M180up From El Salvador, joined May 2006, 403 posts, RR: 6 Posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2486 times:
can anybody confirm this? I was checking some flight on SABRE and i found flight, 1303, it's on schedule all year long and it has some odd times and cities
STA SARRV SDEPT
PET 100A
FRB 130A 145A
FRH 200A 300A
FRP 400A 500A
FRC 600A 700A
ORP 800A 900A
UKB 1000A 1100A
UKC 1200N
It's supposed to be operated with a 767, is this a charter flight?
Any info?
Any of this cities is served by Us Airways
AirScoot From United States of America, joined May 2005, 688 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2386 times:
It's probably for internal use at US. Other airlines have something similar - I know that AA has flights for internal use that show HDQ-FSG and the like (they even still show as 747 service )
IIRC some of the U city codes for USAirways were used for reservations centers.. like UFO was used for Orlando.
Quoting AirScoot (Reply 1): It's probably for internal use at US. Other airlines have something similar - I know that AA has flights for internal use that show HDQ-FSG and the like (they even still show as 747 service)
I remember TA had a flight #777 that went SAL-HDQ-FSG-somewhere else. We used it for training, making test reservations. That was back in the times when they used SABRE; I don't know if the flight is still in use now that they switched to Amadeus.
Quoting M180up (Thread starter): outsourced US reservation's agent... and proud of it!
No kidding... I used to work for the same call center company! (not for US, though) I worked in the GUA call center, of course, but visited SAL a couple of times. Is R. Colindres still the big boss at US reservations there?
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 48 Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1992 times:
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 5): I remember TA had a flight #777 that went SAL-HDQ-FSG-somewhere else. We used it for training, making test reservations.
Just to clarify my earlier comments, with regards to these US Airways "flights", they're not just for training and making test reservations. There are actually legitimate circumstances where they're used in pax records by agents at the ATO--I just forget exactly why at the moment.
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1983 times:
Perhaps they come into play for dummy rebookings, providing somewhere to "stash" a passenger's reservation until it can be transferred to the correct flight?
USAir A321 service now departing for SFO with fuel stops in CAK, COS and RNO. Enjoy your flight.
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 48 Reply 8, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1946 times:
I want to say that they somehow help agents with regards to forcing a fare to price...or something. That could be completely wrong, though.
I know for sure that the question has been asked and answered on here a few times, perhaps even by me at one point, if anyone wants to try their luck with the fabulous search function.
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 5): No kidding... I used to work for the same call center company! (not for US, though) I worked in the GUA call center, of course, but visited SAL a couple of times. Is R. Colindres still the big boss at US reservations there?
M180up From El Salvador, joined May 2006, 403 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1792 times:
Quoting AirScoot (Reply 1): IIRC some of the U city codes for USAirways were used for reservations centers.. like UFO was used for Orlando.
yes, they are, ufw is for winston-salem, ufc is for mexico and guatemala even if it decodes like something else, and well ours at sal is different, is nxa, decodes like ofs wa iirc
Carmenlu15 From Guatemala, joined Dec 2004, 4679 posts, RR: 35 Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1722 times:
Quoting A330323X (Reply 6): Just to clarify my earlier comments, with regards to these US Airways "flights", they're not just for training and making test reservations. There are actually legitimate circumstances where they're used in pax records by agents at the ATO--I just forget exactly why at the moment.
Nice to know that. We only used them for training, especially since one time that an instructor used real city codes for a test, and revenue management started wondering why was the plane full of John Smiths...
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oh and i forgot, ufm is for manila agents
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