Apr 11, 2016, 1:13 am
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New Thread with 738 Fleet Tracking
739 thread with fleet tracking
Original Press Release
737-800s: Rows 6-10 are Premium
737-900/900ERs: Rows 6-9 are Premium
All 737-800s have been converted. 737-900s now in work. All aircraft to be complete by end of 2017.
Snack Box info from AKCuisine and Post 514:
3" x 3" x 2" box weighing in at 2.17 ounces. It's also "locally sourced - which translates to "Distributed by Oakfield Farms Solutions LLC, Grapevine, Texas."
Inside the box is 1.16 oz of Craisins (110 cal); 0.63 oz of unsalted almonds (100 cal); and a 0.375 oz square of Ghirardelli chocolate (50 cals) - total, 260 calories.
739 thread with fleet tracking
Original Press Release
Originally Posted by alaskaair.com/newsroom
Seats in the Premium Class section will have at least 35" of pitch, compared to 31" to 32" in the rest of the main cabin. To make room for the Premium Class while maintaining pitch in the main cabin, Alaska will reconfigure and reduce the number of seats available on some aircraft. Also, pitch in the First Class cabin will be increased from 36" to 41" providing a significantly enhanced experience for those customers.
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Model Fleet count Current seats Reconfigured cabin (First class/Main cabin)(First class/Premium class/Main) 737-800 61 16/147 12/30/117 737-900/900ER 77 16/165 16/24/138 E175 15 12/64 12/12/52
737-900/900ERs: Rows 6-9 are Premium
All 737-800s have been converted. 737-900s now in work. All aircraft to be complete by end of 2017.
Snack Box info from AKCuisine and Post 514:
3" x 3" x 2" box weighing in at 2.17 ounces. It's also "locally sourced - which translates to "Distributed by Oakfield Farms Solutions LLC, Grapevine, Texas."
Inside the box is 1.16 oz of Craisins (110 cal); 0.63 oz of unsalted almonds (100 cal); and a 0.375 oz square of Ghirardelli chocolate (50 cals) - total, 260 calories.
Premium Class Discussion
Aug 25, 2017, 7:39 am
#946
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,223
We like the exit row and don't want PE, but back in the beginning they kept moving us to PE, I'd put us back, they'd move us again, I'd put us back (once I could not)...it was a real pain. This is a welcome change.
Aug 25, 2017, 4:00 pm
#947
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Anchorage AK
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 99
I stay alert/awake until the service cart comes along, grab my snack box and then try to go to sleep for the next 3+ hours
Aug 26, 2017, 11:42 pm
#948
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Aug 28, 2017, 3:34 pm
#949
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SEA, SFO, formerly ANC
Programs: AS 1MM/MVPG, AS Lounge, DL SkyClub (Life), Hertz 5* -- AA, DL, UA
Posts: 124
Any point to PE box, with this?
What's the point of the "upgrade to PE box", if AS won't move you if you chose exit row & PE? I see what's in the FAQs but it fails the logic test. Exit row choice overrides the PE box? Really? Does the FAQ need more nuance?
Aug 28, 2017, 9:08 pm
#950
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BLI
Programs: Alaska Million Mile Flyer, Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 3,195
Not for those of us who are 6'4" and prefer the exit row and have had to watch like a hawk to make sure we aren't moved into PE seats with less leg room ... especially if the checkbox never presents itself as an option. Which happens with corporate travel portals. What AS really needs is a way to opt-OUT of PE on the web after a ticket is purchased.
Aug 29, 2017, 10:33 am
#951
Join Date: May 2017
Location: SEA
Posts: 355
Not for those of us who are 6'4" and prefer the exit row and have had to watch like a hawk to make sure we aren't moved into PE seats with less leg room ... especially if the checkbox never presents itself as an option. Which happens with corporate travel portals. What AS really needs is a way to opt-OUT of PE on the web after a ticket is purchased.
Aug 29, 2017, 10:47 am
#952
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Snohomish, WA
Programs: AS MVP Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,796
Neil
Dec 8, 2017, 3:51 pm
#953
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Forgot to opt out of PC when booking, and forgot about the new won't upgrade from Exit Rows logic, so called in to opt out. No problems but when the ticket was reissued, it showed back on the PC waitlist. Called again to re-remove it.
Dec 8, 2017, 6:08 pm
#954
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: ANC
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 148
Literally the next day, two of us got upgraded again. I called again, same thing. She reseats us together in coach, and says we'll really be opted out this time.
Nope. We get upgraded again. Rinse and repeat.
The fourth time, the CSR just moved the second child to PE and waived the fee, saying she didn't think the opt-out was ever going to stick.
And then we did that all again for the return leg.
Dec 13, 2017, 11:43 am
#956
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
PE has at least regular recline. Row 17 has some recline (though I think it may be less than regular). however, row 16 has no recline (rows directly in front of exit rows, at regular spacing, can never have recline, and since rows 16 and 17 are exit rows, rows 15 and 16 have no recline).
And aren't the trays different too?
And underseat storage may be tricky in the first row (always 6?) of PE, since even if there's no bulkhead, there's only two seats in front of you, but three seats in your row, so if all three seats are occupied, you're one underseat storage short.
Dec 13, 2017, 4:17 pm
#957
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BLI
Programs: Alaska Million Mile Flyer, Marriott Lifetime Titanium Elite
Posts: 3,195
I cannot both put my backpack under the seat in front of me and stretch my legs in PE. I can, easily, in row 17.
Dec 13, 2017, 4:28 pm
#958
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: PDX
Programs: AS (MVP), UA (silver), AA, DL, Hilton (Gold)
Posts: 231
So normally I avoid row 16 because of no recline (and any no recline rows), however on a recent UA flight, it was row 16 (first row of two row window exit setup) or back of the plane, so I went with 16 and it was pretty good. The extra legroom made up for no recline.
Any thoughts on 16 on Alaska planes. I'm hoping I get moved up to PE, but if the choice is between regular economy leg room or row 16, what would you choose?
Any thoughts on 16 on Alaska planes. I'm hoping I get moved up to PE, but if the choice is between regular economy leg room or row 16, what would you choose?
Dec 13, 2017, 5:00 pm
#959
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
So normally I avoid row 16 because of no recline (and any no recline rows), however on a recent UA flight, it was row 16 (first row of two row window exit setup) or back of the plane, so I went with 16 and it was pretty good. The extra legroom made up for no recline.
Any thoughts on 16 on Alaska planes. I'm hoping I get moved up to PE, but if the choice is between regular economy leg room or row 16, what would you choose?
Any thoughts on 16 on Alaska planes. I'm hoping I get moved up to PE, but if the choice is between regular economy leg room or row 16, what would you choose?
Dec 13, 2017, 5:12 pm
#960
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336