Originally Posted by
weero
Thanks for the pics and the report N1003U
Very pretty product and I love the divided arm rest. Big plus over BA's and OF's product.
Does the thing really not have a legrest though? I'd prefer the legrests over footrests generally ... much less obstruction of the legroom.
Yes, it is a nice product, and attractive to me especially for day flights.
Legrest only in the front row, just like on CX. LH's excuse was as usual customer preference in focus group testing, but I am not so sure. Footrests fold totally out of the way when not in use.
Bigger problem to me was the footwell of regular Y seats. Between the life vest directly in the middle under the seat and the IFE boxes, nothing bigger than a large handbag will fit under the regular Y seats. I had to cram my nearly empty computer bag under the seat for take-off, and it really didn't fit properly. The good news it I think the overheads are a little bit bigger than on the 744s.
Originally Posted by
weero
The low end magsafe 60W power supply (about 77VA according to my meter) will trip the C seat within about 2 minutes ... a very annoying feature.
I must have had a bad pair of seats that I tested (it has been a couple of years). I never got continuous service above about 60VA when I had a meter on me. Does the Magsafe have such a crappy power factor, or does it really put out more than 60W in real power?
Originally Posted by
weero
Overall a great product and pretty amenity bag. They could never offer this on a route still serviced by the new-old-C cabin ... it would become a non-sell very quickly.
The Y+ product is well thought out. I can only wonder what took so long. Amenity kit, as nearly as I can tell, is a standard C kit in a smaller bag with no moisturizers.