Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
I gather this is due to the potential for a swap from a -900 to an -800 or vice versa? I know it happens sometimes but I am curious - do you or anybody else here know how common of a practice is it for Alaska to switch out these aircraft types? Especially now that they have different premium seating configurations? Has it happened to you a lot of late?
In my recent experience, trusting the AS website or app for aircraft type is a losing game.
From my post on the Premium Class thread:
The AS website, app, and emailed ticket confirmation often do not provide accurate information about aircraft-type. This is often true right up to the time of the flight, when a site like
www.FlightStats.com or
www.FlightAware.com typically will show on-point details.
A few data points from my first 6 flights this year (
bold indicates aircraft-type did match, while
red indicates a mis-match):
1) AS said -
400; EF said -
900; Actual aircraft -
900
2) AS said -
900; EF said -
900; Actual aircraft -
900
3) AS said -
900; EF said -
900; Actual aircraft -800
4) AS said -
900; EF said -
800; Actual aircraft -
800
5) AS said -
800; EF said -
800; Actual aircraft -400
6) AS said -
800; EF said -
900; Actual aircraft -
900
For those 6 flights, aircraft information provided by AS was correct only 1 time. I no longer trust the information provided by AS.