If I have a early flight leaving will United change it much ?

[digman6]

I see that they sometimes change your flight time when you book in advance. welll now I have our tickets for a 8am flight on dec.18th will it change that much???
I was curious because if people have to be someplace and they are changing flights that could really mess up there trip.

I would hate to think I am leaving at 8 am and they move me to a 10 am flight. that was why i booked for a early flight to get there sooner. OR do they just move you flight to be sooner that would be ok with me.

I see I am on a ted flight, if they offer us to move up to the nicer seat for the extra 20$ I hear it is would it be worth it for the 6 of us ( 2 adults 4 kids) ???

 

[bavaria]

nicer seat for $20? I am confused

While TED/United does offer Economy Plus seating as a buy up at the check in point, or at the gate, it is rarely $20. The fee is based on length of flight. Or you can pay $299 per person per year to get guaranteed Economy Plus access.

Economy Plus is a significant revenue generator for United, and one of the primary reasons that they have such a loyal frequent flyer base.

I have even heard FAs tell passengers that moving to an Economy Plus seat without paying the upgrade charge is theft.

 

[bavaria]

As to schedule changes, United like most legacy carriers does them seasonally. Expect one in the summer and one in the fall before your flight. They will still offer an MCO-ORD morning flight - there is usually one around 6am and one around 8am most times of the year.

edited to add - I see that you are looking at ORD-MCO being at 8am. Usually there are 3 TED flights a day at any given time in the year - AM, midday, and PM. Even if the time changes, there should still be at least 3 flights/day, and as you are going during a peak holiday season, maybe more.

 

[dreamcometrue]

sorry, don't mean to hijack this thread, but bavaria, I know you fly United frequently, so I thought I'd ask you here, and hope you will read

We are flying out of LAX, and want to take a redeye to MCO. There are only 2 carriers that offer redeyes, and we prefer United out of the two Our vacation isn't until April 2008 but I would like to book airfare when I see a good price (I know it won't be for another month or so until those dates are available anyway). Now reading this thread, I am worried that they will change the flight times on me if I book early. Do they often change times for a redeye flight? And will I lose my seat assignments if they do?

 

[digman6]

nicer seat for $20? I am confused

While TED/United does offer Economy Plus seating as a buy up at the check in point, or at the gate, it is rarely $20. The fee is based on length of flight. Or you can pay $299 per person per year to get guaranteed Economy Plus access.

Economy Plus is a significant revenue generator for United, and one of the primary reasons that they have such a loyal frequent flyer base.

I have even heard FAs tell passengers that moving to an Economy Plus seat without paying the upgrade charge is theft.

I read someplace thats what they are maybe it was a special they were doing then or something.

 

[bavaria]

sorry, don't mean to hijack this thread, but bavaria, I know you fly United frequently, so I thought I'd ask you here, and hope you will read

We are flying out of LAX, and want to take a redeye to MCO. There are only 2 carriers that offer redeyes, and we prefer United out of the two Our vacation isn't until April 2008 but I would like to book airfare when I see a good price (I know it won't be for another month or so until those dates are available anyway). Now reading this thread, I am worried that they will change the flight times on me if I book early. Do they often change times for a redeye flight? And will I lose my seat assignments if they do?

I fly the LAX-MCO quite often, and know someone else on another Disney board who does as well. It seems to run pretty much anytime I look for it, so I wouldn't be too worried about them cancelling it. They may tweak the times, but I think that chances are very good that there will be that redeye in some form.

if they change the flight time, they MAY change/remove seat assignments. Since I never book a flight more than 0-14 days before departure, I have never actually had an airline change a flight time in advance ie a schedule change.

 

[bavaria]

I read someplace thats what they are maybe it was a special they were doing then or something.

The E+ upgrade is either
- confirmed in advance for elites, or for $299/year for non-elites

OR

- offered at online check in or human check in, or at the gate

If taking the 2nd option, the cost varies by distance travelled. It seems to start around $30 and ranges upwards, depending on the distance of the flight.

Also note, that if you do the 2nd option, chances are very low that there would be seats together in E+ at the time of check in. Middle seats next to elite members are blocked until shortly before boarding, so any E+ seats which open up are likely to be middle seats.