Travel Waiver: SFO San Francisco Runway Construction (1R/28L) 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2018
 

Just got this email about SFO 28L
Possible travel disruptions in San Franciscohttps://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pnghttps://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pnghttps://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pngUnited is offering complimentary options to change your flight tomorrow, September 29th, as we anticipate potential delays in San Francisco. The city plans on doing extensive work that would require the closure of Runway 10R/28L for up to 30 hours.https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pngTo rebook your flight, please use the United app, united.com or a self-service kiosk at the airport. If you need additional assistance, please contact United at 1-800-United1 (800-864-8331) within the U.S. and Canada.https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pngIf you still plan to travel, please be sure to check your flight status on the United app or at united.com/flightstatusbefore arriving at the airport. We also recommend downloading the United app and opting in to receive push notifications in the event of changes.https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RS_CP__/sp.pngThank you for choosing United.

Travel waiver in place for SFO

https://www.united.com/CMS/en-US/tra...eptionPolicies

Somebody better call Air Canada's OPs team ASAP!!

HUCA - you can probably get an agent to push that through.

I got an agent to change LAX-SFO-SEA into LAX-EWR-SEA

They'll need time to put big, red NO! Bad Pilot! stickers in all the aircrews' SFO landing manuals :)

This seems kind of last minute. Do we know what the story is? I googled and only saw: https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/...end/1483156195 and https://www.flysfo.com/flight-info/a...30-maintenance

Just pare for the course here in San Francisco, along with a sinking/tilting luxury highrise condo building and a brand new multi billion $ transit center shuttered due to cracked steel beams.

hockey7711 thanks for posting this. I just changed my flight on Monday since I was connecting through SFO. Given my prior experiencing connecting on a normal Monday at SFO, it already would have been a challenge. The 1k desk changed my routing as a result of the waiver and didn't flinch, only downside is an economy middle seat, oh well.

But the miles!

I always wondered if anyone ever took the sometimes ridiculous routing options offered by the app for same day changes. Now I know.

My inlaws are currently transitioning in SFO tomorrow on a flight heading overseas. With half the runways down, how long do you guys think the delays will be? Their flight is scheduled to leave in the morning, so I was hoping it wouldn't be as delayed as the ones in the afternoon. Does anyone have any experience with these types of closures at SFO before?

Since the waiver expressly applies to rebooking on United flights, I doubt calling back will help. You could switch to, for example, SAN-ORD-CDG.The AC reference is to AC pilots not paying attention and attempting to land on a taxiway when 28L was closed, very nearly causing the worst disaster in aviation history.
What do you mean by "transitioning"? Are they originating somewhere else? If so, that could be a problem. If they are starting their trip at SFO, I would not expect major delays for an international departure. It's the shorter flights which will be most impacted.

They originate in Phoenix, connect in SFO, and have a direct flight after that. Supposed to arrive in SFO at 8am and depart 4hrs later.