Originally Posted by
TomA
I've flown both. Although the legacy Continental seats are better than the legacy United seats, the 777-9 outfitted with Polaris seats is FAR, FAR better, no question about it.
I'm doing my Asia flights through TPE now just to get that plane--its that good.
Forgetting the far better seats, I've never noticed much difference between the 787 and the 777 in terms of comfort/noise/humidity. I know the specs are better, but the difference isn't that noticible to me at all. I also don't like that the windows don't really close on the 787. The interior lighting is the biggest noticible difference (to me) and the 777-9 has the same lighting as the 787.
Agree with you on the comfort comment,I think though which seat is better is a very personal call, I am fairly tall and I find the only advantage of the exCo cabin is that you can find center seats that eliminate the climb over factor , the seat itself I think is awful, tiny foot well and the curvature of the seat in front make it for me uncomfortable.
I really like the 777ER cabin , best thing UA has done in a while,not so much the 787's.I guess the biggest factor in the decision is the kid.