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Old Sep 24, 2016, 1:22 pm
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See below in the expanded wiki for the list of the reconfigured aircraft.

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.


Code:
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
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

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(replace as123 with as[your flight num])
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Old Sep 24, 2016, 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by prkzoom
Anyone heard if the Alaska Airlines Visa companion certificate will be allowed for premium economy seats?
Originally Posted by pcoll
Excellent question.
Did not even think of this as part of the new roll out.
I think it depends on whether this will be a buy-up product or a separate fare class. If it's the former then I don't see why not (you could be in Y on a companion fare and both travelers do a paid upgrade). If it's the latter, that remains to be seen. I don't know that it's been clear which way this is going.

Looks like flight 727 RDU-SEA this afternoon will be the first flight with the new configuration. For those keeping score, that's tail 536.
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Originally Posted by SOCguy
I think it depends on whether this will be a buy-up product or a separate fare class. If it's the former then I don't see why not (you could be in Y on a companion fare and both travelers do a paid upgrade). If it's the latter, that remains to be seen. I don't know that it's been clear which way this is going.

Looks like flight 727 RDU-SEA this afternoon will be the first flight with the new configuration. For those keeping score, that's tail 536.
Cool....whoever flies on one of the new configuration aircraft needs to post photos! Was it ferried to RDU?
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Old Sep 24, 2016, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
Cool....whoever flies on one of the new configuration aircraft needs to post photos! Was it ferried to RDU?
Its close to where the work is being done

SEA-GSO
GSO-RDU
And the next rotation is already underway it seems:

SEA-GSO
RDU-GSO
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
Cool....whoever flies on one of the new configuration aircraft needs to post photos! Was it ferried to RDU?
Yep - a/c doing SEA-RDU today will ferry to GSO after arrival and the newly configured a/c will ferry GSO-RDU to make up the return trip.
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Does anyone know if the F seats are being modified in any way (like better recline or legrests), or if it will just be the same seats with five inches more legroom?
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Originally Posted by sltlyamusd
Does anyone know if the F seats are being modified in any way (like better recline or legrests), or if it will just be the same seats with five inches more legroom?
Same seats from what I've heard.
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Same seats from what I've heard.
Shucks, would have been nice to have leg rests on 5 to 6 hour flights.
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Originally Posted by niele
Shucks, would have been nice to have leg rests on 5 to 6 hour flights.
Leg rests and foot rests are nice but I like being able to bend my leg back under the seat slightly or stretch my legs out in front too!
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Has anyone been on one of these aircraft yet?

I just booked an award flight in coach for Oct 7, and the seat map was showing an -800 w/ 12 F. Exit row was open, but I was temped to try row 8. 6/7 are occupied. Do I take one for the FT team and possibly report on the new seats? Or stick with the exit row?
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Originally Posted by beckoa
And the next rotation is already underway it seems:

SEA-GSO
RDU-GSO
The 2nd one is a 737-900. So were they planning to get all 737-800s done by EOY but they are also doing some 900s?
...and why ferry from SEA-GSO without using it for a SEA-RDU rev flight?
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Originally Posted by beaver
Has anyone been on one of these aircraft yet?

I just booked an award flight in coach for Oct 7, and the seat map was showing an -800 w/ 12 F. Exit row was open, but I was temped to try row 8. 6/7 are occupied. Do I take one for the FT team and possibly report on the new seats? Or stick with the exit row?
All my seatmaps on a 738 now show 12F. Assume they're just blocking the last row of F so the planes can be used interchangeably.
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
...and why ferry from SEA-GSO without using it for a SEA-RDU rev flight?
They need to have an aircraft to come out of RDU.

FWIW, when I was in Greensboro last year, I saw two AS planes leave within an hour of each other. One went to Florida somewhere, the other went back to SEA. Seems odd seeing Chester floating around that airport.
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
The 2nd one is a 737-900. So were they planning to get all 737-800s done by EOY but they are also doing some 900s?
...and why ferry from SEA-GSO without using it for a SEA-RDU rev flight?
The -900 that went to GSO is there for heavy maintenance. Currently there are two -800's undergoing the seat mod.
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Originally Posted by Putzy
The -900 that went to GSO is there for heavy maintenance. Currently there are two -800's undergoing the seat mod.
Figures

Guess there isn't a quick n' easy way to tell them apart, aside from 800's getting the mod first (if that's the case).
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Originally Posted by tusphotog
They need to have an aircraft to come out of RDU.
Use one coming out of re-config?.... but this would require having a gap between work or having an extra plane in the mod queue, but it sounds like they have at least 2 there for this purpose at any one time. There would be a risk that a plane is not available if the work is held up...
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