Old COBOL program...
Aug 12, 2004 | 8:48 pm
#1
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Old COBOL program...
Lately I've been taking advantage of the fact that UA can email me itineraries. It's so much better than:
CSR> Okay, do you have a pen and pencil?
ME> Yup!
CSR> Okay.. Departing (starting a 8 leg itinerary)
.
.
.
CSR> Got that?
Anyway, I was noticing that the HTML email that arrives has CONNOISEUR whereever business class should be written. IIRC this was introduced in the early 90s as part of the TWA LHR operation, but went away just after UA and the other 4 charter *A airlines formed their alliance.
Somewhere there's a stray DB2 table that needs updating...
CSR> Okay, do you have a pen and pencil?
ME> Yup!
CSR> Okay.. Departing (starting a 8 leg itinerary)
.
.
.
CSR> Got that?
Anyway, I was noticing that the HTML email that arrives has CONNOISEUR whereever business class should be written. IIRC this was introduced in the early 90s as part of the TWA LHR operation, but went away just after UA and the other 4 charter *A airlines formed their alliance.
Somewhere there's a stray DB2 table that needs updating...
Aug 12, 2004 | 9:00 pm
#2
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Old Iron Never Dies, It Just Fades Away...
Aug 12, 2004 | 9:19 pm
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Ahhh so that is what C stands for.
I guess Y is for YAHOO (or is it YOKEL?)
I guess Y is for YAHOO (or is it YOKEL?)
Aug 12, 2004 | 10:30 pm
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OK - now you guys got me currious. I've always wanted to know where "Y" came from, or "C" for that matter. "F" makes some sense as does "P" (First, Premium).
I know a lot of the other letters are just random assigments, not trying to make sense of BMHQKSTLV etc. Just currious if ANYONE has a REAL REASON as to why "Y" and "C."
Billy
I know a lot of the other letters are just random assigments, not trying to make sense of BMHQKSTLV etc. Just currious if ANYONE has a REAL REASON as to why "Y" and "C."
Billy
Aug 12, 2004 | 11:03 pm
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Old COBOL program...
What is, "What does United's web site run on?", Alex?
Aug 12, 2004 | 11:08 pm
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Originally Posted by winkydink
What is, "What does United's web site run on?", Alex?
Aug 12, 2004 | 11:47 pm
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Originally Posted by winkydink
What is, "What does United's web site run on?", Alex?
Aug 13, 2004 | 1:21 am
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Originally Posted by Delta3MM
OK - now you guys got me currious. I've always wanted to know where "Y" came from, or "C" for that matter. "F" makes some sense as does "P" (First, Premium).
andy
Aug 13, 2004 | 6:00 am
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Similarly, Y comes from ECONOMY.
Aug 13, 2004 | 6:07 am
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As an old COBOL programmer (of 35 years standing), I would look further afield for the "Connoisseur" issue. A human somewhere hasn't done it's job properly.
And as for "Y", how about economY?
And as for "Y", how about economY?
Aug 13, 2004 | 6:23 am
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Why Y?
What about ... "Y"ou lot, shut up back there!
Aug 13, 2004 | 7:47 am
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or, "Y can't I use the lavs up front?"
Aug 13, 2004 | 8:11 am
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Originally Posted by winkydink
What is, "What does United's web site run on?", Alex?
Aug 13, 2004 | 10:05 am
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Originally Posted by mreplus
United.com runs very recent and secure versions of Sun Solaris. None of that MS junk...
Aug 13, 2004 | 11:29 am
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I believe that "Connoiseur" is the source of UA's C designation. In fact, if you look at some of the on-plane monitoring screens on some of the older planes, it will actually refer to the C section by that name, rather than business class.
Timothy
Timothy