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UA Orders Boeing 777-300ERs / 77Ws w/ 1-2-1 Polaris Business, 3-4-3 Economy
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This UA has ably demonstrated that, when faced with competition, its strategy is to reduce capacity or pull out of a market.
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Or up gauging SFO-SEA to all mainline amid the AS/DL war ?
Or up frequency on LAX-EWR to a point it completely chased AA out of the market ?
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UA should use 9 across for their upcoming 77W. It would give UA a big advantage over AA. When UA reconfigured the 772s a few years ago, they stayed 9 across - if UA wanted to move to 10 across they would have done so during the 772 retrofits.
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I'm not so sure. I think it's a given the E- will be 10-abreast, we need to hold out hope that E+ keeps the current configuration.
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So, when do we think the seat map will be released. Obviously not anytime soon. A month, two, or three before delivery? UA knows what they will have, or a pretty close idea, but we want to know too.
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Hope that it will be similar to CX
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Cat...77-300ER_C.php
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They could certainly have a better E+ seat and they could have more restrictive and/or expensive rules for booking into it. But it would still be a Y fare.
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Again, it seems like that there's absolutely zero chance that UA is going to introduce a whole new class of service that exists only on 10 planes in their fleet. Marketing issues alone would rule this out.
They could certainly have a better E+ seat and they could have more restrictive and/or expensive rules for booking into it. But it would still be a Y fare.
They could certainly have a better E+ seat and they could have more restrictive and/or expensive rules for booking into it. But it would still be a Y fare.
TK is another example, they only have premium economy on their 777s. The question is if one booked in PE if it was introduced, where does one go on the onward connection. I believe in TKs case, if you are in the cheaper of the PE fares, its in regular E, while the more expensive fares go into Business on the onwards.
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It's not about the product and it's not about the customers...it's about Rainey putting a happy face on Hunter Keay while shining his shoes.
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There is zero chance of that happening. In fact, while AA kept wider seats with more space in their extra space section, I am 99% certain UA will stuff the same seats with the same width in E+ and just add a few extra inches of legroom.
It's not about the product and it's not about the customers...it's about Rainey putting a happy face on Hunter Keay while shining his shoes.
It's not about the product and it's not about the customers...it's about Rainey putting a happy face on Hunter Keay while shining his shoes.
Thank you voice of reason.
PS you may tell me 'I told you so' if what you predict actually becomes reality.