Is this allowed?
Oct 5, 2006 | 2:28 am
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Is this allowed?
If it is showing Y2 B2 etc......
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
Oct 5, 2006 | 5:08 am
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Originally Posted by fumitani
If it is showing Y2 B2 etc......
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
Oct 5, 2006 | 7:10 am
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Nope, because the second you release the spot, it goes back into general inventory and if there are other people on the waitlist, the rez system will instantly clear them.
And it's a slimy thing to do.
And it's a slimy thing to do.
Oct 5, 2006 | 7:15 am
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Can you explain what you mean? I sure don't understand...
Oct 5, 2006 | 7:25 am
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I'm confused also, but this does not sound good.
Oct 5, 2006 | 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by fumitani
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
You have more than 1,700 post then me, and you're into unethically yield management.
Oct 5, 2006 | 9:05 am
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Hey, why not just go all the way and book the entire flight in full Y and refund it all the day before the flight so you can fly alone? I believe this practice is against the CoC and United can (justifiably) put you on their no-fly list.
Oct 5, 2006 | 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by TerryK
Ethically questionable aside, that's not how yield management works.
I think it's slimy, but that it would work.
Oct 5, 2006 | 2:52 pm
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Decided not to do it as it is unethical. I'll just go on my ticketed flight.
Oct 5, 2006 | 2:57 pm
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Originally Posted by fumitani
If it is showing Y2 B2 etc......
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
Note that many passengers don't show up or misconnect so that a flight can be overbooked by 10-20% or more and still go out with standbys cleared and empty seats. But you can't do confirmed $25 changes onto such flights, only regular standby.
Charles
Oct 5, 2006 | 3:14 pm
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Forgetting the slimeyness of the OP's tactic, it would not work. Same-day confirmed books into H and therefore H or lower must be available..
Oct 5, 2006 | 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by stevenshev
Forgetting the slimeyness of the OP's tactic, it would not work. Same-day confirmed books into H and therefore H or lower must be available..
Oct 5, 2006 | 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Sydneysider
How is this not how yield management works? And as far as clearning standbys... that's done at the gate just prior to departure, so releasing this seat hours before would dump it back into Y without anyone on the list able to immediately claim it.
I think it's slimy, but that it would work.
I think it's slimy, but that it would work.
Oct 5, 2006 | 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by fumitani
If it is showing Y2 B2 etc......
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
I make a booking and hold it so it goes down to Y1. and when the flight comes within the 4 hour mark I release the hold and I call united and use the $25 dollar confirm fee and take the spot
Oct 5, 2006 | 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by fumitani
It was showing. Y2 straight down to L2 so my tactic would have worked
That was my point. Nothing you do on a small scale is going to make the flight more underbooked; the only thing you can do is to book extra seats, and that won't help you. In cabins where they don't overbook, you have more leverage, but it is unethical for sure and almost certainly a violation of the CoC.
Charles