BL*

Thanks for the speedy reply and the links! Hubby is 6'5" so this sounds like he'll have plenty of leg room on this leg.

GNVGator

He'll have leg room, but the leg support is so short he will have to keep hitting the recline button to push it back up because it doesn't support the weight of your legs, or at least it doesn't support mine. I run into this problem a lot and I'm 6'6...

Go Gators

GNRMatt

I'm on this bird tomorrow for PHL-SXM. I currently have seat 3C, my girlfriend has 3F and there are no other available seats to move to for us to be together. I see that 3D is blocked, but from reading on here, it's blocked for a crew rest seat. If a pilot is going to sit there, is there ever any issue getting him to switch with me across the row? Or is that specific seat assigned to him for some type of safety reason that he can't change seats?

McSam18

I don't believe SXM is far enough away to require a pilot rest seat. If it's not, that seat will show up on the seat map for OLCI.

geo1005

Per Boeing Boy, that PHL-SXM flight can be operated by the same crew down and back - thus necessitating the crew rest seat.

Once the door closes, perhaps a switch can be made with the FA and crews OK?

jaxbill

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BoeingBoy

Just going by memory, I believe I was referring to a CLT-SXM roundtrip and thought that the same might be true for PHL-SXM. Someone corrected me for the PHX-SXM.

Jim

jaxbill

SeatGuru 757-200v4 is showing 7D, 7E, 7F as having more leg room because it is behind the exit row? Is this true? Same leg room as 6D and 6F? If so, I would think these seats are better than row 6 because you're not losing width due to the tray table in the arms.

jaxbill

Flew on US 798 and US 799 this week to/from PHL-AMS. It was N938UW both ways. I think this is the US version of the plane and not ATA. From the front, it looked like version 4 on SeatGuru. This is the version without 5ABC or 6ABC. There was a lav at 5ABC and FA bench seat facing 7ABC. All three of the seat mapping sites showed different configurations. ExpertFlyer (for my flight numbers) showed that 5ABC existed but had the seats blocked.

I previously read that only the ATA version of this plane (N203UW-205UW) had this seating configuration. I wonder if they are all configured the same as of June 2013.

7A - I was originally in this seat but was able to move. The protruding slide is really bad. Especially with a passenger in 7B, I would take a regular coach seat over 7A any day. 7F appeared to be exactly the same.

7D - This seat was not bad at all. It appeared to have more leg room than a regular coach seat. With 6D reclined, it could be slightly cramped but not a major problem for me. I've read mixed reviews for 7D and perhaps they were based on the "other" TA configuration for the 752.

6D was great on my return flight as expected. It had storage under 5D and there was enough room to move my bag forward to use as a foot rest.

MOC991

Thanks jaxbill! I just booked a 757-200 flight from AMS-PHL, US Air flight 799, on Jan 25th for my return from Europe. My outbound is CLT-FRA on an A330. I was just wondering how the 757's are on this route. I saw the previous post was discussing these. I would be in coach, but I would upgrade if offered. I used miles so there was not any envoy left at the lower mileage redemption. I was disappointed to see the 757 since these are older. I hope it isn't cramped as I'm already dreading coach for 8.5 hours on a narrower plane. The taxes were cheapest for DUB < AMS < BRU for the return flight and they flew 757, 757, and 767's respectively so none of them really offered any better size planes. I'm going to be in Northern Germany mainly so AMS seemed like the best option. I usually like window seats but I flew a 747 in coach on United where I felt like I was going to have a curved spine from the window seat so I know its not worth that lack of headroom/legroom. Any advice on seats, this plane, or in general.

BoeingBoy

There's something close to zero chance that you'll be offered a free upgrade to Envoy. If Envoy seats are available GoEnvoy is offered first come first serve. The 757's are as old or older than the 767's - some are newer, especially true for the European version. To me the big drawback is the single aisle - it doesn't decrease your "personal" space but the line for the lavs can get long after the meal.

Jim

MOC991

Thanks for the quick reply. I was afraid that was the case. I don't really want to head back south to ZRH or FRA and also pay about $100/ticket more in taxes/fees. DUB was by far the cheapest, but I've seen Dublin and I don't think there is nearly as much to do as in the Netherlands. The UK taxes are like $200/ticket more.

I may look at the 767 flying out of Brussels more closely since it is also close to BRE and see how people's experiences have been on that one. I really hate 3-3 for longer flights and there are 2 of us so 2-3-2 would be better.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...l#post21025305

Any recommendations for alternate airports without a much higher tax? The A330's out of FRA, ZRH, LHR, and MAN are all much higher taxes. It has to be US Air only because I'm getting the off-peak mileage in January.

Does the 757 not have personal TV's in coach?

barnstaple

I have a choice of DUB to PHL with US or DUB to JFK with AA in business - which has the better business class product on a 757... I'm travelling in December...

PHL

AA has angled lie flat seats. US has the older style recliners, with decent leg room. That's the biggest difference.

cdepks

I am going to book Fl: 1743 on 9/8 PHL-SAN (stops in PHX). Is 24A (757-200) very similar to 10A on a A321? (a whole row missing in front of you) Thanks