Sep 24, 2016, 1:22 pm
Last edit by: Seat 2A
See below in the expanded wiki for the list of the reconfigured aircraft.
December 3, 2015 Alaska announced a reconfiguration of its fleet.
The first reconfigured aircraft - N536AS - entered service 9/25/16.
List of reconfigured aircraft:
737-800
N506AS
N508AS
N512AS
N513AS
N514AS
N516AS
N517AS
N518AS
N519AS
N520AS
N523AS
N524AS
N525AS
N526AS
N527AS
N528AS
N529AS
N530AS
N532AS
N533AS
N534AS
N535AS
N536AS
N537AS
N538AS
N546AS
N548AS
N549AS
N551AS
N552AS
N553AS
N556AS
N557AS
N558AS
N559AS
N560AS
N562AS
N563AS
N564AS
N565AS
N568AS
N569AS
N570AS
N577AS
N579AS
N581AS
N583AS
N584AS
N585AS
N586AS
N587AS
N588AS
N589AS
N590AS
N592AS
N593AS
N594AS
N596AS
N597AS
Total: 59 / 61 (97% complete)
Last updated: 12/18
Previous thread discussing PE
You can find the scheduled tail number of your flight here:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as123
(replace as123 with as[your flight num])
However aircraft swaps are frequent, even up to the last hour.
December 3, 2015 Alaska announced a reconfiguration of its fleet.
Originally Posted by alaskaair.com/newsroom
Seats in the Premium Class section will have at least 35" of pitch, compared to 31" to 32" in the rest of the main cabin. To make room for the Premium Class while maintaining pitch in the main cabin, Alaska will reconfigure and reduce the number of seats available on some aircraft. Also, pitch in the First Class cabin will be increased from 36" to 42" providing a significantly enhanced experience for those customers.
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Model Fleet count Current seats Reconfigured cabin (First class/Main cabin)(First class/Premium class/Main) 737-800 61 16/147 12/30/117 737-900/900ER 77 16/165 16/24/138 E175 15 12/64 12/12/52
List of reconfigured aircraft:
737-800
N506AS
N508AS
N512AS
N513AS
N514AS
N516AS
N517AS
N518AS
N519AS
N520AS
N523AS
N524AS
N525AS
N526AS
N527AS
N528AS
N529AS
N530AS
N532AS
N533AS
N534AS
N535AS
N536AS
N537AS
N538AS
N546AS
N548AS
N549AS
N551AS
N552AS
N553AS
N556AS
N557AS
N558AS
N559AS
N560AS
N562AS
N563AS
N564AS
N565AS
N568AS
N569AS
N570AS
N577AS
N579AS
N581AS
N583AS
N584AS
N585AS
N586AS
N587AS
N588AS
N589AS
N590AS
N592AS
N593AS
N594AS
N596AS
N597AS
Total: 59 / 61 (97% complete)
Last updated: 12/18
Previous thread discussing PE
You can find the scheduled tail number of your flight here:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as123
(replace as123 with as[your flight num])
However aircraft swaps are frequent, even up to the last hour.
Consolidated 73H reconfigured F/PE/Y 12/30/117 Thread [They're out there!]
Sep 26, 2016, 8:51 pm
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Thanks to SOCguy, Putzy and Bay Area Blue for the updates and keeping us straight 
Last edited by beckoa; Sep 26, 2016 at 9:08 pm
Sep 26, 2016, 9:09 pm
#18
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I'm flying out of RDU on Thursday and the current seat config is 3 rows of F. Hopefully the rear config is the new seats. Initially my flight down today was 3 rows of F but then was switched to 4 on a 738. Although getting 4 rows of F on Thursday would be nice as well if I got the upgrade.
Sep 27, 2016, 7:48 am
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There should be a bounty put out for first review and photos 
It appears I won't be flying an 800 the rest of the year so I guess that is good (upgrades) and bad (tight economy seats if not in 6/16/17).
It appears I won't be flying an 800 the rest of the year so I guess that is good (upgrades) and bad (tight economy seats if not in 6/16/17).
Sep 27, 2016, 10:08 am
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Have they widespread changed this on all 800's yet? They may be doing that for safety sake, holding back sales on those seats, and then just upgrade people into them. Should be better upgrade chances on the old config for awhile if they are holding back seats for sale.
Sep 27, 2016, 10:54 am
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Curious how they will release U spaces on 738 during transition. I know, it all depends on the market, but wondered if they would release more U when 16F aircraft is assigned to the flight, or whether the seats will all be gate upgrade, and no Gold Guest upgrade.
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Sep 28, 2016, 12:05 am
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Sep 28, 2016, 8:22 am
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Current plan for Thurs. N528AS SEA-TPA-SEA, N536AS SEA-DCA-PDX, N546AS GSO-RDU-SEA.
Sep 28, 2016, 9:26 am
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They need to start selling the buy-ups sooner! It would be interesting to see if they at least try and do at-gate buy-up offers into those seats, even if only middles left at that time...
I have been impressed that the gates have been aware of aircraft configured with space bins and have been making announcements to folks at the gate to flip bags on their side and to not worry about space....
Sep 28, 2016, 9:40 am
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Sep 28, 2016, 10:13 am
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There are some services which show the log of the events related to leading up to the flight and you can see those equipment swaps that you normally don't see because almost all are the same type. All it takes is a little delay somewhere to change things around. With Alaska's hub-out-and-back scheduling, swaps at the hub are common if a flight is late returning.
Sep 28, 2016, 11:37 am
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Argh.. my hopes were SOO high. I'm flying IAD-SEA today and the seat map changed to 3 rows of F. Assumed it was a newly reconfigured -800 since AS.com still shows it as a -800 (flightview says its a -900).
but alas, no, last row is 28.
and this is one time I am thanking god that I am in Row 2 and not 4.
but alas, no, last row is 28.
and this is one time I am thanking god that I am in Row 2 and not 4.