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Old Feb 21, 2017, 2:36 pm
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Current 77W Routes:
SFO/HKG (UA 862/869) Started 25MAR17
EWR/TLV (UA 90/91) Started 5MAY17
SFO/NRT (UA 837/838) Started 14JUN17
SFO/TPE (UA 871/872) Started 1AUG17
SFO/FRA (UA 58/59) Started 5OCT17
EWR/NRT (UA 79/78) Started 28OCT17
SFO/AKL (UA 916/917) Resumes seasonal service 27OCT18 - 29MAR19 (non-seasonal 3x weekly service operated by 772)
SFO/LHR (UA 901/949) Started 23APR18, ends 26OCT18, resumes 30MAR19
SFO/TLV (UA 954/955) Started 23MAY18
EWR/BOM (UA 48/49) Started 27OCT18
EWR/HKG (UA 179/180) Started 30MAR19

Current Non-77W routes
772 Retrofit:
EWR/BRU (UA 999/998) Started 30MAR19
EWR/CDG (UA 57/56) Started 30MAR19
IAD/BRU (UA 950/951) Started 30MAR19
IAD/CDG (UA 915/914) Starts 29APR19
IAD/TLV (UA 72/73) Starts 22MAY19, 3x weekly
SFO/PEK (UA 888/889) Started 30MAR19
SFO/FRA (UA 926/927) Started 30MAR19
SFO/CDG (UA 990/984) Starts 29APR19
SFO/ICN (UA 805/806) Started 1APR19, 4x weekly
SFO/AKL (UA 916/917) Started off-season service 30MAR19, 3x weekly

Past routes:
EWR/FRA (UA 960/961) 24MAR18 - 31JUL18 (now operated by 78J)
SFO/EWR (various), currently operated by 752, 78J, 77G
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Old May 22, 2017, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by PaulInTheSky
but are still pretty bad in terms of their maintenance record.
Which 789 maintenance figures are you referring to?
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Old May 22, 2017, 6:41 pm
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Which 789 maintenance figures are you referring to?
UA1 (72%), UA863 (63%), and UA839(61%) on flightstats. I didn't look into the OTP of all 787s recently. Looks like they got slightly better, but perhaps I always see UA895 and UA881 are better in OTPs. Maybe as a whole 789s weren't bad.
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Old May 22, 2017, 7:06 pm
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Another reason can be BR competition. BR is actually starting a morning flight (3x/week?) in the fall with nearly identical schedule as UA (within 5 minutes on TPE-SFO and about 2 hours earlier than UA SFO-TPE). So, the least UA can do is hardware.

The extra Y seats also help carry the student/tourist load. The new BR and CI 77Ws are also 10 across in Y.
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Old May 22, 2017, 7:16 pm
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Originally Posted by PaulInTheSky
UA1 (72%), UA863 (63%), and UA839(61%) on flightstats.
That's really not a fair comparison. Crew time-outs due to flight length mean those flights will cancel more than nearly any other UA flights.

You will see more people saying "avoid the 744, it's unreliable" than any other UA aircraft. I pay no attention to that stuff. Cancelation of any single flight is still basically an independent event from a statistical perspective.
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Old May 22, 2017, 7:25 pm
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I would fly the 789 simply because of the better air quality and pressure.
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Old May 23, 2017, 9:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jjmoore
Is SFO-TPE really a high-enough value market to justify the new product? Instinct would tell me that FRA, HKG, NRT from at least EWR/SFO (keeping EWR-SFO-EWR going as a hub to hub to keep these planes positioned) would be first up for these planes. I am very surprised to see TLV and TPE first up.
Seems they are promoting the new business class in Taipei via invite to special event:

United Polaris showcase in Taipei*

Join us to preview the revolutionary United PolarisSM business class. Your best inflight experience awaits.

June XXXXXXXXXXXX
The showcase includes a United Polaris business cabin tour, a virtual reality trip demoing the United Polaris lounge to inflight amenities, complimentary gifts and a drawing for roundtrip tickets from Taipei to San Francisco.
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Old May 23, 2017, 10:35 pm
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Interesting they are hosting a marketing event there. Don't think UA did this for HKG nor TLV?
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Old May 23, 2017, 11:44 pm
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I'd prefer the B789 serving TPE over the B77W, or the A350-1000 one day.
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Old May 23, 2017, 11:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Taipei
...... a drawing for roundtrip tickets from Taipei to San Francisco.
in United Polaris I hope!
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Old May 24, 2017, 12:03 am
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Originally Posted by cesco.g
in United Polaris I hope!
Yes, I only hope the complimentary gift is the stuffed white polar bear and the winning tickets are in Polaris and no less.
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Old May 24, 2017, 5:24 am
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Originally Posted by warrenw
I would fly the 789 simply because of the better air quality and pressure.
I must say I flew the 789 LAX-NRT, and arrived there feeling pretty refreshed.
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Old May 24, 2017, 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by jazzhou
Yes, I only hope the complimentary gift is the stuffed white polar bear and the winning tickets are in Polaris and no less.
and a plane swap to non-77W
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Old May 24, 2017, 6:52 am
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Originally Posted by jazzhou
Yes, I only hope the complimentary gift is the stuffed white polar bear and the winning tickets are in Polaris and no less.
At the other Polaris events last summer the gift bag was a Polar bear, the thin Saks blanket used in Polaris, chocolates, and a Polaris-logo notebook.
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Old May 24, 2017, 7:05 am
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Interesting they are hosting a marketing event there. Don't think UA did this for HKG nor TLV?
Not sure about HKG (or TLV), but I believe they are doing marketing events in Mainland also.
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Old May 24, 2017, 7:10 am
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Originally Posted by kirkwoodj
and a plane swap to non-77W
Yes, preferably on this bird.
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