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Apr 9, 2024 | 4:11 pm

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Originally Posted by kellydey

I haven't seen this happen before- this is a 777-300ER with Prem Plus seating (sold as Y). I was in seat 20B, and about 2-3 days ago got an email that, due to an aircraft change, I had been moved to row 46! What's strange is that the seat map still shows the original aircraft- but with rows 20,21,22 completely empty, although I cannot change my seat to any seat in the (seemingly empty) Prem Plus rows. The flight is only slightly over 24 hours away- doesn't it seem like they'd have the aircraft assigned at this point? And if this is the aircraft, why did they empty out the Premium Plus cabin?

My guess is that they want the option to switch to a high density B772: the variant used mainly for flights to Hawaii. It has a slightly greater capacity compared to the B773.

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