, but that it has to go back to the source for other (far future) flights. Those database requests are probably timing out, leading to that message.
Aug 19, 2017, 10:57 am
#69
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Does this work for flights more than 3/4 days in the future? I used to use a small terminal script on mac to open a web page (just inserting variables into a URL), but I stopped being able to see more than 4 days into the future about 2 years ago.
Aug 19, 2017, 10:59 am
#70
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yes
In the past, there were two ways in the past -- the mobile site approach not longer, but the regular site does.
Some history in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...available.html
In the past, there were two ways in the past -- the mobile site approach not longer, but the regular site does.
Some history in http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...available.html
Oct 18, 2017, 4:39 pm
#71
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https://www.cablepick.net/united
Tried using it but was not able. Has this stopped working for others also?
Tried using it but was not able. Has this stopped working for others also?
Oct 18, 2017, 5:27 pm
#72
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https://www.cablepick.net/united
Tried using it but was not able. Has this stopped working for others also?
Tried using it but was not able. Has this stopped working for others also?
Oct 18, 2017, 5:43 pm
#73
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Oct 18, 2017, 5:43 pm
#74
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Oct 18, 2017, 5:49 pm
#75
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