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General Chat / Found someone with 3x 0.5 routes

« on: May 20, 2008, 09:14:48 pm »

just remember that it IS possible to have more than 2 0.5 routes if the routes are going between hubs.

e.g. LAX-NRT-SIN-KUL, each 0.5 where LAX and SIN are hubs.  So LAX-NRT is 0.5, SIN-NRT is 0.5, and SIN-KUL is 0.5.

(ok, maybe not cuz i think that takes more than 24 hours, but you get the idea).

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Bugs / Plane database not pulling up

« on: May 08, 2008, 11:19:45 pm »

I'm using firefox 2(.0.0.14).

all this cash and no new planes to buy

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Bugs / Plane database not pulling up

« on: May 08, 2008, 05:22:16 pm »

Maybe this is just me, but i've tried rebooting the browser and the computer, but i can't buy any planes - the listing doesn't show up.  anyone else having this issue, and i'm assuming it'll be temporary, though it's been two days so far?

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Bugs / [Not a Bug] Equipment Ranges

« on: April 18, 2008, 04:24:05 am »

Gotcha...thanks.  I never realized that it was the same engine but different capacity, and didn't realize the specs changed.

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Bugs / [Not a Bug] Equipment Ranges

« on: April 17, 2008, 08:41:09 pm »

Hmm - I saw the two engine choices, but they have the same model number, so I assumed that was a bug.

Is there a way to indicate range differentials for the engine variants on the spec page itself?  For those of us who aren't completely up to date on all the various engine specifics...

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Bugs / [Not a Bug] Equipment Ranges

« on: April 17, 2008, 08:15:26 pm »

I've been saving up for a plane that could do a US Trans-con route, knowing that I can't fly LAX-JFK with a B735 since the range listed is just 1955nm and the flight length is 2472nm.  But I just did a quick Research Route and it says that the B735 can make that flight.  Had I known, I would've started this route a while ago.  What's up with the inconsistent ranges?

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Bugs / Can't Create Routes/Buy Aircraft

« on: April 08, 2008, 04:30:47 pm »

As long as you have 1 slot used in the first gate, the gate wont be returned (Even when tagged). If you have 2 gates rented then you need to use 11 slots to make sure no gates are returned.

Yeah...they're all 0 slots used, since I rented the gate, then could not create a route.

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Bugs / Can't Create Routes/Buy Aircraft

« on: April 08, 2008, 04:30:11 pm »

I'm running Firefox 2.0.0.13.  It was working fine two days ago (so I do have some routes and such), but this started occurring last night.  Even last night, I was able to create three new routes before it all froze up.  I thought it might've been a server-side issue at first, so I left it alone to check this morning, but it's still there.

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Bugs / Can't Create Routes/Buy Aircraft

« on: April 08, 2008, 04:26:12 pm »

I'm trying to create my routes, but when I go to Create Route, I can select my departure airport, but not a destination airport.  It just says "Loading" and never clears.  The same is occuring with buying aircraft - I can select a manufacturer from the drop down, but it won't pull up the list of available aircraft and just reports "Loading..Loading".

I have several gates that are on the Tagged for Return block, and I'd hate to lose out on the cash that was involved with the renting of those gates.

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General Chat / The Flooding Tactic

« on: January 27, 2008, 03:10:16 am »

And, actually what i hear the $40~ fuel surcharge sticking is a rarity.  "a few routes", is hardly sticking. "a few routes" can [in reality] charge a fare of over $1,000. this doesn't mean that "fares are rising", nor that high ticket costs are sticking.

Unfortunately, it's sticking a little more and more now...and the deals that come through my inbox every Monday night/Tuesday morning are becoming rarer.  i don't think my travelocity alerts have sent me anything for nearly a year now...i guess it's time to reset what is a "cheap" price.

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General Chat / the "i work but still play AM" thread

« on: January 26, 2008, 04:12:45 am »

not really "working"...a graduate student.  i log in for maybe an hour each evening to do the plane and routes things.  though the more routes i have, the more time it's taking to modify them.  but that's about it.  good thing most planes arrive in multiples of 24 "days" so if i log in at about the same time each night, they're all waiting.

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General Chat / The Flooding Tactic

« on: January 26, 2008, 04:06:59 am »

the airline industry in the real world tends to have a real pack attitude towards pricing... it is nice to see it mimicked in game [though i admit the dynamics of 1 euro differences needs a little work still. along with one or two other tiny quirks].

I was reading an article earlier today about the fuel surcharge in the States.  airlines keep trying to jack it up but every time have failed and it's dropped back to its old levels.  when one ups it, all the other majors follow... when one backs off the rest back off again.  always interests me how the game mimics this behavior on routes [as there's few to no fun "hidden/passenger fees" to play with 'ere].

hah, yes.  although i think the latest of $40 from American, matched now by Delta, is sticking...though this surcharge is not on any routes that low-cost carriers (Southwest, AirTran, JetBlue, etc.) fly.

maybe one of the things that may be useful so that we can see when things are moving around is sort of a display of our fare and the average fare on a route, displayed on the "view routes" page?  i mean, that's pretty much how the airlines do it...they have a team (revenue management) monitoring prices.

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Bugs / Gate Rental

« on: January 23, 2008, 05:36:37 am »

ooohh...got it.  thanks.

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Bugs / Gate Rental

« on: January 21, 2008, 08:22:55 am »

I can't seem to rent any new gates...either through OCP or through the traditional method.  Tried with CDG and BCN...

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General Chat / Boeing 747

« on: January 11, 2008, 07:37:43 am »

just ordered my first one.  took a bit of sacrificing on other planes, but oh, the gloriousness!