Feb 13, 2019, 10:01 pm
Travel Waiver: San Francisco Inclement Weather 13-14 Feb 2019
Feb 12, 2019, 7:58 pm
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Feb 12, 2019, 8:51 pm
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Can someone explain what I can do here?
I am connecting through SFO tomorrow (en route to TPE) and flying economy. I understand that I can change my flight with no change fee or no costs for fare difference as long as I am still in the same cabin.
When I go to united.com and select my outbound trip and then "change flight" the only available "economy" options are codeshares (AC, BR) with a "$3900 Roundtrip" cost attached to it. All other options are Business/First (with $10k differences).
What exactly do I do here? Or should I just call in and let the phone agent figure it out? Thanks.
I am connecting through SFO tomorrow (en route to TPE) and flying economy. I understand that I can change my flight with no change fee or no costs for fare difference as long as I am still in the same cabin.
When I go to united.com and select my outbound trip and then "change flight" the only available "economy" options are codeshares (AC, BR) with a "$3900 Roundtrip" cost attached to it. All other options are Business/First (with $10k differences).
What exactly do I do here? Or should I just call in and let the phone agent figure it out? Thanks.
Feb 12, 2019, 9:00 pm
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Can someone explain what I can do here?
I am connecting through SFO tomorrow (en route to TPE) and flying economy. I understand that I can change my flight with no change fee or no costs for fare difference as long as I am still in the same cabin.
When I go to united.com and select my outbound trip and then "change flight" the only available "economy" options are codeshares (AC, BR) with a "$3900 Roundtrip" cost attached to it. All other options are Business/First (with $10k differences).
What exactly do I do here? Or should I just call in and let the phone agent figure it out? Thanks.
I am connecting through SFO tomorrow (en route to TPE) and flying economy. I understand that I can change my flight with no change fee or no costs for fare difference as long as I am still in the same cabin.
When I go to united.com and select my outbound trip and then "change flight" the only available "economy" options are codeshares (AC, BR) with a "$3900 Roundtrip" cost attached to it. All other options are Business/First (with $10k differences).
What exactly do I do here? Or should I just call in and let the phone agent figure it out? Thanks.
Feb 12, 2019, 9:13 pm
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Ok, thanks. Crap, looks like it is going to be a long day. I'm only in TPE until Monday - so changing dates to later in the week isn't going to work. Wish me luck!
Feb 12, 2019, 9:15 pm
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:20 pm
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You have a pretty decent chance it works out fine. The 8 am YYZ departure should not be affected by flow control at SFO. You'll also be getting low on fuel, so they shouldn't make you circle too long, even if the acceptance rate has been drastically cut by the time you reach the bay area 
Feb 12, 2019, 9:24 pm
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You have a pretty decent chance it works out fine. The 8 am YYZ departure should not be affected by flow control at SFO. You'll also be getting low on fuel, so they shouldn't make you circle too long, even if the acceptance rate has been drastically cut by the time you reach the bay area
Feb 12, 2019, 9:28 pm
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Feb 12, 2019, 9:30 pm
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Feb 12, 2019, 10:14 pm
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I called Premier desk and even for them they needed Ops help exchanging a simple domestic (award) ticket to a new routing same dates. Curse you Smisek
on the positive side, my SFO connection is only 14th and they emailed and texted me proactively to offer change/reroute.
Feb 13, 2019, 1:45 am
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I am supposed to fly MUC-LHR-SFO-OGG tomorrow. Never fly through SFO and am relatively new to United. I am flexible as is this a vacation, but at this point, any alternative flight would require an overnight in the US at any of the hubs. What are my chances for getting stuck in SFO? I have 2.5 hours connection currently. Not interested in having to pay for an expensive hotel in SFO if possible.
Feb 13, 2019, 2:17 am
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Moin!
You should be fine. The long haul international flights are the least affected in any SFO weather waiver. It’s more likely that your outbound to OGG is delayed depending on where it originates. Use the United app to track this just to be sure. I wouldn’t bother rebooking until a leg is canceled.
So long
Ralf
You should be fine. The long haul international flights are the least affected in any SFO weather waiver. It’s more likely that your outbound to OGG is delayed depending on where it originates. Use the United app to track this just to be sure. I wouldn’t bother rebooking until a leg is canceled.
So long
Ralf
Feb 13, 2019, 5:43 am
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I am supposed to fly MUC-LHR-SFO-OGG tomorrow. Never fly through SFO and am relatively new to United. I am flexible as is this a vacation, but at this point, any alternative flight would require an overnight in the US at any of the hubs. What are my chances for getting stuck in SFO? I have 2.5 hours connection currently. Not interested in having to pay for an expensive hotel in SFO if possible.