UA345 IAD-HNL diversion to Vegas; chances UA 201 HNL-GUM gets held?
Aug 19, 2023, 8:57 pm
#17
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Glad you made it! And glad UA can do some things right.
Passenger traffic flows are interesting. I have taken IAD-HNL twice, both times late on arrival. I was amazed at how many people were connecting on to GUM, maybe 25 or so, and there was an agent at the arrival gate to quickly shepherd the connections to the adjacent connecting gate.
Passenger traffic flows are interesting. I have taken IAD-HNL twice, both times late on arrival. I was amazed at how many people were connecting on to GUM, maybe 25 or so, and there was an agent at the arrival gate to quickly shepherd the connections to the adjacent connecting gate.
Aug 20, 2023, 8:19 am
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Glad you made it! And glad UA can do some things right.
Passenger traffic flows are interesting. I have taken IAD-HNL twice, both times late on arrival. I was amazed at how many people were connecting on to GUM, maybe 25 or so, and there was an agent at the arrival gate to quickly shepherd the connections to the adjacent connecting gate.
Passenger traffic flows are interesting. I have taken IAD-HNL twice, both times late on arrival. I was amazed at how many people were connecting on to GUM, maybe 25 or so, and there was an agent at the arrival gate to quickly shepherd the connections to the adjacent connecting gate.
Aug 20, 2023, 10:54 am
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UA 345 IAD-HNL is a once a week, Saturday, flight, there is no flight scheduled for Sunday
Being once a week flight probably also factored in
UA 345 IAD-HNL is a once a week, Saturday, flight, there is no flight scheduled for Sunday
Being once a week flight probably also factored in
Aug 20, 2023, 11:17 am
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This would not applied to the OP, but for future reference, you are traveling XXX-HNL-GUM, there are options to go through NRT if flight to HNL is delayed or canceled. For example, from LAX, the flights to HNL all leave no later than 10:00 am. Flights to Tokyo leave around noon, so I’ve bailed on HNL and picked up LAX-NRT-GUM several times over the years.
Similar flights to NRT are available ex SFO, DEN, etc.
Similar flights to NRT are available ex SFO, DEN, etc.
Aug 20, 2023, 11:28 am
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This would not applied to the OP, but for future reference, you are traveling XXX-HNL-GUM, there are options to go through NRT if flight to HNL is delayed or canceled. For example, from LAX, the flights to HNL all leave no later than 10:00 am. Flights to Tokyo leave around noon, so I’ve bailed on HNL and picked up LAX-NRT-GUM several times over the years.
Similar flights to NRT are available ex SFO, DEN, etc.
Similar flights to NRT are available ex SFO, DEN, etc.
) -- what does that do to flight time? E.g. is it a comparable reroute or does it add/subtract x hours? My brain is telling me it probably adds at least several hours but I'm not convinced...
Aug 20, 2023, 11:46 am
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The flight distances are similar with the NRT/HND routing being 300 miles shorter (8,311 vs 8,618)
NRT/HND routing is closer to the great circle routing which is 7,915 miles
NRT/HND routing is closer to the great circle routing which is 7,915 miles
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Aug 20, 2023 at 6:50 pm
Aug 20, 2023, 11:50 am
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It’s about 10 hours LAX- NRT and 3-4 Hours NRT-GUM. The layover at NRT is around 1-2 hours. It is about 5 hours LAX-HNL and 7 hours HNL-GUM. The layover is about three hours.
For the return I actually prefer GUM-NRT-LAX over GUM-HNL-LAX. You depart GUM around noon and get to LAX late morning. The timing of the longer lie flat segment is after a shorter flight to NRT and you don’t have to deal with the Hawaii tourists. NRT also has better lounges and souvenir shops, etc.
For the return I actually prefer GUM-NRT-LAX over GUM-HNL-LAX. You depart GUM around noon and get to LAX late morning. The timing of the longer lie flat segment is after a shorter flight to NRT and you don’t have to deal with the Hawaii tourists. NRT also has better lounges and souvenir shops, etc.
Aug 20, 2023, 11:58 am
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you are traveling XXX-HNL-GUM, there are options to go through NRT if flight to HNL is delayed or canceled. For example, from LAX, the flights to HNL all leave no later than 10:00 am. Flights to Tokyo leave around noon, so I’ve bailed on HNL and picked up LAX-NRT-GUM several times over the years.
Aug 20, 2023, 12:04 pm
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