West Coast to IAD - any 767s after 12 pm?
Apr 21, 2011, 5:55 pm
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Apr 21, 2011, 6:00 pm
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Apr 21, 2011, 9:57 pm
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Apr 21, 2011, 10:30 pm
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Apr 22, 2011, 9:09 am
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Apr 22, 2011, 9:45 am
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) as the only scheduled widebody flights SFO-IAD/IAD-SFO are 914/915
Apr 22, 2011, 3:08 pm
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SFOTurtle is not making things up. In April 2010 I flew UA 873, a 3-class 777, on the 12:50 SFO-IAD flight. There was no NC when I booked but my CR1 cleared within 24 hours. I don't know when they switched it to a smaller plane. (Right now it's UA 847 operated by a 757.)
Apr 22, 2011, 8:39 pm
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SFOTurtle is not making things up. In April 2010 I flew UA 873, a 3-class 777, on the 12:50 SFO-IAD flight. There was no NC when I booked but my CR1 cleared within 24 hours. I don't know when they switched it to a smaller plane. (Right now it's UA 847 operated by a 757.)
but rather that the only regularly scheduled widebody flights to/from SFO-IAD are 914 & 915 with anything else being an a/c swap (which as we all know can be for that one day's flight or for a few weeks to a month [or longer])
Apr 22, 2011, 11:21 pm
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Clearly 'regularly scheduled' as a phrase can mean just about anything, depending whether you are talking the last 3 months or the last ten years. But I don't think most people would regard a 3 month scheduled use of a 3 cabin plane as just an aircraft swap, even though you clearly would:-)
Apr 23, 2011, 1:35 pm
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Goalie, I think you are being a little disingenuous here. I don't really think it is fair to say 'anything else is an ac swap' when it could last for up to 3 months or more.
Clearly 'regularly scheduled' as a phrase can mean just about anything, depending whether you are talking the last 3 months or the last ten years. But I don't think most people would regard a 3 month scheduled use of a 3 cabin plane as just an aircraft swap, even though you clearly would:-)
Clearly 'regularly scheduled' as a phrase can mean just about anything, depending whether you are talking the last 3 months or the last ten years. But I don't think most people would regard a 3 month scheduled use of a 3 cabin plane as just an aircraft swap, even though you clearly would:-)
Now in terms of an a/c swap lasting 3 months or more, there is this thread which made for some interesting rides for a lot of "us"
. All I'm trying to say w/r/t SFO-IAD/IAD-SFO is that there is only one widebody flight in each direction on a regular basis (i.e. that is what is published)
Apr 30, 2011, 8:10 pm
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I would take a 319 or 320 before a 2-class 767 and a 757 certainly before a 2-class 777. The only domestic 3-cabins at IAD are repositioning (sometimes for days at a time).
Apr 30, 2011, 8:13 pm
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Also meant to say earlier that UG on transcon to/from IAD-LAX/SFO is rough these days. Rebounding DC economy means significant #'s in paid F and certainly A. You can sometimes snag A for a minimal amount more than Y and I would grab it if you can find it.
May 2, 2011, 11:38 am
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That actually seems to be the case around the country lately. I just hopped a phoenix-ord flight that it was only $120 more.
May 2, 2011, 1:19 pm
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It has been very difficult to find 3 class routings. I feel bad for 1Ps hoping to fly a transcon in business via UDU. At one point it wasn't that difficult as a 1K to fly in business using 500s, now it is nearly impossible using CR1s unless I go through JFK.
Besides adding time, flying PS means flying United Express between JFK and IAD. That isn't the most reliable route.
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