United playing musical flights

[crackerman]

I fly in 43 days and do have Jennifer working in it but just want a sanity check.

I did buy my flights earliest as I could and because of that my BOS-EWR leg has moved a few time but checked today for excitement and now United wants me to go BOS-IAD-EWR-JNB.

Again having Jennifer working on fixing it but is it normal for airlines to play musical flights or am I just special in not a good way?

Excited to be going but not excited about the getting there part.

 

[wesheltonj]

SOP

 

[baxterb]

It’s the “What are you going to do about it this late in the game?” game.

 

[Mountaineer]

You may want to consider driving to Newark to start. That’s coming from a guy who just sit 5 hours on the tarmac in Newark.

 

[Andrew62]

I fly in 43 days and do have Jennifer working in it but just want a sanity check.

I did buy my flights earliest as I could and because of that my BOS-EWR leg has moved a few time but checked today for excitement and now United wants me to go BOS-IAD-EWR-JNB.

Again having Jennifer working on fixing it but is it normal for airlines to play musical flights or am I just special in not a good way?

Excited to be going but not excited about the getting there part.

I am sorry for your frustration, this seems to be the 'new normal' with United. Too many times I have booked non-stop flights only to have a layover, or book a 2 hour layover in EWR and end up with a 7 hour layover. Hopefully, things will get sorted out for you.

 

[BryceM]

It's not "normal" to me, but my sense of normal was established in the decade before COVID. Since then, everything airline related looks like a magic 8-ball was in charge.

 

[crackerman]

Jennifer is expertly on it as usual. I have the United widget on my home screen, which tells me how many days until my flight and I’ve taken a checking it at least once a day as I’m staring at mountains of numbers as motivation. When I logged into it today and saw the random flight changes. I was not happy but it is not the United of old when I was a 1K.

As long as I get there, and as long as my luggage gets there, I just have to put up with it.

 

[Philip Glass]

Take a deep breath and remember the traveling can be challenging at times. @TRAVEL EXPRESS will be on it and ensure that you make your flights. Have a great safari!

 

[HookMeUpII]

You may want to consider driving to Newark to start. That’s coming from a guy who just sit 5 hours on the tarmac in Newark.

The issue is parking. It's honestly not a bad idea if you can a) find someone to drive you or b) find a safe AND reasonable priced parking arrangement. Most are really expensive and not guaranteed your car will be there when you return.