It is funny.. I made it to the gate and there were really few pax at the gate area and the door to the jetway was open. I thought "they already boarded the people and these guys are waiting for the red-eye to ORD". that was not the case when the gate agent announced "Good evening, now I would like to welcome all of our 15 pax to flight 224 service to Washington Dulles" :) I usually take the 2:10 pm flight from SEA (actually 2:15 SEA-ORD service on Sundays on 757 which is always packed or 2:10 A320 on other days) but this time I had to stay home longer. The reason I chose the SEA-IAD was exactly same as yours , to catch more Zs, due to the longer flight time. And my arrival time to YUL was the same as connecting through ORD. Surprisingly enough Air Canada was on time compared to the early morning ORD-YUL flight with Atlantic Coast which has been ALWAYS late. BAHA Fan of piling up milage :) -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matthew Montano Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:57 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: My own personal A320 bizjet .. Yikes. I used to catch UA224 on a regular basis, and it was usually 'fullish.' (About as full as the UAL PDX-ORD red-eye I used to do.) One reason I stopped taking UA224, and likely others as well, the morning bank of ACA/UA departures out of IAD to east-coast cities has been decimated. (My 6:30am ATL departure being one.) ... therefore it's easier to catch the 11:30pm ORD red-eye and connects with the 6:30am bank. It gets you there faster than going through Dulles. Though I miss the good 5 hour sleep one could make on 224, where ORD would only afford you 3.75 ish or so. Matthew On Nov 18, 2003, at 8:38 AM, Bahadir Acuner wrote: > Amazing.. I was on UA 224 SEA-IAD red-eye last night (this morning). > We had only 15 people in the entire aircraft. 8 of these were F class.. > > So, I "downgraded" myself to Econ + and had all 3 seats to myself. > > I have never seen a revenue flight this empty.. What gives? > > BAHA > Fan of catching Zs on flights..no wonder they call these flights > red-eye..