iflyjetz

I did a search, but hadn't found anyone else posting that it looks like they've returned some mainline service in and out of LAS.

A month or so ago, I booked a RT IAD-LAS for 9-14 Jul. I was unable to connect both flights through DEN (for mainline seating); I ended up booking IAD-ORD-LAS-DEN-IAD so that I could upgrade at least a portion of the flight time.
As it turns out, we had a schedule change. Lo and behold, my ORD-LAS leg is on mainline!!! Suweet!!! I already upgraded on flight 1267, burning a couple of CR-1 for my wife and me.

CMHtoORDtoAnywhere

I have to do a LAS trip in June from CMH. I just looked and couldn't find any mainline flights from ORD or DEN.
Oh well, guess it is Ted for me.

DenverBrian

This happened DEN-LAS for a while on Saturdays in the winter. A single A320 non-TED.

For ORD-LAS, it appears to be last flight out, which overnights in LAS and then returns early morning LAS-ORD.

Also a judicious use of 500-milers, as the flight mileage is 1515.

xj47

Must be a one-off. I did an all-points search for a few random days in June, July and August and am only seeing Ted and UX (EM2).

gs-flyer

Can you tell me what the rule of thumb is for the use of 500-milers? At what point do they require 4 versus 3?

jhayes_1780

50 mile grace (for entire mileage, not each 500) a trip this is 1552 requires 4 500's, a trip that is 1548 requires 3.

iflyjetz

It sounds like I was lucky. I'd rather be lucky than good any day of the week, especially on the way to Vegas.

BenjaminNYC

Thread title a *little* misleading...

zambonisk

Same thing happens for ORD-PHX during Jan thru April for the past 2 years. UA will run 1 mainline flight a day on Sat or Sun. This year it was a combo of 320's, 319, and a few 757s. I don't know why they do it, but they do.

warreng24

Jan-Apr is Baseball Spring Training season...... more pax heading to see the games.

zambonisk

That would make sense if they flew 757's all the time, but for a large part of spring training it was either a mainline 320 or 319 which both have fewer seats than Ted.

tommy777

How about a lot misleading.. These flights pop up every once in a while, but miserable TED serves LAS 99,9% of the flights

Spiff

Unless you fly AAnother AAirline insteAAd.

sftrvlr

Same thing for some of the Florida markets. I was lucky enough to have a schedule change the first weekend of May and they moved me from the FLL-IAD Theodore flight to the FLL-ORD mainline flight. Unfortunately it didn't work the other way.

iflyjetz

Well Tommy and Benjamin, pardon me for not doing a complete check of United's flight schedule in and out of Vegas!!! Come to think of it, I DID take a look at the United timetable PRIOR to posting and did not see a change for my flight to mainline. I thought that we would see additional mainline flights on the next published schedule. I don't live on these boards, so I don't have United's complete timetable and equipment memorized. EXCUSE ME!!!

I'm glad to hear that you and Benjamin never post incorrect information. It must be nice to be infallible.