Who is/is not Flying Now On UA in the COVID era? Why?
#91
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Definitely looking sparser now than say, a week ago.
#92
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FR24 put together a good presentation of the flights across the worlds in March v. April. Have a look here.
I've looked at several UA seatmaps at night as flights pass overhead and it's amazing to see 77Ws with 40 people or CR2 with five. Even stranger to see just three UA pax birds in the air during the late night hours when you'd normally see tons of redeye flights passing overhead.
I've looked at several UA seatmaps at night as flights pass overhead and it's amazing to see 77Ws with 40 people or CR2 with five. Even stranger to see just three UA pax birds in the air during the late night hours when you'd normally see tons of redeye flights passing overhead.
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#95
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Swabing, removing everything from screened luggage, rescanning everything and not just a secondary pat down but a complete second and at their demand In a private room with a second tsa in the room.
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#96
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How reliable is it to take a flight the night before I need to be at my destination (in the morning)? I might need to fly in 2-3 weeks. I've been looking at flight status and notice some flights cancelled. Is UA cancelling flights that fall under a certain load threshold? I'm trying to determine if I should take an earlier flight that day or possibly an additional day earlier.
#97
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How reliable is it to take a flight the night before I need to be at my destination (in the morning)? I might need to fly in 2-3 weeks. I've been looking at flight status and notice some flights cancelled. Is UA cancelling flights that fall under a certain load threshold? I'm trying to determine if I should take an earlier flight that day or possibly an additional day earlier.
If you get within 36 hours of your flight, you can be pretty confident that the schedule for the next day will fly as advertised. In that case, you can easily SDC your morning flight to a more convenient afternoon flight. Note that there are very few evening flights now.
Note: This all depends on your origin/destination. Hub to hub has more options and is more stable right now.
#98
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How reliable is it to take a flight the night before I need to be at my destination (in the morning)? I might need to fly in 2-3 weeks. I've been looking at flight status and notice some flights cancelled. Is UA cancelling flights that fall under a certain load threshold? I'm trying to determine if I should take an earlier flight that day or possibly an additional day earlier.
A day or two out and tracking recent results, then you might have a chance of making an informed guess. If you must be someplace, start with an earlier flight and hope something flies that day
#99
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I would definitely schedule a flight for earlier in the day you are traveling if you need to be their NLT than the next morning. Most schedule related cancellations are happening within 2-3 days of travel. You will get an email & notification on your phone if anything happens to your flight. It has happened to me several times & I had no problems rescheduling on my own or calling in for help rebooking.
If you get within 36 hours of your flight, you can be pretty confident that the schedule for the next day will fly as advertised. In that case, you can easily SDC your morning flight to a more convenient afternoon flight. Note that there are very few evening flights now.
Note: This all depends on your origin/destination. Hub to hub has more options and is more stable right now.
If you get within 36 hours of your flight, you can be pretty confident that the schedule for the next day will fly as advertised. In that case, you can easily SDC your morning flight to a more convenient afternoon flight. Note that there are very few evening flights now.
Note: This all depends on your origin/destination. Hub to hub has more options and is more stable right now.
I'm flying PHL-ORD which has a morning and evening flight everyday. It seems to have flying every day for the past few days
#100
Join Date: Jul 2003
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In AUS the usual exits where closed and they funnel you through a single door where someone ask you where you are coming from. I think National Guard, could be wrong.
I flew in after it was implemented. I had to explain to the guy that Washington DC (where I flew in from) is a completely separate thing from Washington state. Someone else had to come over and tell him they are different and let me pass through the exit.....
I think they take your info if coming from a travel restricted area, I was not.
I flew in after it was implemented. I had to explain to the guy that Washington DC (where I flew in from) is a completely separate thing from Washington state. Someone else had to come over and tell him they are different and let me pass through the exit.....
I think they take your info if coming from a travel restricted area, I was not.
Better approach is to say you are from the "District of Columbia," and hope that the TSA guy doesn't get that confused with the country Colombia...
#102
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#103
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How reliable is it to take a flight the night before I need to be at my destination (in the morning)? I might need to fly in 2-3 weeks. I've been looking at flight status and notice some flights cancelled. Is UA cancelling flights that fall under a certain load threshold? I'm trying to determine if I should take an earlier flight that day or possibly an additional day earlier.
#104
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Here in Vietnam we have had 2 instances of Vietnamese citizens contracting it abroad. 1 in Italy, and the other in South Korea, these 2 returning individuals managed to infect around 10 people each on their flights back - most of these infected were foreigners. They (the 2 Vietnamese ladies) then went on to infect multiple locals closely connected to them.
#105
Join Date: Jan 2017
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Usually the sequence of events is (i) they cancel the flight, automatically rebook something else, and leave a schedule change notice on the reservation; (ii) if the computer got confused and failed to rebook, it will leave the reservation in limbo (possibly showing only PHX-EWR) until you call them or; (iii) they call you any time before T-24h to ask what you want to do.
If the EWR-MAN flight is not officially cancelled yet, nothing for you to do but wait.
If the EWR-MAN flight is not officially cancelled yet, nothing for you to do but wait.
Plenty of time to go !