Originally Posted by NWA747SNN
I apologise if this has been covered lately, but I have searched and found nothing new. I am taking my first BF 757 flight EWR-BHX on wednesday and was wondering what my chances are of getting the AVOD seats. What percentage of the 757's have the AVOD installed. Finally is it true that there is no powerports in BF 757 unless they are the AVOD seats. Thanks you for your help.
I don't know for sure what percentage of B757-200's have been converted. I can tell you what I have heard:
- I have read in posts that all but two B757-200's have been refitted to the BF configuration;
- I have read that all B757-200's will have the AVOD by year's end. I assume that when a domestic B757 is upgraded to the international layout, the new AVOD will be installed at the same time;
- Finally, a concierge in Newark on the EWR/OSL flight told me that '90% of the fleet' has the new AVOD. The airline has 41 B757-200's in the fleet. If what the concierge said is true, the there are four or five B757-200's without the new AVOD.
I actually think the number is higher than four or five. I took two TATL flights in July; neither B757 had the new AVOD. CO Insider can give the definite answer, but I'd say the chance is better than 50/50 and might be as high as 90%.