Originally Posted by
Joshua
The orange-shaped old style BusinessFirst Sears now are dark blue, but are “long” shaped, whereas the Polaris seat icons are more square.
OK, I haven't seen that yet, but that seems similar to what
cfischer was saying.
Originally Posted by
Jacketwatch
To specify we purchased 1st class tickets and the aircrafts do not have a business section as you would think for domestic routes. Got a nice deal too.
. I do not think Polaris is offered for domestic flights, only on business class for international flights. As I recall for Polaris service the color of the chosen seat indictated older vs. the newer seats.
On seat maps that show the orange seats, that's still the distinction, even though you're right that Polaris service won't be offered domestically.
Originally Posted by
Jacketwatch
Outbound the aircraft is a 777-300 ER.
Inbound its a 787-8. Both have a 1-2-1 configuration and I hope its stays that way. Originally the outbound was also a 787-8 but was changed.
1-2-1 would be the Polaris seats; the 777-300ER was delivered with Polaris seats, and IIRC, the 787-8 conversion is complete. So where are you seeing orange?
Originally Posted by
Jacketwatch
When we flew to Delhi via Beijing Jan. 2020 the outbound was changed 4 times including the day before and the day of departure. We did end up in the Global services section or something like that which I understand is the old first class section so good luck for us that day.
The remaining planes with Global First cabins are in storage. (Frankly, I was surprised to find that they existed at all; I thought UA had completed the 772 conversion, but the fleet site lists three still in that config).
Originally Posted by
emcampbe
I think it depends?
domestic routes on widebodies on polarized aircraft show the front cabin in dark blue, and depends how the cabin is sold for the ‘premium
Plus’ cabin.
Agreed; I omitted that because OP asked about orange.