CO 737-800 seat back TVs?
Jan 30, 2012, 2:44 pm
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The flight status page on continental.com or mobile.united.com shows the IFE installed on the specific aircraft operating your flight. For LAX-ITO you'll be limited to about 8 channels of looped movies / TV shows as it's outside the coverage area of DirecTV.
Jan 30, 2012, 2:53 pm
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http://www.continental.com/CMS/en-US...eetStatus.aspx
You will now definitively know if you will have DTV until you can get it on flight status. Even then you are subject to swaps. I have been on a few recent flights where I was supposed to be on DTV flight but got a swap to non-DTV. It does happen.
Jan 30, 2012, 3:07 pm
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Two days prior to your flight you can use the UA app or continental.com to check to see what type of entertainment on your flight. This will igve you a heads up if you need to go to the book store!
Jan 30, 2012, 3:09 pm
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Jan 30, 2012, 5:32 pm
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It's not the "No DTV" ones that are annoying. Just did SEA-EWR on a 737 with nothing. No audio, no TV...
"We're going to do this flight the old fashioned way, read a book or meet your neighbor"
Boy was some lady in F mad. Nice Boeing sky interior though.
"We're going to do this flight the old fashioned way, read a book or meet your neighbor"
Boy was some lady in F mad. Nice Boeing sky interior though.
Jan 30, 2012, 7:18 pm
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In order for the planes to be delivered, they were installed with "temporary" interiors, and since the IFE is in the seats, there is no IFE.
Jan 30, 2012, 7:50 pm
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Jan 30, 2012, 8:23 pm
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All of CO 737s with the exception of -500s are ETOPS rated. The Mid-Cabin lav ships are normally used on trans-cons and mid-con trips throw in a few short trips as well.
Feb 1, 2012, 6:20 am
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FWIW they are all slated to have the mid-cabin lav removed at the same time as they are fitted with a smaller F cabin and DTV to line up with the rest of the 738 fleet.
Feb 6, 2012, 2:28 pm
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So it's all or nothing.
If you're on a flight flying outside the U.S. mainland, the fee will just get you the pre-recorded on-board content.