Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
My husband flew LAX-LIM-EZE on LAN C and said similar things to you. He said the seat was as narrow as a coach seat, no surprise given that LAN has 6 seats across. He felt very pinched. It's a shame, as this is the best routing from the west coast to South America. He saved a lot of hours versus flying an alternative itinerary. And it's not coach, so there is that.
Was this on the 763 or a 787? (LAN flies both on that route, depending on time of day.) AA has had 6 across on its 763s for years. It's only in its latest version that it went 4 across on those.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ame...MCE_V2_new.php
While United does 5 across on its two-class 763s, it also does 6 across on its three-class 763s:
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Uni..._767-300_B.php
So how long has your husband been flying business class on widebody jets? I would think he'd run into 6 across many times before on various carriers.
I'm not sure you can pin all the blame on the LAN 763 business class seats on the 6-across. While I'm not one who focuses on width, in other ways I found it inferior to the "NGBC" business class seats that AA trotted out on their 763s over a decade ago.