ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson) (05/24/85)
I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had any experience with UA during this strike?? -- Cameron C. Carson Distributed Systems Group Boston University ACC UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!ccc ARPA: ccc%bu-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
grd@ihu1e.UUCP (daly) (05/29/85)
> I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased > at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months > are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had > any experience with UA during this strike?? > > > -- > Cameron C. Carson > Distributed Systems Group > Boston University ACC > > UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!ccc > ARPA: ccc%bu-cs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I've been informed by my travel agency that very FEW airlines are honoring the extra low super-saver rates. I was told that I would be very lucky if I could get a standby seat... Fly the unfriendly skies... You know where they can put there promos. Garry Daly AT&T Bell Laboratories ihu1e!grd
jrm1@pyuxh.UUCP (J McKeel) (05/29/85)
> I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased > at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months > are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had > any experience with UA during this strike?? Eastern Airlines will honor any ticket previously purchased through UA. No questions asked.
thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (05/30/85)
In article <417@bu-cs.UUCP> ccc@bu-cs.UUCP (Cameron Carson) writes: >I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased >at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months >are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had >any experience with UA during this strike?? My sister arrived in SF from Tokyo with the return half of one of these tickets (a week and a half ago). Western honored it, but put her on the waiting list at the bottom. People with regular fare tickets were being put onto the list above her. We finally bought her a more expensive ticket so she could get out of SF. As she was leaving, she heard a rumor that Western was going to stop honoring United tickets soon. I don't know what has happened since. She said that both the United and Western counter people were very friendly and helpful, however. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) "A pupil from whom nothing is ever demanded which he cannot do never does all he can." -- John Stuart Mill
jennyh@orca.UUCP (Jenny Hecker) (05/30/85)
> > I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased > > at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months > > are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had > > any experience with UA during this strike?? > > Don't assume that your flights are cancelled without checking. My husband & I got caught by the strike in the middle of a vacation, but both of our United flights were still running, on time, and only about half full. If your flight's cancelled, United will definitely honor your super-savers on another flight, if you can figure out a new schedule. p.s. the United wing of O'Hare is fascinating during the strike. Very,very quiet... lots of warning signs about not taking pictures of United employees, lots of security guards.
bob@islenet.UUCP (Bob Cunningham) (06/05/85)
United has announced it will no longer help tour group operators obtain
replacement block seating on other airlines. If you have a future group
reservations on United, best check with your travel agent about alternate
plans.
Locally, flights flying to Hawaii from the U.S. mainland and vice versa are
very full. Midweek is most crowded, and some people have had to add a few
days to their vacations here in order to get flights out.
--
Bob Cunningham {dual|vortex|ihnp4}!islenet!bob
Honolulu, Hawaiibrown@nicmad.UUCP (06/05/85)
In article <1538@orca.UUCP> jennyh@orca.UUCP (Jenny Hecker) writes: >> > I've heard from one source that United tickets purchased >> > at the extra low super-saver rates of the previous months >> > are not being honored by other carriers. Has anyone had >> > any experience with UA during this strike?? >> > > >Don't assume that your flights are cancelled without checking. My >husband & I got caught by the strike in the middle of a vacation, >but both of our United flights were still running, on time, and only about >half full. If your flight's cancelled, United will definitely honor your >super-savers on another flight, if you can figure out a new schedule. Chicago is not a good place to talk about flights being cancelled. I believe that Chicago is the headquarters of United, ie, it is the central hub of flight operations. Up here in Madison, 30 minute flight to Chicago, what flights we did have were gone with the wind. I was to leave for a Chicago/ Phoenix flight the first day of the strike. I spent the first day of our vacation (the morning anyway) at our ticket agent trying to find other flights to Phoenix. We finally did, at a cost of $304.25 more, for three of us. And then the flight didn't leave until the next day. My wife had only a week of vacation and we lost one day already. We got to Phoenix via American. Now for the kicker to your statement. While we were in Phoenix, I watched the local newscast on Sunday night and they said that United had doubled their flights from Phoenix. Catch this, from ONE to TWO. B-F-D! Needless to say it wouldn't have done us any good. One flight getting in/out of Phoenix when we wanted to get there. The bottom line is that most of the people flying were not in a situation to be in Chicago were more planes were flying. I saw the United ticket counter at Chicago on the network news. They were as happy as I was about the whole situation. Consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Yes, we were also kind of lucky, we did find other flights (the last three seats from Chicago to Phoenix on that Saturday). Oh, if I were to run into on the of the striking United pilots, I would hand him a bill for $304.25. I have no sympathy for them at all. Anyone trying to fuck up my vacation doesn't get any. -- |------------| | |-------| o| JVC HRD725U Mr. Video | | | o| |--------------| | | | | | |----| o o o | | |-------| O| |--------------| |------------| VHS Hi-Fi (the only way to go) ({!seismo,!ihnp4}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!brown)