UA to launch EWR/ORD-SJC (Effective March 9, 2017) (EWR-SJC discontinued 28 Oct 2018)
Aug 5, 2016, 10:31 pm
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wow, way to go united. makes me very happy as a SJC flyer. i honestly thought they were going to abandon the airport all together. i wonder what has changed in their calculus. they've cut and cut and cut for the past 10 years.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add back LAX flights.
Aug 5, 2016, 10:37 pm
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... no way! that is excellent news. although still odd they would have those flights but no SJC/LAX.
wow, way to go united. makes me very happy as a SJC flyer. i honestly thought they were going to abandon the airport all together. i wonder what has changed in their calculus. they've cut and cut and cut for the past 10 years.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add back LAX flights.
wow, way to go united. makes me very happy as a SJC flyer. i honestly thought they were going to abandon the airport all together. i wonder what has changed in their calculus. they've cut and cut and cut for the past 10 years.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add back LAX flights.
Aug 5, 2016, 10:42 pm
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Aug 6, 2016, 12:17 am
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I visit relatives in Woodside/PV, which is actually a little closer to SFO. But SJC is 100X preferred:
* Vastly fewer weather delays
* Rental cars cost half as much. (SFO adds a facility fee that often costs more than the car itself!)
* In and out of the airport in half the time
* Fly to Hawaii on friendly Hawaiian Air!
* Vastly fewer weather delays
* Rental cars cost half as much. (SFO adds a facility fee that often costs more than the car itself!)
* In and out of the airport in half the time
* Fly to Hawaii on friendly Hawaiian Air!
Aug 6, 2016, 12:57 am
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Maybe the addition of SJC-EWR got SJC back on UA's radar, and they decided to do something about it.
The old CO flight times for that route were actually better IMO -- SJC-EWR redeye and EWR-SJC a bit later. Though these flight times might make them better positioned for Europe connections (though the EWR-SJC is a bit on the early side).
UA should theoretically have better economics on this one than AS, as AS does not have connecting flow on either end. UA has it at EWR.
This is an exact match to AS's flight times:
AS0786 SJC EWR 0630A 0255P
AS0783 EWR SJC 0405P 0740P
Aug 6, 2016, 1:27 am
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I visit relatives in Woodside/PV, which is actually a little closer to SFO. But SJC is 100X preferred:
* Vastly fewer weather delays
* Rental cars cost half as much. (SFO adds a facility fee that often costs more than the car itself!)
* In and out of the airport in half the time
* Fly to Hawaii on friendly Hawaiian Air!
* Vastly fewer weather delays
* Rental cars cost half as much. (SFO adds a facility fee that often costs more than the car itself!)
* In and out of the airport in half the time
* Fly to Hawaii on friendly Hawaiian Air!