<p>Also, I don’t have a USairways account, instead I have a United.com account, which I guess is pretty useless since I can’t even check-in at United.com.</p>
<p>Your ticket (eamil confirmation) HAS to have a confirmation# on it and FOR SURE a flight #. Use those. They are there. Really, Krabble. This is pretty basic. Read your printout. And go ahead and register with USAirways. It itakes about a second, and you’ll then get dividend miles for your flight as well.</p>
<p>I know your flight is tomorrow, KRabble. I am just surpurised that this is all so foreign to you. Do you not have a parent of sibling who can help you with this?</p>
<p>jym626–</p>
<p>I have a Ticket Number, Mileage Plus #, Reservation #1, Reservation #2, Passenger #1 Number, and a Record Locator Number.</p>
<p>I have tried inputing all of these numbers in the “Confirmation Code” slot on USAirways’ website, but it does not seem to work. Instead a pop-up alerts me: “_________ is not a valid confirmation code.”</p>
<p>The only other thing close to a “flight number” that I can see is: “United Airlines 1982 (Operated by US Airways) Airbus A319”–I copied this verbatim; this is my departure flight from PHL.</p>
<p>Is it possible that this is not processing because I bought this ticket from United.com rather than directly from USAirways.com? I don’t see why United Airlines sells tickets when it is operated by US Airways. I’m a little disappointed with this process, but thank you anyway</p>
<p>Your flight number is ‘1982’. Try just that.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Well, I called each of the airlines (United Airlines and US Airways) a few times and finally, US Airways was able to give me my confirmation code, which I then used to access my flight reservation at USAirways.com. It was more of a hassle than I really hoped for, but I guess I can put this behind me now.</p>
<p>By the way, I did not come across a section asking me how many pieces of luggage I will check in, when I chose my seat placing. I did, fortunately, print out my ticket and itinerary. Thanks a bunch, y’all!</p>
<p>Anyone else wondering how krabble is doing on his big adventure? I dropped my son off outside the Southwest terminal. He called when he couldn’t find his Allegheny rep from Pittsburgh but while he was on the phone, they found each other. I’m looking forward to hearing some stories tomorrow night!</p>
<p>Funny Kathiep, I was thinking about that… as we had a little “adventure” with our local airport today. </p>
<p>My older s., a very seasoned traveller (a college soph) arranged to fly through our city on his way back from his gf’s (in Fla) to his college (in Tx). He scheduleded a 4hr layover so we could have a nice relaxed breakfast together somewhere outside the airport, and so we could bring him some clothes he’ll need for his summer internship. He kept up with the flight status via a weblink on his phone, as the connecting flight originated out of DC and was departing from there an hour late (so he couldn’t initially get info as to when it was arriving/departing from our city). He also called the airlines several times and was consistently told the flight would arrive in our city about an hour late, and would depart 90’ after it was originally scheduled to depart. They said that as it was a flight that originated out of DC with a connection in our city, and continuing on to Houston, they doubted they’d get a different aircraft to keep the second 1/2 of the flight on schedule. They told him to call back in 1/2 hr (after it was in the air and the computers were updated), when they’d have more info. So, after breakfast we ran an errand. When he checked back on his phone weblink, it said he flight was BOARDING. We were close to the airport, but when he went to check the luggage we’d given him, they said the flight was CLOSED. He explained what 3 different people had told him on the phone, but, oh well, they wouldn’t let him out to the gate. Long story… he was able to change his flight with no extra fee (Delta likes to try to sock you with a $50 “change” fee, but he was able to get his listed as a missed connection-which is true- so no fee), but the only one they would confirm him on was a 5 pm flight (he’d originally scheduled to be out of here before noon). He was going to try to fly standby on an earlier flight (2:30) but they wouldn’t guarantee that his luggage would make it, which meant he’d have to hang around the Houston airport to wait for it (too far to drive back and forth). Well, it turns out that he’d left something here at the house back in Dec. that he wanted to bring with him anyway, so my h. just ran back down to the airport with it and is hanging out with him a little longer (I had to get younger s. back home for HW). We’ve all been up since O-dark-thirty (as they say in the military), as our s. arrived here from his original flight at 6:50 this morning! It will be a VERY long day for him. </p>
<p>I’d originally suggested we go back to the airport to be there for the original flight departure time (like they usually tell you) but he didn’t feel it was necessary, since all 3 people on the phone said the same thing, and none said he needed to be there for the original departure time. Oh well… I just hate it when I am right 
. Well, looking on the bright side, we got to spend some extra time with him, we got him his new computer bag/backpack that he needed, and he’ll sleep on the plane home for sure!</p>
<p>So, I hope KRabble’s first solo adventure was much smoother. Glad your kiddo made it in ok.</p>
<p>jym,
Well, that’s some excitement I don’t wish on my son or krabble! Hey KRabble - Let’s hear about that trip!</p>
<p>Yes, Kathiep,
We call days like this “an adventure”. Good news… he’s back at school safe and sound, we were able to get the gift he’d left at the house (his gf’s graduation gift) to him, got him a replacement backpack/computer bag, had a nice breakfast, and put way too many miles on the cars in our back-and-forth-to-the-airport episode. And I have only a <em>few</em> more gray hairs…</p>
<p>Hey!</p>
<p>I just got home about 1 hour ago. The trip went very smoothly, but USAirways did misplace my bag (and the bags of a few other passengers)! I suppose it wasn’t too much of an inconvenience, because it did return to me around 11:30 PM on Sunday (before I went to sleep). The CMU campus is great and definitely not what I expected. Contrary to general belief, CMU is a very diverse school (very different characters meet here), but I couldn’t help but notice the lobsided ethnic diversity. One of the first things I noticed about Pittsburgh was that it is considerably less lively than Philadelphia.</p>
<p>Everything at the airport went fine, nonetheless. My host helped me print out my return airline ticket, and getting on the right bus was not a problem at all! Again, thanks for all the great advice! I will be sure to buy an e-ticket again!</p>
<p>P.S.–Because the flight number was all that was required to access the boarding pass (on USAirways.com), I just needed to access the schedule online to find the flight number. I learned this from my host, which saved me many phone calls!</p>
<p>Good to hear that you are back safe and sound. Looks like you had an eye-opening trip, and i hope it helps you make your decision. Let us know when you decide!!</p>
<p>Glad all went well, but as for this:
thats what we were trying to tell you.</p>
<p>Krabble,
Good to hear that you made it both ways with just a minor mishap. So, is CMU the school for you?</p>
<p>My son decided that Allegheny was not the college for him. He says the dorms are not that great, food wasn’t that good, and there was “not enough to do”. For a guy that plays computer games 24/7, I find the last comment suspicious. Will probe further. I had no idea that our college search was supposed to put those three things at the top of the priority list.</p>
<p>Ahh, jym626 I’m sorry lol… it sometimes takes me a while to figure some of these things out!</p>
<p>As for CMU, I liked nearly everything about it. However, the days that I was there (Sunday & Monday), the campus seemed severely dead on Sunday night. I’m going to give CMU the benefit of the doubt and assume that basically it was the night before classes, so much studying/homeworking needed to get done! That’s just about the only doubt I have about CMU, but then again, UPitt is literally right next to CMU and I’m sure Pittsburgh is more lively (at times).</p>
<p>I’m not a picky eater at all (perhaps it’s basically because I’m too lazy to be picky!), so the food was good. A lot of the food was fried, but then again, I only ate at two different locations on campus. There seems to be great recreational facilities (the University Center) including racquet ball courts, gym equipment, tennis courts, etc.–even the football field seemed to be very open for all students (I saw many students just play catch or frisbee).</p>
<p>The computer “clusters” (AKA labs) were very up-to-date, which is expected since it is a university. Getting around campus is not difficult at all–I can’t imagine anyone walking for more than 10 minutes to get to another class. I believe one of the tour guides also mentioned that there are no classes larger than 200 students, because they don’t have any lecture halls that can fit more than 200 students.</p>
<p>The dorm in which I was staying was a little small, but I don’t plan on staying in my room for my entire 4 years. The lounges and dorm facilities were great (ping pong table, pool table, TVs, etc.) The dorm building had its own washing/drying machines, so I don’t think it’s much of a hassle to get one when you need it.</p>
<p>I’m probably missing a lot of things, but overall it was great! I still haven’t sent in my matriculation paper/fee, but I’m sure I will have it in by the end of this week.</p>
<p>P.S.- All of the people there were very friendly!</p>