Originally Posted by
Retron
Isn't it to unify the numbering across all the fleet in due course? So it'll be based on the largest plane, i.e. the A380. It'd mean Club and PE would start at the same row number on all widebodies, for example...
But if that's the plan then why not do it to the 788, 777s etc when they were refit? the 788 and 77Ws are going to be around for a while so this unification won't happen across the whole fleet for years now. And even then that doesn't explain the jump from 8 to 20, which are both club cabins.