PHL

Do you have all 4 seats in row 1 already assigned to 4 of the 6 in your party? If this is the case, call US and clarify the situation with the remaining seats to see if any more are blocked. You can also double check if the crew rest seat is still used on this route (it may be just the return trip that it gets used, as that's when I recall seeing a pilot use it).

rpk113

yes I have 4 seats in row 1 and 1 in row 2, with one unassigned..

which reminds me.. would they put the pilot in the bulkhead if all seats were paid for? (i.e. not award seats?)

blindy

Hi All,

I tried reading through this thread but I am still a bit confused. I am booked in business on US724 from CLT-DUB on Oct 4. It says it is operated by 757. I called US customer services to reserve a seat as I couldn't do it on the website with my assistive technology software. They put me in 1A. I can't figure out if this is a decent seat or not. Do I have to step over someone else to get out of the seat?

any help is much appreciated.

PHL

Yes, 1A is the front row, left window seat. You will have to step over your neighbor to get to the aisle if they are fully reclined.

PHL

On flights requiring a crew rest seat, they will not sell more than 11 up front. But like I said, the PHL-AUA leg may not require a crew rest seat while the AUA-PHL definitely would require it if the same 3 person crew does the trip down and back on the same day.

linglingfool

Noticed that a 752 rotation has been loaded into the schedule for CLT-ORD-CLT on 03OCT, any ideas why? Replaces a 321, so not an upgauge.

gruss

I bet it's because Doug Parker is personally trying to limit the upgrade chances of AA flyers.

More likely it's coming off a seasonal route and they found it more cost effective to run the 757 on this route, or it freed up a 321 to fly another route the 757 wasn't as well suited for.

linglingfool

The strange thing is that it's only on that day, as far as I can tell -- nothing the day before or after, and nothing the on that day for the previous or following weeks.

aztimm

I just flew on a B757 PHL-PHX on Tuesday. Evidently they rotate them into domestic service periodically.

Some general notes:
* There was no WiFi
* I was in 7F, thought it would be like a similar seat on the A321 (10F), but legroom is quite narrow (beyond that standard portion). I was able to walk through and go in front of the seats in 6.
* There was a mid-cabin lav around row 5
* Boarding was through door 2L. Once boarding was complete, seats 7ABC would be decent. No underseat storage though. And first off.

I'm currently scheduled to be on the aircraft again in Nov for PHX-PHL, and PHL-PHX.

linglingfool

Thanks for the info. Perhaps these are the spares they use when they've got an A or a B check scheduled for a 321.

phlwookie

Last winter, they did this to shuttle a transatlantic-configured 757 over to PHX-Hawaii runs to provide more capacity as Hawaii sees traffic increase during the winter European low season. The PHX-PHL flights were a way to move them back and forth while remaining in revenue service.

valuepac

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valuepac

How is row 24, I will be flying from CLT-dub... should I change to row 6? How is the recline on each of these rows?

PHL

If you're flying as a couple, 6DE are the best IMHO. There is no 6F so you have your own 2 seats.

All the seats in 24 have good legroom but you're near the lav where people will congregate while queuing up for the bathroom. 24A has a standard electrical outlet ahead of it (right of the door), which some have claimed to use successfully.

It's typically used to power vacuums and other cleaning crew equipment when the plane is on the ground so this is no way an encouragement to use it....

Bripilot34

Quick question for the group... I'm a seasoned US Silver flyer but typically most of my travels are solo, 2-3x per month and on business..and mostly in 321s, 319s or EMB 175's/190's. My wife and I are booked PHL-CUN on 11/13 (our 1st trip in 14 years without our kids, so I'm trying to contain my excitement). Our flight was just switched from a 321 to a 757-2...looks to be the v3 config you find on seat guru w/ 31 rows .

My wife loves the aisle, I love the window...while my fingers are crossed for an upgrade, I'm not holding my breath. With that said, I keep reading that 6 D/E are the way to go in this 757 config. Do you guys agree? I'm willing to sacrifice the window view to have the 2 seat config w/ extra leg room and give her the aisle. Is there a window view here or is just the door? What's proximity to lav like? I feel like this version actually has a closet there and not a lav, but I can't remember? It's been a few months since I've been on the 757 and I was in the Row 4 bulk last time.

I typically frequent 23F in 321, 10F in the 319 and 7F in the 757 because of the lack seat in front of me and the window view, so was considering Row 24 E/F as well, but remember the slide sticking out some.

On the flip side, I did score the A330-300 for the return trip as some of the seasonals to Europe out of PHL are done soon. So already got my nice 2 seat config so we'll both happy. Not holding my breath for a free Envoy upgrade (presume I'll have to "Go-Envoy"). But for this trip, if the price is right I'll do it.

Seasoned traveler, but new to FlyerTalk so hopeful to provide some perspective on my frequent travels to the group. Thanks for the help!