Jun 20, 2019, 9:03 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Posted 16 July 2019
Post 17 July 2019
Posted 21 June 2019
Initial message
Cancellation is for June 20, 21, 22 & 23, 2019 for now
Related thread - India/Pakistan 2019 conflict impacts UA to India,DEL suspended 5 Apr 19 until 1 Sept?
the ferry return of the "stranded" aircraft / crew --Empty HNL-EWR 773 compliments of cancelled BOM flights
Post 17 July 2019
Posted 21 June 2019
Initial message
Status: Given current events in Iran, we have conducted a thorough safety and security review of our India service through Iranian airspace and decided to suspend our service between EWR and BOM. We are sorry to let you know your flight (UA 48) on June 20 has been canceled. Please contact us at United at 1-800-UNITED-1.
Related thread - India/Pakistan 2019 conflict impacts UA to India,DEL suspended 5 Apr 19 until 1 Sept?
the ferry return of the "stranded" aircraft / crew --Empty HNL-EWR 773 compliments of cancelled BOM flights
UA 48/49 EWR BOM suspended due to "current events in Iran" 20 June 2019 until 5 Sept?
Jun 21, 2019, 8:25 pm
#32
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I definitely need to rebook my 6/29 flight now. Never been in a situation like this this where there aren’t other UA flights available, so what’s best practice? Do you find exactly what you want and call and ask for it or are you fairly limited in terms of what agents can rebook? (Only within *A, same class of service, etc)?
Jun 21, 2019, 8:38 pm
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Best to research first, and *A is UA's preference. And the same cabin is a given. However, a full refund is a UA option.
Jun 21, 2019, 9:04 pm
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Jun 21, 2019, 9:39 pm
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Jun 22, 2019, 6:52 am
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Jun 22, 2019, 7:31 am
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Jun 22, 2019, 7:50 am
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Jun 22, 2019, 8:44 am
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Jun 22, 2019, 9:37 am
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As far as *A is the preference for accommodating UA's passengers, AI is also in *A, will they ever consider that at all. AI also flies these routes, non stop on the east bound and most of the time west bound especially from BOM, even with Pakistan air space restrictions. However AI flies over Iran which probably is still viable for them.
Jun 22, 2019, 12:16 pm
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adding historical perspective.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
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Jun 22, 2019, 12:48 pm
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For a greater discussion of the Iran situation, see OMNI/PR and one of the Iran's thread or another
For the UA forum, let's focus on the impacts of this situation on UA and the UA traveler, and leave the geopolitical stuff for OMNI/PR
There are also other airline specific threads in the QF, QR, ..... forums
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For the UA forum, let's focus on the impacts of this situation on UA and the UA traveler, and leave the geopolitical stuff for OMNI/PR
There are also other airline specific threads in the QF, QR, ..... forums
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Jun 23, 2019, 10:00 am
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I am booked on flight UA 48 EWR to MUM on June 28th but appears that flight hasn't been officially cancelled yet. United is offering a refund but is unable to change / re-route to other partner airlines. It appears they will be able to rebook once the flight is cancelled but that would be cutting it close to travel date. Is anyone else having a similar experience? Any suggestions?
Jun 23, 2019, 11:39 am
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Welcome to FT!, ak2450
The reported UA position on the DEL flights, https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...il-1-sept.html, is refunds only. Would suspect that will be the same story for BOM. There just may not be enough *A capacity to pick up all the UA cancellations.
... United is offering a refund but is unable to change / re-route to other partner airlines. It appears they will be able to rebook once the flight is cancelled but that would be cutting it close to travel date. Is anyone else having a similar experience? Any suggestions?