Originally Posted by
BlissWorld
Why didn't UA install herringbone as their business product? I tried 2 products over the week--Air Canada and Air New Zealand business/herringbone and they were both far superior than UA's new business product.
What a shame. UA, if you are listening, change your product on the 777!
UA, if you're listening, you're doing
great with the new IPTE design. Your international F/C cabins are far ahead of any other US-based carrier. Yes, I preferred AC's C to your new C, but then again, AC doesn't have F (nor does NZ). And your new C was perfectly comfortable -- a bit short on storage space, but I can live with that.
Seriously, huge kudos on the new IPTE. I'm disappointed to hear you won't be rolling it out sooner on the 777s, but I'll just book around that little problem.
Originally Posted by
fastair
Not sure that given the width of the 767 cabin, that herringbone utilizes space to the optimum configuration.
I don't know about this. I flew YYZ-YVR-SYD on an AC 767 with their new herringbone C and the layout seemed efficient in terms of making use of the width of the cabin.
Originally Posted by
fastair
The only drawback I see on the 767 is that C is so much nicer than previous, and F isn't that much better than C, that F will continue to be an unsold commodity. I guess since there aren't so many of them, it isn't THAT big of a deal, and unsold F seats=more seats for ME!!!!
I don't know about this, either. I flew UA's new IPTE in C ORD-LHR, F LHR-IAD, and the C was nice... very nice... but F was fantastic. It felt much more private and I had space to spread out everything quite easily -- books, iPhone, laptop. I had to do some juggling in C.
Originally Posted by
jmr50
I feel like groundhog day. UnitedPR comes back, and I get to fly other airlines' premium cabins instead of United for six more months
You're based in IAD, right? UA flies a whole bunch of routes with the new IPTE out of IAD. Can't you just avoid the 777 routes?