BOS-SFO was PS, was Business, now First, UC no/yes?, service levels? summer no 752s
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[QUOTE=Imstevek;35784212]I have never heard of open seats due to weight, in either direction on this route. Especially doesn't make sense coming from west coast.
see: Changes in 752 / 753 seatmaps -- some blocked middles (winter), wrong lie-flat icon
see: Changes in 752 / 753 seatmaps -- some blocked middles (winter), wrong lie-flat icon
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>> My booked RT in June is still showing 752s both directions.
Mine in May are 737-MAX9. Sure that they haven't been swapped in June??
Mine in May are 737-MAX9. Sure that they haven't been swapped in June??
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Last evening's schedule update replaced the 757-200 with the 737-MAX9 on all segments from March 31 through August 18. Terrible downgrade for what can often be a seven hour flight westbound.
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This may have already been discussed -- I skimmed through a number of pages. But, at some point this spring/summer, BOS goes 100% Max on transcons...not a single lie flat to either SFO or LAX (seven total flights per day; 5 to SFO and 2 to LAX). Brutal. There must be better use for the aircraft in the summer but that's probably not very competitive to DL or B6. Sad to see it.
Oh, I didn't realize the change was last night. I thought there used to be a sprinkling of lie flats. Now there are absolutely none. Again, not sure how they'll compete with DL or B6. I guess they don't care.
By the way, I always thought schedule changes were done on Friday night/Saturday morning (East Coast time). Not sure I've seen a Wednesday night/Thursday morning mass schedule change. Is that new?
Oh, I didn't realize the change was last night. I thought there used to be a sprinkling of lie flats. Now there are absolutely none. Again, not sure how they'll compete with DL or B6. I guess they don't care.
By the way, I always thought schedule changes were done on Friday night/Saturday morning (East Coast time). Not sure I've seen a Wednesday night/Thursday morning mass schedule change. Is that new?
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June and July (at least the dates I'm looking at) have been MAX9s for at least a month. I keep hoping it's a place they parked them to make the computer algorythms work and it will be back to lie flats soon. My actual route is SFO-PWM, but I've been taking the nonstop to BOS and driving the extra hour. With MAX9s I'll take P+ to EWR and connect to PWM.
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I don’t think it’s realistic to expect any airline to compete on a one for one basis with their competition in every location. Boston suffers in this regard due to its location - EWR and IAD are going to get the TATL lie flats before Boston gets any.
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That update happened quite a while ago. 3/31 started in November and as UA updates the placeholder schedules it gets extended further out.
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UA competes based on schedule, frequency, and its dominance at SFO. This has always been a very strong route for UA, regardless of the product it offers.
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On a related note, Aviation Week and Space Technology reported today that the 737-MAX10s (which have been rumored to have a lie-flat subfleet for transcons such as BOS<>SFO) will be delayed until at least mid-2025 due to an engine inlet issue that needs to be resolved and certified.
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The lie-flats gone from BOS-LAX is more a 'competition problem' IMHO with other major carriers offering frequent options. It'll be interesting to see if B6 will try and capitalize on this move and increase their frequency.
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