Originally Posted by
lincolnjkc
I was sorely tempted to make a grab for those but have a strong preference for a window (and get mildly claustrophobic if I can't easily "see out") -- and 20-22 A/L are already spoken for, hence asking about 31A.
When [MENTION=677629]ajGoes[/MENTION] says a business class seat of 20 years ago are we in the same seat family as a current domestic first seat? If so, I may suck it up for the extra width... as of now I'm hesitant to give up my "known quantity" exit row for the scary new thing especially if its not a window (and with the risk that the frame will swap back)
If I were you I would immediately grab an aisle seat. The seat will we wider and there will be more recline. Obviously I never tested the UA Premium Economy seat but during the two years that I lived in the UK I only booked Premium Economy for long hauls on BA. Sometimes I took TODs but I did not worry if I could not upgrade as the Premium Economy seats were so comfortable.
Maybe a compromise would be the seats next to the window seat. Usually you can see the outside (until the shades are lowered).
Actually, with this plane your chances of upgrade increase. Only 27 out of 50 sold. I don't know how many passengers were booked in First Class in the original plane but if there were 0, Business would have been sold 27 out of 40. And then First Class could go out with some empty seats after the few upgrades to that class (with an instrument) and the non-revs. And the good news is that are plenty of window seats available in Polaris Business.