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Nov 19, 2021, 2:15 pm

#106

anteater

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LWkitty

I can confirm, having recently flown on one of the Max9s from KOA to SEA. I found the cabin to be uncomfortably warm and stuffy for the 6 hour flight, as did the people in the row ahead of me. Requests to the FA to attempt to lower the temperature were unsuccessful.

As in the FA declined to assist or the FA couldn’t successfully alter the cabin temperature?

Nov 19, 2021, 2:24 pm

#107

Eurynom0s

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Originally Posted by Finkface

I flew the Max last week. I was in row 2 and row 1 definitely reclined. You didn’t miss anything.

This is the plane I was on, N915AK. There was wifi (supposedly) but there is a new step when trying to connect to the TMobile free wifi. You have to have your phone in airplane mode and also have wifi calling enabled. It then redirects you to an actual TMobile website to verify the phone number. I couldn’t get wifi calling to stick (the toggle kept sliding off) so I was never able to try it out. Never had to do that before.

I don't think this is anything specific to the Max, I think it's just an across-the-board change by T-Mobile because you used to be able to just put in any T-Mobile number regardless of whether or not it was yours and get the wifi access. Presumably they have to pay GoGo each time someone uses the T-Mobile option and determined that it was costing them a ton of money to have it be wide open like that.

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Nov 19, 2021, 3:11 pm

#108

jrl767

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anteater

As in the FA declined to assist or the FA couldn’t successfully alter the cabin temperature?

ha, beat me to it

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Nov 19, 2021, 3:22 pm

#109

Flying for Fun

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Originally Posted by be_rettSEA

Though it's by no means limited to AS (although it seems like UA, AA, and others are scrapping gogo and using their own branded wifi products, so maybe it really is just AS)?

I do encounter GoGo periodically on AA but it does seem to be only available on their A319s, most recently, LIR-MIA.

James

Nov 19, 2021, 5:04 pm

#110

LWkitty

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anteater

As in the FA declined to assist or the FA couldn’t successfully alter the cabin temperature?

LOL! The latter. He said he would try, then came back and said he couldn't do anything to change the temperature.

Nov 19, 2021, 7:48 pm

#111

dayone

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I thought one of the MAX upgrades was that FAs could control the cabin temperature.

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Dec 28, 2021, 8:41 pm

#112

PotomacApproach

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Any updates on the Wi-Fi situation with the MAX?

Dec 28, 2021, 10:47 pm

#113

mtofell

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PotomacApproach

Any updates on the Wi-Fi situation with the MAX?

Once my plane tail# is made available a few days before a flight I check here and it's usually pretty accurate: https://alaskafleetstatus.weebly.com/

Jan 10, 2022, 1:37 pm

#114

Seacrzn

Join Date: May 2020

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Max seats

I'm not sure if his has been talked about before but I just flew Sea Hnl Sea of 2 different Max.
I was in 17 D going and 16 D returning. These seats are so uncomfortable.

Jan 10, 2022, 1:58 pm

#115

olouie

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AS is like most other carriers. Profits matter more than passenger comfort. DL and Jetblue still have nice economy seats for the most part. United, AA and AS not so much.

Jan 10, 2022, 2:00 pm

#116

jrl767

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16 and 17 are the overwing exit rows ... as discussed in a couple other threads recently (here and here), the seats in these rows have cushions that are slightly thinner so they won't obstruct access to the exits in an emergency

Jan 10, 2022, 2:07 pm

#117

williwaw

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These ThermaRest seats are your Exit Row friend.

Jan 10, 2022, 4:24 pm

#118

olouie

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Originally Posted by williwaw

These ThermaRest seats are your Exit Row friend.

Nice ordered one for when I have to fly AA "Oasis" planes. The F seats in those are horrible, Y is a nightmare.

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Jan 10, 2022, 4:40 pm

#119

PDXPremier

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Do the MAX planes still have no Alaska Beyond or wifi?

Jan 10, 2022, 9:08 pm

#120

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PDXPremier

Do the MAX planes still have no Alaska Beyond or wifi?

Last I saw it had been STCed and one of the planes was shown with the antenna dome. Not sure when they will switch it on.