Originally Posted by
pinniped
Which type/seat on Korean? Seatguru shows most of their types as 33-34" in Y. (That's in between UA's E- and E+.) I wouldn't even describe Economy Plus (35-36") as "spacious", but it's "less bad". Did you have some sort of exit row or bulkhead and, if so, is it something that a partner elite could select at booking time?
I will give praise to Korean for apparently having no long-haul 31-32" seats. I flew the JAL 787 a couple months ago and it was far worse than any United flight I've been on since the advent of Economy Plus.
I have no status with KE. Our seats were just regular ones reserved 30 days prior by calling in. It may only be a difference of an inch or two, but it seemed and felt spacious somehow, maybe because no one reclined.