LAX-HKG - - short lived
May 29, 2008, 4:32 pm
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LAX-HKG - - short lived
An email was sent out to flight attendants advising that LAX-HKG-LAX would be reduced to 4 times per week during the summer with the route being discontinued on 9/2/2008. Of course, the reason being the cost of fuel.
Stay tuned........
Stay tuned........
May 29, 2008, 4:34 pm
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May 29, 2008, 4:41 pm
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Sad, but not surprising. I knew grabbing that $500 fare LAX-HKG-LAX in February wasn't a good sign.
May 29, 2008, 4:42 pm
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When is the start date of 4 times per week? What days will the flight operate?
May 29, 2008, 4:47 pm
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I'm still mad that I didn't buy that $500 fare back then. Now when I ready to go, it's hard to find anything under 1K to HKG on any airline.
May 29, 2008, 4:54 pm
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Oh well, at least they gave it a shot. There was no way they could compete against Cathay 3x daily at $130 a barrel.
May 29, 2008, 4:57 pm
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Wow, I have 3 flights on that routing all booked after 9/2. This is going to be fun what happens with my upgrades.
May 29, 2008, 5:00 pm
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Bring back the 2nd ORD-HKG flight then. I like the LAX-HKG flight as it is the one I have remote chance to get upgrade.
May 29, 2008, 5:04 pm
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May 29, 2008, 5:08 pm
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So this is how they will get a 777 for DXB.
May 29, 2008, 5:16 pm
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Wonderful. We've got this one in December. At least with DEQM, those miles won't make or break 1K for us any more.
BTW, the 1K line has not heard anything about this.
BTW, the 1K line has not heard anything about this.
Last edited by mahasamatman; May 29, 2008 at 5:25 pm
May 29, 2008, 5:25 pm
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I knew something was up when I was checking upgrades for next February and March and it all showed NC0 or NC1 when no seats were booked. I have confirmed upgrades on this route in July and November so I hope UA will preserve my upgrades on SFO-HKG,
May 29, 2008, 5:26 pm
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