UA 2070 TLV-EWR Aug 11 ferry flight

[shmooz]

Dan wrote about this http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/71765

I was on this flight

Previously booked with a stopover on AC, but while looking around the UA site, I noticed this flight. I knew it was strange so I called the call back number to see what is was and was told that yes, we have 3 flights  a day from TLV, always. Still didnt jive since I never heard of that, and even though I'm no expert the flight number was strange to me. so I looked at DD and found Dans post!

I could have booked Biz but I saw that the seats were so empty I could probably get a row of 3 seats to myself which would allow me to lie down which is not as good but cheaper and good enough.

They charged me $50/ticket for the change fee.

At the airport the checkin was so empty, only 3 counters and half the time the agents had nothing to do.

In the end, biz  filled up, but not economy. So I had a row to myself in the back. And the rest of my family also. And lots of other happy flyers.

So it was a great flight and worth the money to change.

[Dr Moose]

cool, thanks for the TR!

[Moshe123]

Awesome! I like smarts.

[casualchurner]

Any pics?

[shmooz]

Any pics?

No but if you can grab a screenshot of the seating i count 26 rows with one or zero flyers.

Funny thing is that i heard that the people who were on the cancelled flight were given free economy plus. But that section is full! And they probably thought it was great.

[ar]

Nice. But was it that empty?

After being available for sale for just 18 hours United filled up 94% in Business class & 59% in Economy! What does that tell you on NYC-TLV route?

[@Yehuda]

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[lunatic]

Nice. But was it that empty?

After being available for sale for just 18 hours United filled up 94% in Business class & 59% in Economy! What does that tell you on NYC-TLV route?

The missing piece is, how much of the biz was award

[Marco Polo]

The missing piece is, how much of the biz was award

With the amount of space that was showing, probably most of it.

[Dan]

Even so, 70K miles is still probably recognized as $700 of revenue on a flight that had to be ferried anyway.

[mawmaw]

Nice. But was it that empty?

After being available for sale for just 18 hours United filled up 94% in Business class & 59% in Economy! What does that tell you on NYC-TLV route?

http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=51907.0

[harrym]

The missing piece is, how much of the biz was award

I saw the upgrade list over 30 cleared

[ar]

I saw the upgrade list over 30 cleared

Yeah, I don't get that. Was there sooo many passengers with a Premier status? Doesn't make sense.

[Joe4007]

Even so, 70K miles is still probably recognized as $700 of revenue on a flight that had to be ferried anyway.

And what about pax who booked through partners? Do they get that much $ for those?