Consolidated 739/ER reconfigured F/PE/Y 16/24/138 Thread [Completed]
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My wife and I have flights in F on May 16 SEA-DFW and return May 30 (her birthday). It's part of a larger intinary transferring from Alaska to Qatar Airways in DFW to contimue on to South Africa in Business ( using 150K AAdvantage miles pp. SEA-CPT RT)
How many a/c are being refurbished per month? Seems like a year to get through the -800s, so I'm guessing that we have about a 40% chance of a refurbished jet if SEA-DFW remains a -900, and better if there is a switch to a -800.
I'm a big guy and could enjoy the extra 6 inches
How many a/c are being refurbished per month? Seems like a year to get through the -800s, so I'm guessing that we have about a 40% chance of a refurbished jet if SEA-DFW remains a -900, and better if there is a switch to a -800.
I'm a big guy and could enjoy the extra 6 inches
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My wife and I have flights in F on May 16 SEA-DFW and return May 30 (her birthday). It's part of a larger intinary transferring from Alaska to Qatar Airways in DFW to contimue on to South Africa in Business ( using 150K AAdvantage miles pp. SEA-CPT RT)
How many a/c are being refurbished per month? Seems like a year to get through the -800s, so I'm guessing that we have about a 40% chance of a refurbished jet if SEA-DFW remains a -900, and better if there is a switch to a -800.
I'm a big guy and could enjoy the extra 6 inches
How many a/c are being refurbished per month? Seems like a year to get through the -800s, so I'm guessing that we have about a 40% chance of a refurbished jet if SEA-DFW remains a -900, and better if there is a switch to a -800.
I'm a big guy and could enjoy the extra 6 inches
#3
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If you are on a -900 you should have a 99.99% chance. If it's a -900ER you'll have about a 20% chance. The timeline for the -800's was just shy of four months. The -900/-900ER's will take just over a year.
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Are they really doing 900s only first and not 900ERs? What about new 900ERs coming in? Are they coming in with the new config?
Time to start the 900 reconfig thread? What intel do our insiders have on the first A/C?
Time to start the 900 reconfig thread? What intel do our insiders have on the first A/C?
#5
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That's what the schedule shows.
I think the first few will enter service with out the mod. The rest will be modded after delivery but before they enter service. First -900 is N319AS. Should return to service in the second half of this month.
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How many -900 and -900ERs currently
To the insiders and other posters:
Thanks for the info!
How many -900 and -900ERs are there currently? Is AS receiving/acquiring both models?
Thanks for the info!
How many -900 and -900ERs are there currently? Is AS receiving/acquiring both models?
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OK, can someone help me? I am trying to book a flight from SEA to PVR in April. Some of the flights are on a 737-800 but when I click on the seat map it shows three rows of first (as it should) but no PE??? What is happening?
Other flights I am booking to DCA show the correct seat map with PE.
Other flights I am booking to DCA show the correct seat map with PE.
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OK, can someone help me? I am trying to book a flight from SEA to PVR in April. Some of the flights are on a 737-800 but when I click on the seat map it shows three rows of first (as it should) but no PE??? What is happening?
Other flights I am booking to DCA show the correct seat map with PE.
Other flights I am booking to DCA show the correct seat map with PE.
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Some of the PVR flights are -700s. Three rows of F but no Premium Class.
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The wait may not be as long as feared
Therefore, my odds of getting a reconfigured a/c in mid- to late-May should be better than 20%. Hopefuly we can close the Wiki before Indepdence Day

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It appears that AS reconfigured 15-20 a/c per month for the -800s. If they keep the same pace, the dozen -900s should be done by end of February, and the existing -900ERs by end of May.
Therefore, my odds of getting a reconfigured a/c in mid- to late-May should be better than 20%. Hopefuly we can close the Wiki before Indepdence Day
Therefore, my odds of getting a reconfigured a/c in mid- to late-May should be better than 20%. Hopefuly we can close the Wiki before Indepdence Day
