US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - SeatGURU.com now for US Airways

I’m a United flyer and a few months back I created a little airplane seat review site for the United planes. I got lots of requests to add other airlines and I’m pleased to tell you that USAirways is now up on www.seatguru.com (http://www.seatguru.com)

With the new agreement between US&UA, I'm sure we'll all be traveling on each others planes and need help with the best seats.

So I’ve read all your "best seat" threads and tried to put all that information onto the pages, but I’m sure there are ones I am missing. When you visit the site, look for a feedback link on each plane’s page, that helps me know exactly which plane your comments refer to.

I hope you enjoy the site & thanks in advance for your help. -Matt



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Matt -- That's awesome. THANK YOU very much. I trust you'll find USAirways flyers to be very, very helpful, and we'll all hopefully post lots of good feedback.

Comments:

1) I'm not sure I'd say that it is "common" to switch A319's for A320's, and I'm not even sure I'd say it's "difficult" to secure an upgrade on an A319 either.

2) Seat 5C on the A330 and Seat 4C on the 767-200 are typically the crew rest seat (not sure about Transcons and SJU flights).

3) According at an A321 pilot I talked to last week, the middle seat of all US Airways Airbus aircraft is wider than the aisle or window seat. I never knew this and had always assumed the extra width that was touted in the Airbus was distributed among all the seats!

4) The few times I've flown the A330 they have set up the "snack station" on Transatlantic flights on the left side of the aircraft, and crossing over from the right side can be more of a challenge than it should be due to traffic in the galley. Never noticed the problem on the 767 though.

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The first two row aisle seats in coach are commonly considered to have prime strategic value. These are the best seats from which to bounce spitballs off the shiny bald head of the Chairman's Preferred member who pulled rank and is sitting in your upgrade seat. Anything with a sharper angle of attack (window) or further back risks collateral damage.

Very cool, thanks, Matt!

One comment so far: There's a jumpseat in front of 21ABC on the A321 which reduces legroom somewhat during Takeoff and Landing.

I'd make a point of all the Airbus seats having laptop power.

Many aisle seats on Airbus equipment have a very pronounced sag on the aisle edge.

Some Airbusen do not have Airfones. Although I'm hard-pressed to care.

The first class cabin on a 321 features staggered rows -- this occasionally confuses the flight attendants as they deliver drinks/meals/coats.

320s are not "often" swapped out for 319s. It can happen but that's true of just about any equipment. Nor are 319s "hard" to upgrade on -- certainly no harder than a 737. Of course it's best to go with the plane with more seats -- but it's also important to be aware of the load -- big planes tend to be used on routes with lots of people wanting an UG.

matt --

usairways is not plagued with the 319/320 problems of united--impossible to upgrade and swapping of equipment.

that said, i think it is easier to secure upgrades on a 321 or 757 particularly for silvers and golds.

I concur with the sentiment about A319/A320; In my experience as a gold A319 has not been terribly hard to upgrade, no different than 737.

I also was surprised to see noted that 'not many' of the 737s have TVs. Most of my trips on these planes have had them, enough that it seems odd to me to hear the FAs talking through the safety briefing instead of just hearing the video.

You might want to add that the ERJ only has overhead storage above the 2-seat side of the plane, and as a result the above-you space on the 1-seat side of the plane can be slightly different.

Excellent site!

Or you could be like my mother,

"I don't care what seat I'm in as
long as it's 2C"

Thanks everyone for the help, I've updated the site with all the comments here and the comments people emailed me.

Please don't hesitate to click a link on a plane page if you have additional comments or see something that is incorrect.

Thanks again. -Matt

Matt. Nice job.

Once comment: 8F on the 757 is not a favored seat. Its cramped, tucked into a corner, and can be quite cold due to the proximity of the door seals.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ITRADE:
Matt. Nice job.

Once comment: 8F on the 757 is not a favored seat. Its cramped, tucked into a corner, and can be quite cold due to the proximity of the door seals.</font>

I guess it isn't as simple as labeling something a good seat or a bad seat. Certainly 9C is a far better seat than 8F, but I'd take 8F over any standard aisle/window, and certainly over any window.

Interestingly enough the US website marks 8A on the A319 as "Undesirable". I didn't buy that and took it for a SEA-CLT flight. I had sat in 22F on the A321 just hours before that and 8A was simply uncomfortable for the 4 hour 30 minute flight!

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TimCLE:
Interestingly enough the US website marks 8A on the A319 as "Undesirable". I didn't buy that and took it for a SEA-CLT flight. I had sat in 22F on the A321 just hours before that and 8A was simply uncomfortable for the 4 hour 30 minute flight!

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Row 8 on the 319 is undesirable because it does not recline, as it is directly in front of the exit row. Row 22 on the 321 is a standard coach row (though the row in front of it is fantastic...especially the DEF side).


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Maybe it's me, but I've never noticed the 737 & 319 coach class exit row seats having trays in the armrests as described on the site.. Can someone confirm?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by pdhenry:
Maybe it's me, but I've never noticed the 737 & 319 coach class exit row seats having trays in the armrests as described on the site.. Can someone confirm? </font>

Can we add the express planes?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BizJet:

Row 8 on the 319 is undesirable because it does not recline, as it is directly in front of the exit row. Row 22 on the 321 is a standard coach row (though the row in front of it is fantastic...especially the DEF side).


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The mechanics must of screwed up - my seat fully reclined. The guy in the exit row had no seatmates and had the entire row to lay down - might I add the armrests went up without a problem.

On the 767, 29CDE and are often curtained off for F/A rest on the international flights.

Inside armrests are moveable on the exit rows on the 733, 734, 319, and 320.

They are not moveable on the 321 rows 8, 9ABC, 21; moveable 9DEF.

757 not moveable 7, 8ABC, 25; moveable 8DEF.

Thanks again, I've updated the site with all the rest of the comments in this thread. Thanks especially to BizJet for the armrests.

Can anyone confirm the A319 row 8? Full recline or not? Both were posted above.

As for the express planes, I'll get to it I hope, my strategy was to do the planes people fly for 2+ hours and the most popular airlines first. Then work my way back to the little planes.

Nice job phatteus! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

My favorite comment for the A330 is:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Seats 2 A,B,C,F,G,H don't have as much leg room as the other seats. One dutiful flyer even measured it as 8-10 inches less legroom than rows 3-5...."</font> http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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Do I get an assist for chexfan (aka the 'doody-full' traveler) for insisting this was the case and requesting a measurement? ;-)