What the? Entire F cabin blacked-out 975 IAD-SFO 12/29?
Nov 28, 2009, 5:52 pm
#1
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What the? Entire F cabin blacked-out 975 IAD-SFO 12/29?
Checking itineraries for this day.
Is the cabin sold out (find this unlikely) or blacked out for some reason? .bomb glitch? Perhaps VIP has purchased entire cabin?
Anyone any thoughts?
Is the cabin sold out (find this unlikely) or blacked out for some reason? .bomb glitch? Perhaps VIP has purchased entire cabin?
Anyone any thoughts?
Nov 28, 2009, 6:15 pm
#2
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Showing F0/A0 on ExpertFlyer, too. Seats showing all taken other than the crew rest (3A).
Nov 28, 2009, 7:15 pm
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Could be. Until last night I was 0/3 on upgrades on this flight. When I boarded in CAE, there were three unsold seats in F. Less than two hours later they were gone. Fortunately (for me) there was a miss connect and I upgraded after I had been seated in Y.
There seems to be a lot of continuation passengers from Europe on that flight.
There seems to be a number of passengers connecting to trans-pacific flights.
I do know that there seems to be a number of paid first; don't know if they are on government or business contracts.
This is hub to hub service with a lot of GS and 1K passengers.
I have high status as a 1k and even when I didn't clear; I was 1-3 on the upgrade list.
All this was on a two class 777; sometime during Dec. it goes from 2-class to 3-class. Did you try C?
Also, there may be a lot of folks traveling west, including Asia, for the New Year
There seems to be a lot of continuation passengers from Europe on that flight.
There seems to be a number of passengers connecting to trans-pacific flights.
I do know that there seems to be a number of paid first; don't know if they are on government or business contracts.
This is hub to hub service with a lot of GS and 1K passengers.
I have high status as a 1k and even when I didn't clear; I was 1-3 on the upgrade list.
All this was on a two class 777; sometime during Dec. it goes from 2-class to 3-class. Did you try C?
Also, there may be a lot of folks traveling west, including Asia, for the New Year
Nov 28, 2009, 7:25 pm
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I always find it amusing when people can't believe that UA is actually selling seats and there is no room for upgrades. Why is it so difficult to believe??? Just because most of us here are trying to maximize our upgrade chances doesn't mean there are not people who do pay cash for their first and business seats.
Nov 28, 2009, 7:42 pm
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I always find it amusing when people can't believe that UA is actually selling seats and there is no room for upgrades. Why is it so difficult to believe??? Just because most of us here are trying to maximize our upgrade chances doesn't mean there are not people who do pay cash for their first and business seats.
I've booked a lot of high fare tickets in my day and never have I seen an F cabin booked solid a month out ON ANY FLIGHT ANYWHERE.
I find it hard to believe that with C and Y completely open on that flight, that F would be full, hence my query here. I know that people pay for premium cabins, but RARELY are they completely full with payers, let alone over a month away.
Nov 28, 2009, 8:15 pm
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Actually, a lot of the C seats are also booked, although availability still shows C9. I'm betting on a group traveling together, but who knows?
Nov 29, 2009, 9:34 am
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I flew RDU-MIA-LAS-PHX last year on 12/29 with AA/US. When I purchased the ticket in late November the 757 on MIA-LAS was already sold out in First. Believe it or not sometimes people do buy the seats.
Nov 29, 2009, 9:44 am
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Wow, EF, that's inferring a lot into my question. I AM trying to purchase tickets in first!
I've booked a lot of high fare tickets in my day and never have I seen an F cabin booked solid a month out ON ANY FLIGHT ANYWHERE.
I find it hard to believe that with C and Y completely open on that flight, that F would be full, hence my query here. I know that people pay for premium cabins, but RARELY are they completely full with payers, let alone over a month away.
I've booked a lot of high fare tickets in my day and never have I seen an F cabin booked solid a month out ON ANY FLIGHT ANYWHERE.
I find it hard to believe that with C and Y completely open on that flight, that F would be full, hence my query here. I know that people pay for premium cabins, but RARELY are they completely full with payers, let alone over a month away.
