Originally Posted by
Dr Jabadski
BTW, I just checked Expert Flyer to see available First class seats. Interesting that the Expert Flyer site states that some seat information is from Seat Guru and then clearly indicates the First Class seats are lie flat/Business First seats whereas the Seat Guru site clearly indicates the seats as standard First Class recliner seats.
For some reason the Seat Guru website and also the Seat Expert website both display domestic aircraft for these flights (UA 62 EWR-MAD and UA 63 MAD-EWR). Expert Flyer displays different aircraft.
Thank you again. Not too bummed. Per Expert Flyer each flight still has 4 or 5 of 16 First Class seats still available. I prefer the lower possibility of upgrading to a lie flat seat to the greater possibility of upgrading to a recliner seat. Keeping my fingers crossed!
What would have told you that you were not looking at a domestically configured flight is counting the seats in the front cabin. You were looking at a seat map with 16 seats; there is no United 757-200 with only 16 domestic first class seats.
The pre-merger United Airlines operates a 757-200 with 24 "domestic first" seats and 158 seats mixed among Economy and Economy Plus. This aircraft did not operate transatlantic international flights and probably never will.
The pre-merger Continental Airlines operates a 757-200 with 16 lie-flat "BusinessFirst" seats and 153 seats mixed among Economy and Economy Plus. This aircraft frequently operates transatlantic flights, but only with Continental-subsidiary pilots and flight crew.
Yes, it's pretty sneaky!
Whenever I'm having trouble telling which Seatguru/Seatexpert configuration is the right one, I always count the seats.