No / very limited E+???
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No / very limited E+???
LAS - EWR today in a 737-800. Only the exit rows were E+. Total of 12 seats. Since there were 24 names not cleared for upgrades, that means there were a whole lot of silvers and golds without E+.
How could I have know this at the time of booking so I could have avoided a non E+ plane? Even Seat Guru (when I was trying to select my seat) thought it was an E+ config.
Thank you,
BJFly
How could I have know this at the time of booking so I could have avoided a non E+ plane? Even Seat Guru (when I was trying to select my seat) thought it was an E+ config.
Thank you,
BJFly
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Look at the seat map and select seats before purchasing? Seems pretty simple to me!
Tim
Look at the seat map and select seats before purchasing? Seems pretty simple to me!
Tim
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except that is not reliable either way. (for aircraft type still in the conversion process)
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LAS - EWR today in a 737-800. Only the exit rows were E+. Total of 12 seats. Since there were 24 names not cleared for upgrades, that means there were a whole lot of silvers and golds without E+.
How could I have know this at the time of booking so I could have avoided a non E+ plane? Even Seat Guru (when I was trying to select my seat) thought it was an E+ config.
Thank you,
BJFly
How could I have know this at the time of booking so I could have avoided a non E+ plane? Even Seat Guru (when I was trying to select my seat) thought it was an E+ config.
Thank you,
BJFly
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of the sCO fleet, the 738 and 739 are the least complete and about 2/3s of them are done. The 735, 737 (non-Guam versions), 753, 763, 772, .... are mostly done.
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There's always a possibility of an a/c swap but in general you could look for any 757-200 (there were several of those nonstop on 3/13) or an A319/A320 (didn't see any of these nonstop for 3/12 or 3/13)
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UA announced that it would take about a year to complete the switchover and the announcement was made last June. The update looks as though it's progressing apace. Remember, E+ is actually a hard product swap and needs to be FAA certified, not just a matter of boarding a new menu item.
Golds were free to select E+ at time of booking. Silver's likely SOL on this configuration because they can't select E+ until T-24. But, that's not unfair.
Golds were free to select E+ at time of booking. Silver's likely SOL on this configuration because they can't select E+ until T-24. But, that's not unfair.
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ECONOMY PLUS loses reserved seating capacity!
I was checking out seating availability for Monday July 8, flight UA1270. For the SEA-ANC leg, leaving SEA at 12:47 pm, rows 8-15 show for sale as Economy seating! These are normally reserved E+ seating. This is especially troubling since this is a Monday flight on a tourist-heavy route in July, which is high season for visiting Alaska!
Only 2 seats show for E+! Has anyone noticed reduced E+ reserved capacity on other flights?
What is happening here? Where is all the E+ seating? How will Premier Silvers get E+ seating at checkin time?
Is this the beginning of another way UA is possibly continuing to reduce benefits for Premier members?
Only 2 seats show for E+! Has anyone noticed reduced E+ reserved capacity on other flights?
What is happening here? Where is all the E+ seating? How will Premier Silvers get E+ seating at checkin time?
Is this the beginning of another way UA is possibly continuing to reduce benefits for Premier members?
Last edited by mkr; Jul 7, 2013 at 12:53 pm Reason: clarity
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I was checking out seating availability for Monday July 8, flight UA1270. For the SEA-ANC leg, leaving SEA at 12:47 pm, rows 8-15 show for sale as Economy seating! These are normally reserved E+ seating. This is especially troubling since this is a Monday flight on a tourist-heavy route in July, which is high season for visiting Alaska!
Only 2 seats show for E+! Has anyone noticed reduced E+ reserved capacity on other flights?
What is happening here? Where is all the E+ seating? How will Premier Silvers get E+ seating at checkin time?
Is this the beginning of another way UA is possibly continuing to reduce benefits for Premier members?
Only 2 seats show for E+! Has anyone noticed reduced E+ reserved capacity on other flights?
What is happening here? Where is all the E+ seating? How will Premier Silvers get E+ seating at checkin time?
Is this the beginning of another way UA is possibly continuing to reduce benefits for Premier members?
Happily, though, the seats toward the front of the plane are reserved for premiers, including Silvers. But they're not E+.
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But why not go with your original post/conspiracy theory, in bold and in all red to boot? FT (at least this forum) has really gone downhill, with folks posting without a lick of research - and everything being linked to a status downgrade for Premiers.
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You can get the ship number for your flight from the united.com "flight status" page or from the mobile.united.com status page both will say what aircraft number is assigned to operate your flight.