Premium Class on Legacy Airbus Aircraft
May 24, 2018, 12:49 am
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Premium Class on Legacy Airbus Aircraft
What rows are considered “premium class” and get to order free snacks and drinks on VX aircraft (for now) on your screen?
The last VX aircraft I was in was a SDC I got on an hour before departure so I was in a midddle seat in row 18. It use to be just row 3 and 10 got free snacks and ordering. Is that still the case? I was able to get row 4 tomorrow for my flight to LAX.
The last VX aircraft I was in was a SDC I got on an hour before departure so I was in a midddle seat in row 18. It use to be just row 3 and 10 got free snacks and ordering. Is that still the case? I was able to get row 4 tomorrow for my flight to LAX.
May 24, 2018, 6:06 am
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Bulkhead and the reclining exit row, except on the 321 where it’s the first three rows:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/tr...ircraft/series
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May 24, 2018, 11:59 am
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We had AS FA's training on our flight. they were observing VX FA's and getting familiar with the Airbus galley. Pre-flight, I went forward to ask question of FA and captain came out to galley. He introduced himself to me, "Hi, I am John". I returned the favor and laughed, "sorry, I am not crew but passenger". He still said, "very nice to meet you Pat from Seattle". We then discussed the future of the RED system on Airbus planes. Pilot and VX crew member were sad to hear that it will be going away with refit of VX , later this year.
Noticed that AS crew did not seem to help out in any way. No serving in F or collection of trays after. Our FA in F was hustling and AS just stood and watched.Also, no collection of inservice items in Y from the AS crew, only VX.
Perhaps they were not getting paid to do the training??
May 24, 2018, 1:57 pm
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As of Tuesday, May 22, the answer is yes.
We had AS FA's training on our flight. they were observing VX FA's and getting familiar with the Airbus galley. Pre-flight, I went forward to ask question of FA and captain came out to galley. He introduced himself to me, "Hi, I am John". I returned the favor and laughed, "sorry, I am not crew but passenger". He still said, "very nice to meet you Pat from Seattle". We then discussed the future of the RED system on Airbus planes. Pilot and VX crew member were sad to hear that it will be going away with refit of VX , later this year.
Noticed that AS crew did not seem to help out in any way. No serving in F or collection of trays after. Our FA in F was hustling and AS just stood and watched.Also, no collection of inservice items in Y from the AS crew, only VX.
Perhaps they were not getting paid to do the training??
We had AS FA's training on our flight. they were observing VX FA's and getting familiar with the Airbus galley. Pre-flight, I went forward to ask question of FA and captain came out to galley. He introduced himself to me, "Hi, I am John". I returned the favor and laughed, "sorry, I am not crew but passenger". He still said, "very nice to meet you Pat from Seattle". We then discussed the future of the RED system on Airbus planes. Pilot and VX crew member were sad to hear that it will be going away with refit of VX , later this year.
Noticed that AS crew did not seem to help out in any way. No serving in F or collection of trays after. Our FA in F was hustling and AS just stood and watched.Also, no collection of inservice items in Y from the AS crew, only VX.
Perhaps they were not getting paid to do the training??
May 24, 2018, 7:10 pm
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May 24, 2018, 8:39 pm
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What rows are considered “premium class” and get to order free snacks and drinks on VX aircraft (for now) on your screen?
The last VX aircraft I was in was a SDC I got on an hour before departure so I was in a midddle seat in row 18. It use to be just row 3 and 10 got free snacks and ordering. Is that still the case? I was able to get row 4 tomorrow for my flight to LAX.
The last VX aircraft I was in was a SDC I got on an hour before departure so I was in a midddle seat in row 18. It use to be just row 3 and 10 got free snacks and ordering. Is that still the case? I was able to get row 4 tomorrow for my flight to LAX.
May 25, 2018, 12:36 am
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I just got off a flight BOS-LAX in premium on a VX plane about 2 hours ago and they did provide free food & drinks for the premium rows. The IFE for my row and a few around went out about halfway through the flight, but the FAs kept working hard to meet requests made by using the call button. No charge for anything in the Premium rows.
May 25, 2018, 9:29 am
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Just to clarify , Premium Class on AS is different than what is on VX (Airbus) planes.
It was and still may be called MCS. Main Cabin Select. I believe it shows as paid premium seats on seating map when booking flight. (Blue with Stars)
On Airbus, it is only row 3 and row 10.
On AS, (737). it is forward of main cabin and no longer offers drink or snack.
It was and still may be called MCS. Main Cabin Select. I believe it shows as paid premium seats on seating map when booking flight. (Blue with Stars)
On Airbus, it is only row 3 and row 10.
On AS, (737). it is forward of main cabin and no longer offers drink or snack.
May 25, 2018, 9:48 am
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Just to clarify , Premium Class on AS is different than what is on VX (Airbus) planes.
It was and still may be called MCS. Main Cabin Select. I believe it shows as paid premium seats on seating map when booking flight. (Blue with Stars)
On Airbus, it is only row 3 and row 10.
On AS, (737). it is forward of main cabin and no longer offers drink or snack.
It was and still may be called MCS. Main Cabin Select. I believe it shows as paid premium seats on seating map when booking flight. (Blue with Stars)
On Airbus, it is only row 3 and row 10.
On AS, (737). it is forward of main cabin and no longer offers drink or snack.
A319: Rows 3 & 8
A320: Rows 3 & 10
A321: Rows 3-5
May 25, 2018, 11:13 am
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Thanks for posting that. Great job researching this. I realized later that a blanket statement for Airbus was probably not completely correct. I wanted to convey that it is very limited.
May 25, 2018, 5:55 pm
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I just got off a flight BOS-LAX in premium on a VX plane about 2 hours ago and they did provide free food & drinks for the premium rows. The IFE for my row and a few around went out about halfway through the flight, but the FAs kept working hard to meet requests made by using the call button. No charge for anything in the Premium rows.
May 25, 2018, 6:09 pm
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