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Consolidated 73H reconfigured F/PE/Y 12/30/117 Thread [They're out there!]

Old Sep 24, 2016, 1:22 pm
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See below in the expanded wiki for the list of the reconfigured aircraft.

December 3, 2015 Alaska announced a reconfiguration of its fleet.

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 42" providing a significantly enhanced experience for those customers.


Code:
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
The first reconfigured aircraft - N536AS - entered service 9/25/16.

List of reconfigured aircraft:

737-800

N506AS
N508AS
N512AS
N513AS
N514AS
N516AS
N517AS
N518AS
N519AS
N520AS
N523AS
N524AS
N525AS
N526AS
N527AS
N528AS
N529AS
N530AS
N532AS
N533AS
N534AS
N535AS
N536AS
N537AS
N538AS
N546AS
N548AS
N549AS
N551AS
N552AS
N553AS
N556AS
N557AS
N558AS
N559AS
N560AS
N562AS
N563AS
N564AS
N565AS
N568AS
N569AS
N570AS
N577AS
N579AS
N581AS
N583AS
N584AS
N585AS
N586AS
N587AS
N588AS
N589AS
N590AS
N592AS
N593AS
N594AS
N596AS
N597AS

Total: 59 / 61 (97% complete)



Last updated: 12/18

Previous thread discussing PE

You can find the scheduled tail number of your flight here:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as123
(replace as123 with as[your flight num])
However aircraft swaps are frequent, even up to the last hour.
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Consolidated 73H reconfigured F/PE/Y 12/30/117 Thread [They're out there!]

Old Sep 28, 2016, 12:28 pm
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I absolutely loved UA as a 1P when they also blocked our middle seat in Y+ !!!
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Old Sep 28, 2016, 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
Aircraft swap around so much (especially with Alaska Air) that noone really knows much until 24 hours out and even then there are a lot of changes in the last 24 hours.

There are some services which show the log of the events related to leading up to the flight and you can see those equipment swaps that you normally don't see because almost all are the same type. All it takes is a little delay somewhere to change things around. With Alaska's hub-out-and-back scheduling, swaps at the hub are common if a flight is late returning.
Yeah, I'm keeping an eye out for it. That may be why 3 F seats are still blocked off too, though I don't know what would happen to the 4th (actual booked one). I was able to switch up to the top row anticipating the switch, but now it has reverted back and I lost my exit row seat :|
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Old Sep 28, 2016, 6:39 pm
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Originally Posted by barabuski
Yeah, weird. My seat map reverted over night and the extra row of FC is back in. I called and they told me it was equipment changed... but doubting that now
Meh I was looking forward to checking out the new Y+ on RDU to SEA tomorrow but being at the top of the upgrade list isn't bad with lots of seats open.
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Old Sep 29, 2016, 4:54 pm
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
There should be a bounty put out for first review and photos
Anyone?
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Old Sep 29, 2016, 9:38 pm
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Originally Posted by niele
Anyone?
I can't believe we haven't received one single report from a FTer yet....
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Old Sep 30, 2016, 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
I can't believe we haven't received one single report from a FTer yet....
The FAs from my flight from RDU-SEA said they had one the day before. Said first had tons of leg room. Y+ was basically like having an exit row in terms of leg room. I was a little disappointed not to get to fly on it but I'll take the F upgrade any day.
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Old Sep 30, 2016, 2:07 pm
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If you click on the links on the N-numbers in the wiki you can see some of the flights the aircraft are scheduled on (for now)... see if they line up with your upcoming flights. I imagine as that list grows it won't be an ideal way to determine if your flight will have one of the new aircraft

You can also use flightstats.com and look at the event timeline on the day of your flight to see what tail number gets assigned to your flight. Compare to the list in the wiki and see if you won the raffle

N525AS -- 10/0?/16
e.g. This looks to be scheduled for 10/1 now RDU-SEA...
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Old Sep 30, 2016, 2:56 pm
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Another way to find these planes

https://flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/N528AS

Just change the last part to the aircraft, if you want to know the tail number use the following option.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/as123

Of course changes can happen based on mx and wx.
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Old Sep 30, 2016, 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
I can't believe we haven't received one single report from a FTer yet....
I'm flying the re-configure on SEA>RDU on Wednesday (I'm in row 2). I guess I can take a picture.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 1:23 am
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Originally Posted by Quintious
I guess I can take a picture.
Take a few.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 1:57 am
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Originally Posted by Quintious
I'm flying the re-configure on SEA>RDU on Wednesday (I'm in row 2). I guess I can take a picture.
The more photos and info you can share about the aircraft, the more gratitude we all will have for you!

I guess Alaska doesn't want to publish photos and info on the website yet until they've gotten enough planes retrofitted and begin the new Y+ soft product.
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Old Oct 1, 2016, 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by dayone
Take a few.
Bring a tape measure Measure each row.
(My wife carries one in her purse ...for various purposes...)
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Old Oct 2, 2016, 11:49 am
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I think N551AS is next. It flew into RDU yesterday afternoon and then the same type flew out to GSO 90 minutes later as AS9420 but I can't find confirmation of the tail number.
N525AS is doing RDU-SEA on the 3rd so it must be done.
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Old Oct 2, 2016, 5:18 pm
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Some pics of "new first" from Friday's SEA-RDU flight. I also included "old first" from the same day's PDX-SEA for comparison.

Food pics too, brekkie was very tasty!
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Old Oct 2, 2016, 5:43 pm
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Maybe it's just the angle of the photos, but I honestly don't see much difference....your knee looks very close to the seat in front of you which it basically how it seems now in F....did they actually change anything in F or was it only Y that was positively affected by the reconfiguration?

On a side note, the breakfast looks great....it's nice to see a fruit plate without that spicy red powder sprinkled all over
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