Overaggressive EasyUpdate
Aug 30, 2011 | 3:37 pm
#31
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Ditto. Phone call and email this afternoon that my flight this evening is on-time. If it ends up being delayed, will I get COMPENSATION for having been given a false sense of security?
Aug 30, 2011 | 3:56 pm
#32
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Hustletown
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Had the same thing happen to me today -- and had the same blood-run-cold moment that I booked my non-refundable ticket for tomorrow instead of Thursday. The jump in my blood pressure merits at least a $150 cert, I'd say... 
Aug 30, 2011 | 6:09 pm
#33
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: ORD
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Just back from my MR to SFO today and I see I'm not the only one who got that little surprise this morning. It caused a momentary panic when I saw "EasyUpdate Flight Alert" in my email at 4:30 am--since I knew an upgrade was out of the question (I was something like #14 on the list last night), a cancellation or delay was the most likely assumption.
Aug 30, 2011 | 7:02 pm
#34
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Seems to have been a rash of bogus notices today. Our flight Thursday was rescheduled from 11:56 to... 11:56.
Aug 30, 2011 | 11:09 pm
#35
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Just got easy update on both email and phone call. My IAD-LHR flight on Thursday will depart on time.
Aug 31, 2011 | 12:16 am
#36
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SFO, SJC, HNL
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+ 1, around 15th poster noting no-change schedule change for Thursday morning.
Aug 31, 2011 | 12:18 am
#37
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Just got text/email for MCI-ORD-SFO on Friday. They wanted to let me know that the flight will depart on-time 
Aug 31, 2011 | 12:29 am
#38
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It had darned well be on-time this far out in advance. I'd be really annoyed to find out they know on a Monday that a flight on Friday will be delayed!
Aug 31, 2011 | 2:24 am
#39
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: SF, CA USA
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I rec'd an ez update earlier today that my SFO-HKG flight was leaving on time (tomorrow). For a second, I thought I missed my flight.
Aug 31, 2011 | 9:05 am
#40
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SAN, SNA
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Got an EZ update a few minutes ago that my LAX-SEA flight Friday afternoon is on time. Like they would know now! 
For a few seconds I thought maybe our upgrade had come through. Not likely with two of us - more likely only mine would come thru at this point since I'm 1K and hubby is no status (to United, not to me ).
I called United and they basically told me this was an enhancement. This isn't a desireable enhancement to me. Accurate updates day of departure would be a nice enhancement.
For a few seconds I thought maybe our upgrade had come through. Not likely with two of us - more likely only mine would come thru at this point since I'm 1K and hubby is no status (to United, not to me ). I called United and they basically told me this was an enhancement. This isn't a desireable enhancement to me. Accurate updates day of departure would be a nice enhancement.
Aug 31, 2011 | 9:20 am
#41
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Aug 31, 2011 | 9:34 am
#42
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Wow woke up this morning to three "on time" text EasyUpdates--two for my flights on Friday, one on my flight on Saturday. Kind of ridiculous! I wish UA could operate with this much certainty!
Aug 31, 2011 | 9:49 am
#43
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Overagressive is the Right word!
One time my flight was delayed three times, I got 8 phone calls from United Easy Update - they eat up few minutes of my phone time. I was at the gate and I knew that the flight was getting delayed.
UA - it would be good to fix this system too!
UA - it would be good to fix this system too!
Aug 31, 2011 | 10:46 am
#44
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Colorado
Programs: Hilton Gold , Hyatt Globalist, United Gold
Posts: 138
very weird ... especially going from not getting any updates to these very early ones .... kinda nutty ....
I hope they fix this and revert back to the usual 3 hours before the flight deal...
Drek
Aug 31, 2011 | 11:24 am
#45
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K/MM
Posts: 234
Got an EZ update a few minutes ago that my LAX-SEA flight Friday afternoon is on time. Like they would know now! For a few seconds I thought maybe our upgrade had come through. Not likely with two of us - more likely only mine would come thru at this point since I'm 1K and hubby is no status (to United, not to me ).
I called United and they basically told me this was an enhancement. This isn't a desireable enhancement to me. Accurate updates day of departure would be a nice enhancement.
For a few seconds I thought maybe our upgrade had come through. Not likely with two of us - more likely only mine would come thru at this point since I'm 1K and hubby is no status (to United, not to me ). I called United and they basically told me this was an enhancement. This isn't a desireable enhancement to me. Accurate updates day of departure would be a nice enhancement.
I got two calls yesterday that my two flights 48 hours later would be on time.
How do they know?