UA842 -Route Change
May 1, 2018, 1:45 am
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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UA842 -Route Change
I have noticed my itinerary for SYD-LAX 04 June 2018 shows the flight number as UA842 ( currently it is UA840 and has been for many years)
A dummy booking on United.com shows SYD-LAX as UA842 on 04 June also.
Flightaware has United 842 as SNA-ORD for this week.
Does anybody know why the change and when will it start?
A dummy booking on United.com shows SYD-LAX as UA842 on 04 June also.
Flightaware has United 842 as SNA-ORD for this week.
Does anybody know why the change and when will it start?
Last edited by robertr; May 1, 2018 at 2:04 am Reason: July changed to June
May 1, 2018, 2:09 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Strange. Seems to change on June 1st. LAX-SYD is still 839 on my flight in June though. Wasn't 842 the old AKL flight way back when?
May 1, 2018, 5:53 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BOS<>NYC<>BKK
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pmUA did this from time-to-time. NRT-BKK was most often 881, a tag of ORD-NRT. But some seasons it would switch to 837 or 851, one of the SFO tags. This despite it was rarely the same aircraft; just done this way to take advantage of placement in the reservation systems showing "one stop" service from the US to BKK. In fact for a while, 881 was BOS-ORD-BKK, with three aircraft types -- at 757, 747, then 777.
May 1, 2018, 9:06 am
#5
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Over the weekend, I got a sked change alert (in red letters at the top of my reservation) on my July itinerary for this change in flight # on SYD-LAX. That appeared to be the only change to the booking.
Jun 5, 2018, 11:58 pm
#7
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, NSW Australia
Posts: 895
There was a time when United had 'one stop' service MEL to LAX via AKL but I cannot remember if that was flight 841
In the mid 2000s the SYD-SFO changed from 862 to 870 but kept 863 for SFO-SYD
Curious to not have consecutive numbers for the return trip 863/870 and now 839/842
I'd be happy if we got 815 & 816 back to pay homage to Pan Am.
Last edited by Aspen; Nov 2, 2018 at 2:07 am