SFO to PVG type of aircraft
Jun 11, 2018, 1:48 pm
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OP, your flight is five months away. It is impossible to provide an educated guess. If you were a gambler, B789 would be a more likely aicraft because of the twice daily flights. United will likely send you a schedule change if B789 will be the aircraft for your flight.
Jun 11, 2018, 1:58 pm
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The OP will have to check the reservation from time to time and more frequently close to the actual date of the flight to make sure the OP likes the seat assigned if there is a change of plane.
Jun 11, 2018, 2:34 pm
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The late flight is scheduled to be a 777 sometimes. But outside of 3 months out, who knows what it will really be.
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flight | orig | dest | eqp | departs | from | to | days --------+------+------+-----+----------+------------+------------+--------- UA857 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 13:20:00 | 2018-06-01 | 2018-10-26 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 16:35:00 | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-04 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 16:25:00 | 2018-09-05 | 2018-10-26 | MTWRFSU UA857 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 14:15:00 | 2018-10-27 | 2018-11-03 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 15:50:00 | 2018-10-27 | 2018-10-27 | S UA891 | SFO | PVG | 777 | 15:45:00 | 2018-10-28 | 2018-11-03 | MTWRFSU UA857 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 13:15:00 | 2018-11-04 | 2019-03-09 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 777 | 14:45:00 | 2018-11-04 | 2019-02-16 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 14:45:00 | 2019-02-17 | 2019-02-17 | U UA891 | SFO | PVG | 777 | 14:45:00 | 2019-02-18 | 2019-03-09 | MTWRFSU UA857 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 14:15:00 | 2019-03-10 | 2019-03-29 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 777 | 15:45:00 | 2019-03-10 | 2019-03-29 | MTWRFSU UA857 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 13:20:00 | 2019-03-30 | 2019-05-31 | MTWRFSU UA891 | SFO | PVG | 789 | 16:25:00 | 2019-03-30 | 2020-03-30 | MTWRFSU
Jun 11, 2018, 3:47 pm
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Jun 11, 2018, 6:27 pm
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Jun 11, 2018, 8:27 pm
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PVG-SFO-PVG is my typical route these days (take it every 3-4 months). Since the 747 was retired, the 788 and 789 are mostly seen on this route. Occasionally the 772 is added as well. I've had aircraft changes between the 788 and 789 after booked, but have yet to have a 772 swapped with a 788 or 789. But this is United, so you never know what might happen!
Jun 12, 2018, 8:34 pm
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United has put a 772 placeholder on all (except HKG & SIN) SFO TPAC flights starting Nov. I’m a bit nervous they’re going to pull most of the 777-300ER fleet from SFO, depriving us of significant Polaris inventory. I read in another FT thread theyre trying to get union approvals to deploy 777-300ERs from some other airports. Now if they would just get Polaris seats deployed quickly, we wouldnt care so much about the frames...
Jun 13, 2018, 4:11 am
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PVG-SFO-PVG is my typical route these days (take it every 3-4 months). Since the 747 was retired, the 788 and 789 are mostly seen on this route. Occasionally the 772 is added as well. I've had aircraft changes between the 788 and 789 after booked, but have yet to have a 772 swapped with a 788 or 789. But this is United, so you never know what might happen!