IAD UC ?

Last I saw, selected flights in and out of Washington were running the UCS. Does anyone know if this is a full time thing now? I've noticed the rates are currently reflecting what they would for the UCS. It used to be a bit lower as it was non UCS out of IAD. Info would be welcome. Would love to avoid having to "shlep" through JFK.
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[honey lamb]

Well on my flights at the end October/beginning November currently the plane is a Suite 343 outbound and an ordinary one inbound

[mitchja]

IAD has always been (and still is) a bit hit and miss for UCS. I was lucky in March as I got an A346 both ways so UCS . As more A343's get suited up then the chances of UCS on the IAD route will increase.

I've never actually noticed a difference in fares though between UCS and non-UCS VS flights. Pretty sure dont VS base their fares on the A/C config more likely to be based on seasons and PAX loads as the fares are set well in advance of A/C routes.

Regards

The Suite for lowest-UC always ran (at least last half of 2004 and first part of 2005) around 3300 US but if you priced the lowest UC out of non-UCS routes, lets say Newark or Dulles it would always run around 3100 US. Not a big difference but over Christmas and this spring when we flew it was that way.
It just seems that up-fits always happen in "off-seasons" and was wondering if a push was going to occur to finish out all of the cabins. Never know who is in the know here on-line.

[mitchja]

As far as I can tell (someone please correct me if I'm wrong here) the re-fitting of the A343's seems to be on hold at the moment. The 2nd A343 (G-VFAR) with UCS came back into service Sept 1st but so far the next A343 still hasn't gone to DUB for it's re-fit yet.

Regards

Originally posted by honey lamb
Well on my flights at the end October/beginning November currently the plane is a Suite 343 outbound and an ordinary one inbound

How do they get a UCS to fly home in if a J2000 flew in?


Paul

[preiffer]

Originally posted by p17blo

Originally posted by honey lamb
Well on my flights at the end October/beginning November currently the plane is a Suite 343 outbound and an ordinary one inbound

How do they get a UCS to fly home in if a J2000 flew in?

Probably by using different planes on different days, Paul .

Unless Honey Lamb is flying back the very same day, on the same aircraft, there's a very high probability that it'll be a different one she returns on...

[honey lamb]

Unless Honey Lamb is flying back the very same day, on the same aircraft, there's a very high probability that it'll be a different one she returns on...

That's right - flying out on a Saturday and returning on a Wednesday