Sep 24, 2016, 1:22 pm
Last edit by: Seat 2A
See below in the expanded wiki for the list of the reconfigured aircraft.
December 3, 2015 Alaska announced a reconfiguration of its fleet.
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.
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.
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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
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.
Consolidated 73H reconfigured F/PE/Y 12/30/117 Thread [They're out there!]
Oct 7, 2016, 2:08 pm
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A comment I read on an internal news story by someone working on the project leads me to believe AS is cognizant of this generally being undesirable and will not upgrade someone from a window/aisle into a middle. I don't have any first hand knowledge of that though.
Oct 7, 2016, 3:24 pm
#92
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I hope they take into account individual preference. As a tall person, I prefer a middle with extra leg room over a cramped window or aisle. So long as they treat the exit rows as Premium (as they are no Preferred) then no upgrade would occur. But I would always prefer to be in a Premium middle over no-leg-room aisle or window.
Oct 7, 2016, 3:42 pm
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I hope they take into account individual preference. As a tall person, I prefer a middle with extra leg room over a cramped window or aisle. So long as they treat the exit rows as Premium (as they are no Preferred) then no upgrade would occur. But I would always prefer to be in a Premium middle over no-leg-room aisle or window.
Oct 7, 2016, 3:46 pm
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I hope they take into account individual preference. As a tall person, I prefer a middle with extra leg room over a cramped window or aisle. So long as they treat the exit rows as Premium (as they are no Preferred) then no upgrade would occur. But I would always prefer to be in a Premium middle over no-leg-room aisle or window.
Oct 7, 2016, 4:23 pm
#95
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So the benefit for all Elites actually lasted quite a while. Maybe you weren't a UA elite during the good years?
Oct 7, 2016, 5:20 pm
#96
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Good point...I agree...keeping the auto upgrading out of the picture would be best in my opinion. Regardless, I think the likelihood of elites being able to book these seats for free at booking is low to non-existent. I remember back in my UA days when I could, as an elite, reserve E+ seats at booking....that didn't last long
Pretty sure I have been able to select E+ at booking since at least 2003-ish when I first got Silver status. In 2011 it was announced that for the 2012 membership year they would require Gold for selecting E+ at booking (Silvers can now select E+ at checkin).
So the benefit for all Elites actually lasted quite a while. Maybe you weren't a UA elite during the good years?
So the benefit for all Elites actually lasted quite a while. Maybe you weren't a UA elite during the good years?
Oct 7, 2016, 6:23 pm
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As a newly re-minted Gold I hope so as well (plus one companion, please?). It would be a motivator to aim for Gold again next year. Otherwise...
Oct 8, 2016, 6:26 pm
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It would be nice if you got a PE upgrade, it could just flag that record locator / passenger and notify. Then you can go in and pick a new seat based on what is available at any time.
Oct 9, 2016, 1:42 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 5:31 pm
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Oct 12, 2016, 6:54 am
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Oct 13, 2016, 1:09 pm
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To my knowledge from reading around here is that only the 800s right now and they are all to be complete by end of the year. I don't know if they were to complete before the end of the year if some 900s will get done by then...