Originally Posted by
GMoneyCO
All 787 deliveries going forward should come with Polaris. The last few -9s came with the Diamond seats due to contracts that UA needed to fulfill.
Yup, fresh orders allow to select a configuration without a penalty.
pmCO got the shaft with DreamLiners when they were locked into a contract, but planes were grounded, and they apparently still could not get a better premium seat.
I suspect none of us here know what kind of penalty Boeing had to pay customers for late deliveries. And probably the reason they conservatively went with more metal (aluminium) on 777X than DreamLiners - they did not want to even think of another fiasco. Of course the 787 is successful now with tons of sales and deliveries.