Curious why United still flying to and from Australia
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#17
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There's also a handful of exceptions on compassionate grounds too.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-...neral/12182724
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-...neral/12182724
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Drastic Change in Arrival Times in SYD
I've traveled to Sydney on United on and off for over fifteen years. I just noticed a drastic change in the arrival times. Before, flights would leave the US around 11 pm and you would arrive in SYD around 7 am two days later. Now, it appears that departures from SFO leave around 11:15 am and arrive in SYD the next day at 7:10 pm. The departure times in SYD have not changed, so this means that the planes stay overnight in SYD, which I would imagine cost the airline money, but perhaps no longer in this COVID-19 world. I had a non-refundable ticket paid for June, and since this change is over six hours difference, I would be eligible for a refund. Just wanted everyone to be aware.
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Yeah/ I mean the fact they're running a second flight that they don't normally run ( UA 2812 ), which is empty of pax.... means its all cargo.
It's kind of fun though, because you can see what seats are blocked by default on every flight if you look at the seatmap for 2812.
It's kind of fun though, because you can see what seats are blocked by default on every flight if you look at the seatmap for 2812.
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Cargo, and incremental pax traffic, as United is currently the only airline flying at all between the USA and Australia, and the only passenger flight between AU and North America.
There are also all-cargo LAX-SYD flights.
There are also all-cargo LAX-SYD flights.
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The only time I fly to Hawaiian is when I go to SYD as they have a similar schedule when it is running
#24
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Was scheduled to fly MEL-SFO in August. Just saw the schedule update and that flight (UA 61) now says in my reservation:
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
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Was scheduled to fly MEL-SFO in August. Just saw the schedule update and that flight (UA 61) now says in my reservation:
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
On current rules you would need to do 14 days isolation in Sydney, before going to Melbourne.
Will be flights SYD-MEL, but only 1(?) per day now. In August would expect many more, but not at August 2019 levels
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/t...hs-per-million
USA 184.19 deaths per million (and not slowing down much)
Canada 79.38 deaths per million
Australia 3.53 deaths per million (and slowing down. Few new cases per day)
New Zealand 3.94 deaths per million (and slowing down. Few new cases per day)
Edit
From another thread:--> Odds of an Australia trip 28 June 2020
This indeed is a depressing thought. In January of this year we plonked down a substantial sum in airfare for travel in late November-December of this year on Qantas to/within AU from the US for a special anniversary trip. I do hope things improve enough in 7 plus months for us to actually go.
Last edited by Mwenenzi; May 2, 2020 at 7:02 pm Reason: fixing link
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Was scheduled to fly MEL-SFO in August. Just saw the schedule update and that flight (UA 61) now says in my reservation:
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
This flight segment is cancelled or not confirmed.
It seems there is no UA metal out of MEL within at least days of that departure and I was not re-booked on another flight. So I will assume that UA is suspending all MEL service for August. Time to call for a refund unless the agents try to force me on to a QF flight connection through SYD that leaves within 6 hours of original departure?
If you prefer a refund, that is the way I would start the conversion.
The OP is asking about MEL--> SFO