Jul 1, 2016, 10:36 am
Last edit by: IBJoel
27 March 2018
United Airlines suspends NZ service (Suspension Period: April 18, 2017 - October 30, 2017)
Per New Zealand Herald quoting UA:
Air New Zealand service between Auckland and Chicago
From Nov. 30, 2018, Air New Zealand will operate three times weekly, year-round service with its new configuration Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Flight time will be approximately 15 hours northbound and just over 16 hours southbound. Air New Zealand code share service will be offered on around 100 flights across the U.S. for convenient connections to Auckland via Chicago. United Airlines operates more flights from its hub at O'Hare International Airport than any other airline, with more than 500 flights to 147 airports across the United States.
United expands service between San Francisco and Auckland
Beginning in April 2019, United will extend service between its West Coast hub in San Francisco and Auckland to year-round with three-times-weekly service. In partnership with Air New Zealand, United's flight arriving in Auckland will offer passengers more than 20 connections across the region. The return trip utilizes United's extensive route network in San Francisco, which provides connections to the United States, Canada, and Latin America. United operates more than 290 daily flights from its hub at San Francisco International Airport to 79 airports across the U.S. and 26 international destinations. Tickets for the expanded San Francisco schedule will be available on united.com and airnewzealand.com later this year.
United service between San Francisco and Auckland will operate with a Boeing 777-300ER between November and March and will operate with Boeing 777-200ER aircraft between April and October.
From Nov. 30, 2018, Air New Zealand will operate three times weekly, year-round service with its new configuration Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Flight time will be approximately 15 hours northbound and just over 16 hours southbound. Air New Zealand code share service will be offered on around 100 flights across the U.S. for convenient connections to Auckland via Chicago. United Airlines operates more flights from its hub at O'Hare International Airport than any other airline, with more than 500 flights to 147 airports across the United States.
United expands service between San Francisco and Auckland
Beginning in April 2019, United will extend service between its West Coast hub in San Francisco and Auckland to year-round with three-times-weekly service. In partnership with Air New Zealand, United's flight arriving in Auckland will offer passengers more than 20 connections across the region. The return trip utilizes United's extensive route network in San Francisco, which provides connections to the United States, Canada, and Latin America. United operates more than 290 daily flights from its hub at San Francisco International Airport to 79 airports across the U.S. and 26 international destinations. Tickets for the expanded San Francisco schedule will be available on united.com and airnewzealand.com later this year.
United service between San Francisco and Auckland will operate with a Boeing 777-300ER between November and March and will operate with Boeing 777-200ER aircraft between April and October.
UA will now fly the 77W on SFO AKL when it resumes operation 29OCT17 - 22MAR18 (from SFO). Overall frequency will be 6 weekly, and increasing to 7 weekly from mid-Dec. UA73/74 is canceled.
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...as-of-01sep17/
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...as-of-01sep17/
Per New Zealand Herald quoting UA:
This change is in response to seasonal variations, which will also see United Airlines adding an additional three flights per week starting December 18, 2017 after resuming its daily Auckland to San Francisco services on October 31, 2017. This will increase services to a total of 10 United's flights per week during the high seasonal demand period. Passengers who have already purchased tickets during the suspended period are being contacted by the airline and offered flights on the Air New Zealand service instead. We apologise to customers for any inconvenience and advise that customers will not be out of pocket as a result of this shift in scheduling and will retain all frequent flyer benefits."
SFO-AKL JV w/NZ, all year UA metal, 77W Nov18-Mar19, 772 Apr19-Oct19 (+newORD-AKL NZ)
Jul 7, 2016, 5:12 pm
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J sale SFO-AKL
From email: lowest I see is 3.5k pp round trip from SFO for J. Higher from other hubs/departure airports (most $5k pp++). The Y prices seem alright from a wider range of origins. 1k from LAX, 1.2k rt from IAH
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Jul 7, 2016, 5:47 pm
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Than it is to buy the IAD-AKL routing.
Jul 7, 2016, 6:44 pm
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Would love it if they did it for the first quarter of next year.
Now with this new flight, maybe supply for this market is ahead of demand and there may be more sales, as there were to Oz earlier this year?
AA has added a flight to SYD, which could be used to get to NZ.
Regular sales to Oceania (as well as premium saver award availability) would be a dream.
Jul 7, 2016, 7:03 pm
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yes, i was surprised by receiving this promo today...if i was still in the UA game i would cancel my award bookings and instead opt for this fare... but as it stands i am sitting >500K miles across two programs, time to burn...
Jul 7, 2016, 8:18 pm
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I'm also seeing a huge price benefit in buying two separate round trip tickets XXX-SFO and SFO-AKL. I understand the potential issues in case of IRROPS of buying two separate tickets, but is doing so a violation of UA rules?
Jul 7, 2016, 8:19 pm
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No. UA's really inviting that with this fare structure.
Jul 19, 2016, 11:38 am
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I just noticed the plane switch also from the 787-9 to the 777-200. I have no desire to spend UA miles on 8 across in biz. I am wondering if this has something to do with the Polaris rollout? Can anyone shed light on this? I contacted customer service and they told me no changes have been made to this flight and it was never slated to be the 787-9. I showed the rep my email stating I had seats 1A & 1B reserved (which would be impossible on teh 777-200 since it would be UFirst seats) and showed them the press release directly from United's website stating they will be flying the 787-9 from 10/1/2016 forward.
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I just noticed the plane switch also from the 787-9 to the 777-200. I have no desire to spend UA miles on 8 across in biz. I am wondering if this has something to do with the Polaris rollout? Can anyone shed light on this? I contacted customer service and they told me no changes have been made to this flight and it was never slated to be the 787-9. I showed the rep my email stating I had seats 1A & 1B reserved (which would be impossible on teh 777-200 since it would be UFirst seats) and showed them the press release directly from United's website stating they will be flying the 787-9 from 10/1/2016 forward.
Expert Flyer at $9.99/month is incredibly useful for monitoring release of NZ J.