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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:11 am
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UA IAH-SYD - First reduced for low season, now 4x weekly year around (& load limits)
Press release.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:17 am
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:18 am
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Certainly not a route that was on anyone's guessing list! Wonder if the route is going to be able to stick despite the Harvey issues...
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:19 am
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Very interesting

Runs in near direct competition to QF's SYD->DFW flight

Departure times are also more friendly to sleep patterns as well
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:25 am
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Hallelujah!
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:26 am
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Wow! I continue to be impressed by UA's long-haul additions, especially this and SFO/LAX-SIN. While UA might copy DL in many things, route network isn't one of them!
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:32 am
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If HKG has 3 daily flights and will be getting a Polaris lounge, will SYD be getting one?

(I know, wishful thinking - and plenty of other lounge options in SYD already)
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:56 am
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Considering that UA has trouble reliably operating the 787s on SFO-SIN and similar length routes already, you would think that would give them a bit of pause to work out those issues.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 7:58 am
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Cool! This one might end up on my need to do list
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:18 am
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It is interesting that UA recently announced that they will stop 787 service to IAH and remove the base there, this is either going to be a long W route for the pilots or they will have to deadhead pilots to IAH from SFO or IAD for this flight (I count a 10 day trip if they fly SFO-SYD-IAH-SYD-SFO

Originally Posted by PsiFighter37
If HKG has 3 daily flights and will be getting a Polaris lounge, will SYD be getting one?

(I know, wishful thinking - and plenty of other lounge options in SYD already)
ANZ lounge is nice enough, I believe the reason for the HKG lounge is lack of *A business lounges in HKG in addition to the fact that UA used to have many more departures from HKG that allowed a GF lounge and large RCC.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:31 am
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There were rumors that this would be a ORD-SYD flight. I'd much rather see that as its a little more unique. Likely too close to the flight limits.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by PsiFighter37
Certainly not a route that was on anyone's guessing list! Wonder if the route is going to be able to stick despite the Harvey issues...
It's not just for Houston fliers, it's a huge benefit for the many US cities that now have 1-stop options to SYD and they didn't have with just LAX and SFO.

For US-based travelers, isn't there now an advantage for MP FFers flying IAH-SYD (on UA metal) versus Advantage members flying DFW-SYD (on QF metal) for the purposes of status?
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by LordTentacle
Runs in near direct competition to QF's SYD->DFW flight
And nicely complements the NZ service to AKL. Lots of lift for the midwest/south/southeast into the South Pacific.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:39 am
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That's a great addition. Can't wait to see what routes will come next. I'd love to see PRG, BUD, or VIE make an appearance with UA metal.
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Old Sep 7, 2017, 8:49 am
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For GS, there's ample T and PN inventory loaded already. You can convert T to XN and upgrade with a GPU. 40,000+GPU each way for business class seats. Just booked two.

Not bad!
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