Travel Waiver: Midwest Winter Weather (November 24-26, 2018)
Nov 25, 2018, 3:10 pm
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To all you waiting to talk to an agent now. Get off. I need to get through
Nov 25, 2018, 6:11 pm
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Thanks to the weather waiver, my RDU-ORD-MCI for tonight which completely canceled has turned into RDU-EWR-SFO-MCI. Glad I booked the discount F fare for the original ticket—agent kept me in F, even on p.s.
I am bummed to not get home tonight, but it beats being stuck for two days. Pretty much everything to MCI tomorrow is sold out or canceled.
I am bummed to not get home tonight, but it beats being stuck for two days. Pretty much everything to MCI tomorrow is sold out or canceled.
Nov 25, 2018, 6:27 pm
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UA is already proactively cancelling LGA-ORD flights for tomorrow (Mon). It wasn't the flight I was originally scheduled on but now I'm glad I'm routing via IAH. I had to get back in queue for upgrades but both have now cleared for tomorrow.
Travel safe everyone.
-RM
Travel safe everyone.
-RM
Nov 25, 2018, 6:56 pm
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Where can one find the permitted routings between city pairs?
Nov 25, 2018, 7:36 pm
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UA weather folks are pretty darn good most of the time. I think they called it pretty accurately.
Nov 25, 2018, 8:33 pm
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So I was on the 6:30pm ORD-PHL and switched to the 2:12pm one. Upon boarding they were offering $600 to take the 6:30pm one. I saw one taker but she later boarded anyways. Anyways, it basically just started switching to snow around that time and we had to deice. After my flight, there was a 3:40, 6:30, 9:05, 10:40, 12:10. Checking now, the 3:40 and 9:05 we slightly delayed, the others were all cancelled. If I recall, the later flights had pretty slim seat maps, maybe they were just consolidating flights.
The other thing that crossed my mind was whether there is any communication between the GA who offers the $600 and booking to a specific flight and the operations people who actually decide which flights to cancel. I'm thinking the decision to cancel was probably happening right around the same time. You would think that the company as a whole would try to avoid rebooking you onto a flight they intend to cancel.
The other thing that crossed my mind was whether there is any communication between the GA who offers the $600 and booking to a specific flight and the operations people who actually decide which flights to cancel. I'm thinking the decision to cancel was probably happening right around the same time. You would think that the company as a whole would try to avoid rebooking you onto a flight they intend to cancel.
Nov 25, 2018, 8:41 pm
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I'm not aware of any free tool. ExpertFlyer and KVS Tool both provide access, and any travel agent can look them up.
Not as such, no. Once a flight is cancelled, the GA would no longer be able to put passengers onto it. If, for whatever reason, the network operations team wanted to freeze out a flight without actually cancelling, it, they could mark it F0 Y0, which would likely have that effect (but why do that?). The GA doesn't have a hotline to the ops people to ask "are you planning to operate UA1234," and, if they did, the answer would be "yes;" they plan to operate it until they don't/can't.
Not as such, no. Once a flight is cancelled, the GA would no longer be able to put passengers onto it. If, for whatever reason, the network operations team wanted to freeze out a flight without actually cancelling, it, they could mark it F0 Y0, which would likely have that effect (but why do that?). The GA doesn't have a hotline to the ops people to ask "are you planning to operate UA1234," and, if they did, the answer would be "yes;" they plan to operate it until they don't/can't.
Nov 26, 2018, 6:13 am
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