Originally Posted by Rahul R Patel

Looking at award tickets in January...in the upcoming months, UA 180 is listed as 777-300 with the new Polaris seats, 4 across, what I would ideally want...now, in January, the aircraft is a retro-fitted 777-200, 6 across, which granted, is better than the old Business Class, BUT...does this actually make sense for them to switch the aircraft BACK to a retrofitted 777-200 for an important flight like EWR-HKG?

Of course, I tried to contact UA about this and got a really generic response about how much of their fleet has been upgraded...gee...real helpful. Is there any way to really confirm which aircraft they'd go with this far ahead, or is it just sort of a crapshoot...