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Old Nov 22, 2023 | 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by azepine00
What seats were available for upgrades?
A part of polaris cabin is near wings so placing ppl there really should not affect w/b meaningfully. This is not some small RJ, the plane carries tons of cargo so movement of a few 80 kg individuals seems like a very minor contributor and if they really needed to scrape every little bit to improve range. I assume they also had to move ppl within individual cabins and perhaps reposition cargo load.
Pax W&B is done by zone, not by seat.
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