Does anyone remember the old timetables?
Jul 20, 2009 | 4:58 am
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Does anyone remember the old timetables?
Just curious. Remember the timetables that had a lot of functionality to them? You could do a search and list EVERY flight from one city. On the drop down menus you could select 'All cities'. I think you could even search a range of dates at one time. Then you could sort the flights by aircraft type or time or whatever... I wish they would bring that back! 
Jul 20, 2009 | 5:37 am
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Just curious. Remember the timetables that had a lot of functionality to them? You could do a search and list EVERY flight from one city. On the drop down menus you could select 'All cities'. I think you could even search a range of dates at one time. Then you could sort the flights by aircraft type or time or whatever... I wish they would bring that back!
Jul 20, 2009 | 5:40 am
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I thought you meant the paper ones they used to mail to us. Those were the OLD timetables.
Jul 20, 2009 | 6:06 am
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Jul 20, 2009 | 6:11 am
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I have two of the old paper ones on my desk right now. They're good for nostalgia reading. For example, I've never heard of Spencer, IA (SPW), but UX had 8 flights a day there in 1997.
I would think new paper timetables would be obsolete 24 hours after being printed.
I would think new paper timetables would be obsolete 24 hours after being printed.
Jul 20, 2009 | 6:35 am
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FWIW, you can still do this with the PC timetable (United PC TravelDesk/Easyschedule), just use the wildcard "*" in the Depart or Arrive fields.
I think you are limited to a maximum of 120 flights.
Jul 20, 2009 | 2:02 pm
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The PDF timetables available for download on .bomb certainly look like they could be paper timetables (except that some of the non-flight-schedule material is out of date), but I have no idea if UA actually prints those PDFs for any reason.
I have a few UA paper timetables in my collection. The two oldest:
Jul 20, 2009 | 2:11 pm
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As a kid my father would bring home the paper-book timetables and I remember countless hours figuring out different ways to get to each city on United. When the 777 launched on UA I spent time finding all the city pairs that flew the 777.
Who knew it would come in handy 10-15 years later while trying to plan mileage runs.
Who knew it would come in handy 10-15 years later while trying to plan mileage runs.