Originally Posted by
SoCal
In flying between L.A. and Fortaleza, Brazil in biz class next Feb/March, considering 777-200 through Houston and Rio or 767-400 through Newark and Sao Paulo. Former has 2-2-2 seating, latter 2-1-2. Latter costs a bit less. Leaning against the Houston-Sao Paulo option since that 777-200 is a 3-class and the biz class has 2-4-2 seating, with some seats facing backwards (wife would not want to run risk of having seat moved to one of those). Space counts more than sitting side by side to us. We have taken Delta biz class in 767s with truly lie-flat seats, and those were great, but currently United prices lower in biz (not first).
Any experiences with the two of these in regards to comfort and service? We have taken the 767 when it flew via Houston (I remember the 2-1-2 seating).
Regarding the DL 767: my wife and I just burnt some miles from the old DL account to vacation in Europe and we flew the DL 767. If that's a reference point for you and your wife, I would suggest that the 3-class 777 with 2-4-2 seat is better. I felt like I was in a tunnel the entire time I was in the DL seat. It is horribly cramped. The UA seat feels much bigger to me.
Also I agree with Kacee that I would not avoid the backward-facing seat for only that reason. I hated them at first, but you can't see anyone on the other side, and I've come to like them just a little.
As I've only flown the 747 and pmUA 777 I can't fully answer your question, but hope that the DL compare is useful.