Travel Waiver for ORD Saturday 12/4
Dec 3, 2010, 10:09 am
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Travel Waiver for ORD Saturday 12/4
I guess they're trying to move things ahead of the snow...they're calling for 3-5 inches tomorrow.
http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6867,52939,00.html
http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6867,52939,00.html
Dec 3, 2010, 10:19 am
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I've taken advantage...Flying out tonight for vacation instead of tomorrow...At least getting to ORD. Booked the ORD Hilton while it was still $110/night (AAA rate).
We had a tight connection tomorrow morning...I'm not so worried about our widebody flight out of ORD as I am getting to ORD...Rather be safe than sorry.
Easy, easy, easy process with the 1K desk...And still protected on tomorrow morning's flight should tonight's flight to ORD go WX.
We had a tight connection tomorrow morning...I'm not so worried about our widebody flight out of ORD as I am getting to ORD...Rather be safe than sorry.
Easy, easy, easy process with the 1K desk...And still protected on tomorrow morning's flight should tonight's flight to ORD go WX.
Dec 3, 2010, 10:48 am
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I guess it's a good thing that I'm not taking ORD-HNL tomorrow! Although it was much closer, I get to connect in DEN and then SFO.
Dec 3, 2010, 10:50 am
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I've taken advantage...Flying out tonight for vacation instead of tomorrow...At least getting to ORD. Booked the ORD Hilton while it was still $110/night (AAA rate).
We had a tight connection tomorrow morning...I'm not so worried about our widebody flight out of ORD as I am getting to ORD...Rather be safe than sorry.
Easy, easy, easy process with the 1K desk...And still protected on tomorrow morning's flight should tonight's flight to ORD go WX.
We had a tight connection tomorrow morning...I'm not so worried about our widebody flight out of ORD as I am getting to ORD...Rather be safe than sorry.
Easy, easy, easy process with the 1K desk...And still protected on tomorrow morning's flight should tonight's flight to ORD go WX.
Dec 3, 2010, 10:57 am
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Did they let you add a stopover at ORD then?
Dec 3, 2010, 10:59 am
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I am a segment run newbie with six flights scheduled tomorrow, four of which involve flying from/to ORD. In a situation like this, am I best off (1) waiting for my flights to be "involuntarily" re-routed and then seek ORC, (2) using the travel waiver to proactively reschedule an itinerary today that gives me a similar number of segments, or (3) something else?
Haven't OLCIed yet. No clue what to do at this point. I was 3-for-3 on cleared UDUs tomorrow too.
Haven't OLCIed yet. No clue what to do at this point. I was 3-for-3 on cleared UDUs tomorrow too.
Dec 3, 2010, 11:17 am
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Thoughts?
So, what is the feeling here.....The International flights (especially the Asia flights), will operate as normal and the domestic flights (namely the regional flights), will bear the brunt of the cancellations?
Dec 3, 2010, 11:33 am
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Great. Just rerouted via Denver
Thats pretty typical!
Thats pretty typical!
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Dec 3, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Dec 3, 2010, 12:23 pm
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Not willing to gamble right now, and when they generally get $150-$230/night for booking a week or more out, I'll take $110 in a heartbeat.
Originally Posted by goingbananas
So, what is the feeling here.....The International flights (especially the Asia flights), will operate as normal and the domestic flights (namely the regional flights), will bear the brunt of the cancellations?
So, what is the feeling here.....The International flights (especially the Asia flights), will operate as normal and the domestic flights (namely the regional flights), will bear the brunt of the cancellations?
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Dec 3, 2010 at 12:27 pm Reason: multi quote
Dec 3, 2010, 12:31 pm
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I'm doing ORD-MKE-ORD-SFO tomorrow and am going to hang tight for now but am prepared to ditch the ORD-MKE-ORD legs if needed. I also made a reservation at the Marriott ORD ($89 AAA rate) for tomorrow night just in case.
Dec 3, 2010, 12:38 pm
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hmm
I got a LX flight (UA award tix) tomorrow night. Hopefully the intl flights wont be cancelled
I got a LX flight (UA award tix) tomorrow night. Hopefully the intl flights wont be cancelled
Dec 3, 2010, 12:55 pm
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From the forecasts I read it looks like they're expecting 1-3 inches over night which really isn't so bad. ORD can handle that easily.
Hopefully this is just another event way overblown and overdramatized by the media in order to give the weather-people more air time.... just like the CHICAGO WIND EVENT OF THE CENTURY last month... It ended up not even being the windiest storm this year.
On the other hand.... anyone that is on my flights for my MR that is confirmed in F, I encourage you to utilize the change waiver.
Hopefully this is just another event way overblown and overdramatized by the media in order to give the weather-people more air time.... just like the CHICAGO WIND EVENT OF THE CENTURY last month... It ended up not even being the windiest storm this year.
On the other hand.... anyone that is on my flights for my MR that is confirmed in F, I encourage you to utilize the change waiver.
Dec 3, 2010, 12:56 pm
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I am doing a SR tomorrow - MKE-ORD-DAY-IAD-PIT-ORD-MKE. I called UA to change my travel to a different date and they told me I would have to pay the fare diff. At this point I am going to roll with it and see what happens. 
Should make for a fun day, lol. My first time dealing with a travel waiver. Should I be doing something different?
Should make for a fun day, lol. My first time dealing with a travel waiver. Should I be doing something different?
Dec 3, 2010, 1:14 pm
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I had a roundtrip to ORD for 12/4 that I just cancelled (not quite an MR, more of a BIS run, to get Q4 CR-1s) that would have given me half a day in the city.
I'm now thinking of rebooking it again since I'd still have the 24 hr cancel window to further track the forecast, but I'm still a little worried about the snow.
What's the general feeling on how ORD handles this amount of snow? Are hub-hub flights more likely to fly than others? (in case I can get a rebook through IAD).
I'm now thinking of rebooking it again since I'd still have the 24 hr cancel window to further track the forecast, but I'm still a little worried about the snow.
What's the general feeling on how ORD handles this amount of snow? Are hub-hub flights more likely to fly than others? (in case I can get a rebook through IAD).
Dec 3, 2010, 1:21 pm
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I'm only going the night before to ORD because where we're going only has 1 shot per day of getting there from MBS...Plus we're confirmed in F tomorrow, and I don't want to blow that part either. The flight (the one we're not taking tomorrow) will go on time, I'm sure, because we're doing this...If we waited until tomorrow, I'm sure it will cancel or be really late.
But they seem to cancel MBS-ORD-MBS flights without a second thought, often when other UX flights are going and even when they're full (like ours is tomorrow, we're actually doing UA a favor).
