Mozart From Luxembourg, joined Aug 2003, 2014 posts, RR: 14 Posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 1355 times:
I have a question: will Ted replace the current UA flights on some of the routes it is operating or will it be in addition to the existing UA mainline offer?
Also, will Ted planes go under a different ATC callsign, or simly be "United"?
FA4UA From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 22 Reply 2, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 1273 times:
Ted's call-sign will be UA
The debate continues... Starwood or Hyatt... which is better
Jc5280 From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 530 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1147 times:
Ramprat74 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1457 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1065 times:
You know it just occured to me that the hero of "Airplane" was Ted.
4everRC From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 322 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1020 times:
ILUV767 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 3141 posts, RR: 8 Reply 7, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 987 times:
uniTED wrote Any of the routes Ted will fly will be exclusively Ted. Ted will not operate alongside UAL on any routes.
Not true. Check your schedules. There are mainline flights that operate alongside of Ted flights. If you look at the march schedule between Denver and Phoenix, that is a perfict example of the side by side operations. Mainline has 3 flights. In April those are going away, but then again, the april schedule has not been finalized.
UA744Flagship From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 926 times:
Actually, it is true.
The only reason there will be an intermingling of United-Ted is because of the transition of these routes pending the additional birth of new Teds...
Ted's strategy is to be the only United offering on a particular route, unlike the UAX strat, which allows a mixing of UAX/mainline aircraft depending on demand.
I know someone pretty high up at Ted through someone else I know, and at least through 2004, you will not see Ted and mainline flying on the same route, if not for startup transition.
In the future, it may be possible. Early morning mainline flights for the business travelers, mid-day Ted flights for the leisure market. Would that be worth the inconsistency? Mainline/UAX run together on a market, and those are certainly inconistent products, that management is fine with slapping together...
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 917 times:
The operating info provided by UA for TED flights is wierd - eg.
UA1445 SA 01MAY
APT ARR DY DEP DY CLASS/MEAL EQP GRND EFT TTL
DEN 0645 SA YBEMUHQVWST/- 32S 1:48
KLG/-
PHX 0733 SA 1:48
COMMENTS-
1.DEN PHX - OPERATED BYUNITED FOR TED
The flight is operating with a UA code - hence sold as a United flight, but the operating disclosure is Operated by United for Ted - shouldn't it be the other way round ? Bizarre.
UA744Flagship From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 911 times:
JGPH1A--
Yeah the wording is awkward.
However, keep in mind all Ted markets will be priced under Ted's simplified, 6-tier fare structure.
With a comingling of mainline and Ted on certain routes while planes are being transitioned into the Ted fleet, UA will market and sell certain Ted flights with mainline configured planes.
Some customers will be delighted as they will get an F seat, albet no F service; but, expectations that this "free F seat" will be commonplace on Ted must be ruled out... And the "operated by United for Ted" is part of that clarification.
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