Originally Posted by
ual1234
May have to take a trip between PEK and SFO on the new 777 and see that they've squeezed in another seat going across. How bad are the economy seats on this plane for a 12+ hour flight? I've got some other routing options available if it's going to be like flying in a can of sardines.
They are really, really, really bad. Seat is .6" narrower than the seats on a 737, and Ua made the aisles 1" narrower as well, so you get bumped in the aisles. Plus the middle 4 seats have restricted foot wells.
But making it worse is your chances of being in the tinny narrow seat on Ua next to a big American is greater than on other 3-4-3 carriers.
Just read what FTers have said about even E+ on the Ua 773, or on the 777Hd (version 5 which has the same horrible seat width). Real passengers who have flown it say to avoid.
On sfo-pek I would take the air china 747 over Ua, it is that bad, or better yet, connect on a decent airline over Ua.