I am looking at flights to SJU via PHL for this weekend. When I look at the First Class seating availability map it is not that of an A330. It looks like the seating configuration of an A319. :confused: Has anyone else seen this in the past? Do they limit the amount of people in F in case of a downgrade/equipment swap? If I call res can they tell me is a specefic seat is open, or would they see the same seating map as I do?

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I am looking at flights to SJU via PHL for this weekend. When I look at the First Class seating availability map it is not that of an A330. It looks like the seating configuration of an A319. :confused: Has anyone else seen this in the past? Do they limit the amount of people in F in case of a downgrade/equipment swap? If I call res can they tell me is a specefic seat is open, or would they see the same seating map as I do?

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I know about seatguru, I love seatguru. My problem is when I try to book a ticket to SJU, it says the aircraft is a A333, when I go to select a seat the seat map shown is NOT a A333 seat map.

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I know about seatguru, I love seatguru. My problem is when I try to book a ticket to SJU, it says the aircraft is a A333, when I go to select a seat the seat map shown is NOT a A333 seat map.

It is possible that they are subbing this aircraft and already know about it.

Extremely possible, especially this time of year. Last Friday, 1070/1024 was a 757 (hence my "Crew Trumps CP" thread).

And this Friday, according to the CP desk, it's a 319. The A333 used for this flight is the reserve for the T/A flights.

I am looking at flights to SJU via PHL for this weekend. When I look at the First Class seating availability map it is not that of an A330. It looks like the seating configuration of an A319. :confused: Has anyone else seen this in the past? Do they limit the amount of people in F in case of a downgrade/equipment swap? If I call res can they tell me is a specefic seat is open, or would they see the same seating map as I do?

I would guess that quite simply this is a change of equipment. The A330 doesn't always do this route, it depends on transatlantic ops.

Other posters are correct --- this aircraft substitutes somewhat often. It's the first aircraft pulled if there are issues with the intl fleet. When that happens, they drop it back to a smaller Airbus or a 757.

Is there a better time of year or day of week (or anything with an iota of predictability) to try and get on the 333 to SJU?

Seems like there'd be a ton of open seats in Y and Envoy... or a ton of bumping opportunities on an equipment change if they book to full capacity on the A333 and sub it.

So this is a full-on reserve (backup) plane? Not the end-point for some T/A route?

I see they have 10 B767 and 9 A333 aircraft. From my knowledge of routes they have the following committed:

PHL-LGW A333
PHL-MAN A333
PHL-FRA A333
PHL-FCO A333
PHL-MUC A333 (OKTOBERFEST TIMEFRAME ONLY)
PHL-SJU A333 (FL# 1024)
PHL-CDG A333
PHL-MAD A333
CLT-FRA A333
CLT-LGW A333


PHL-VCE 767
PHL-ARN 767
PHL-AMS 767
PHL-BCN 767
PHL-BDA 767 (THIS IS A SHORT FLIGHT!)
PHL-CLT 767
PHL-DUB 767 (NOT SHOWING AS SEASONAL - IS IT?)
PHL-FRA 767 (SEASONAL TO OCT07)
PHL-MXP 767
PHL-MUC 767
CLT-CUN 767 (SEASONAL TO SEP05)
CLT-DUB 767 (NOT SHOWING AS SEASONAL - IS IT?)

My guess is you don't get the A333 for the entire mid-September to mid-October timeframe (or whenever they're running the A333 to MUC for Oktoberfest). That would mean they have eight dedicated A333 routes and one that's mainly SJU + MUC in September + Backup aircraft as needed.

The counts on the 767 don't add up either, but I'm guessing the PHL-CLT is the start or end of one of the T/As listed. And the seasonal flights would have some effect on availability. Odd that the DUB flights don't show as seasonal (though I think they are - I can't book them for November).

The 767 to BDA was interesting - I didn't know anyone flew widebodies into the Caribbean (except of course for the A333 to SJU).

Sorry for the long semi-off-topic post... that's insomnia for you... :D

If anyone has anecdotal stories about the A333 to SJU, I'd love to hear them... I'm thinking of booking that in '07 and am not having any luck with miles-to-Envoy ups on my '06 T/As... :(