Multiple segments with same flight number
Jul 12, 2006 | 2:36 pm
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Multiple segments with same flight number
My wife is returning from a trip to LGA and I checked her flight (441) on flightaware and was surprised to learn that this 737 uses one flight number for this entire trip:
Rochester, NY (ROC) - Chicago, IL (ORD) - Houston, TX (IAH) - Denver, CO - San Francisco, CA (SFO)
I would expect UA to switch the flight number at IAH (i.e. ROC-ORD-IAH on one flight number and IAH-DEN-SFO on another). Are they short of flight numbers? Why else would you use one number for this entire 3282 mile run?
Can anybody else find a similar mainline UA routing? I know this is more common on UEX flights.
Rochester, NY (ROC) - Chicago, IL (ORD) - Houston, TX (IAH) - Denver, CO - San Francisco, CA (SFO)
I would expect UA to switch the flight number at IAH (i.e. ROC-ORD-IAH on one flight number and IAH-DEN-SFO on another). Are they short of flight numbers? Why else would you use one number for this entire 3282 mile run?
Can anybody else find a similar mainline UA routing? I know this is more common on UEX flights.
Jul 12, 2006 | 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by noah
Are they short of flight numbers?
Do the math...UA has about 2000 flights a day...but they only number into the 1000s.
Jul 12, 2006 | 4:30 pm
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2 round trips from SNA to SFO each day are the same flight numbers going and coming.
Jul 12, 2006 | 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by flyinbob
2 round trips from SNA to SFO each day are the same flight numbers going and coming.
When I first found that out, I was concerned that they will give me no flight credit because it's SFO-SFO.
Jul 12, 2006 | 5:02 pm
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I wonder how many miles they would give you for flying ROC-SFO on flight 441 -- probably not 4 segments and 3282 miles.
Interestingly enough, they will sell you a ticket on .bomb ROC-SFO with "3 stops" on this flight.
I also discovered that United flight 1209 does a similar routing ROC-ORD-DFW-DEN-SFO leaving 2 hours later than 441.
What is it about the ROC-Texas-SFO market? Strange....
Interestingly enough, they will sell you a ticket on .bomb ROC-SFO with "3 stops" on this flight.
I also discovered that United flight 1209 does a similar routing ROC-ORD-DFW-DEN-SFO leaving 2 hours later than 441.
What is it about the ROC-Texas-SFO market? Strange....
Jul 12, 2006 | 5:11 pm
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Actually, having more flight numbers cost money. In addition, there is a marketing benefit to having direct-same-flight-number flights as they surface to the top of agency screens.
Jul 12, 2006 | 5:47 pm
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Originally Posted by UnitedSkies
Actually, having more flight numbers cost money. In addition, there is a marketing benefit to having direct-same-flight-number flights as they surface to the top of agency screens.
Jul 12, 2006 | 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by sftrvlr
But hopefully the agent is smart enough to steer the customer to a single connection between ROC and SFO. Booked as individual segments for extra credit though.
Your Texas contact.
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Jul 12, 2006 | 9:38 pm
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With single flt. # itineraries that have layovers and continue onwards to a final destination, you will only get mileage credit from your point of origin to your destination as opposed to the distance from each layover city combined.
I found this out once on a trip where I had expected to make a status level on the outbound trip , thus enabling me better to get seating on the return trip, but it did not work out that way.
I found this out once on a trip where I had expected to make a status level on the outbound trip , thus enabling me better to get seating on the return trip, but it did not work out that way.