How to upgrade to BF
Mar 22, 2005 | 3:23 am
#16
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 610
the BF product is consistent across all equipment types? Either through phased refits or updrades to flat seats, many airlines have different types seat types, IFE etc. in J.[/QUOTE]
BF seats on 777, 767, and 757 are all different (with only minor differences between 767 and 757).
http://www.continental.com/travel/in...ft/default.asp
http://www.continental.com/travel/in...at/default.asp
BF seats on 777, 767, and 757 are all different (with only minor differences between 767 and 757).
http://www.continental.com/travel/in...ft/default.asp
http://www.continental.com/travel/in...at/default.asp
Mar 22, 2005 | 4:45 am
#17
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: CLE
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Originally Posted by sobay_terp
I respectfully disagree with this comment, especially in coach. Plane type does matter. A single aisle 757 with nowhere to stand, carts and people blocking access and no personal video make for a long transatlantic crossing compared to the much superior 767 or 777 experience.
Mar 22, 2005 | 7:41 am
#18
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Originally Posted by sobay_terp
I respectfully disagree with this comment, especially in coach. Plane type does matter. A single aisle 757 with nowhere to stand, carts and people blocking access and no personal video make for a long transatlantic crossing compared to the much superior 767 or 777 experience.
Mar 23, 2005 | 8:09 am
#19
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BF seats are different 777/767/757
All have 55" pitch. But the widths are 22/21/20 inches for 777/767/757 respectively. The reclines also reduce from 170 degrees to 15" to 14". Not sure how many inches the 170 degree recline translates to, but I bet it's a little better than what's on the 767 and 757. I haven't flown on a BF-configured 757 for about six or seven years now, but I'm going to be re-introduced next month EWR-LIM-IAH. I'm hoping it's not too bad - I'm running the Boston Marathon at noon, getting on a plane that evening for EWR at 7pm and connecting to Lima at 10 pm. I think I'm going to want to sleep.
Mar 23, 2005 | 10:08 am
#20
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
I haven't flown on a BF-configured 757 for about six or seven years now, but I'm going to be re-introduced next month EWR-LIM-IAH. I'm hoping it's not too bad
Mar 23, 2005 | 10:23 am
#21
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Originally Posted by themicah
I was on the int'l 752 on Friday, and while it was a short hop where I didn't sleep, I thought the seat was extremely comfortable and that the recline was excellent (I tried it out just to try it out). It's not the 777 seat, but it's pretty darn good and I'm pretty confident I'd be able to sleep without trouble.
Not sure if it was the seat or the multiple Henekens, though...
Mar 23, 2005 | 12:44 pm
#22
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Coming back from LAS (to EWR) a couple of weeks ago, I got upgraded to the international 757. I found the seat to be very comfortable, had full use of the IFE and as far as 'carts blocking the one aisle', the FA's didn't use them--but served everything individually from the FC galley. So I can't see any problem with flying them across the pond, in fact I'm booked for one EWR-TXL this summer in BF. Now if only they'd release 1 A & B, so I could use the storage cubby in front of those seats 
Mar 23, 2005 | 12:55 pm
#23
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Location: Houston, TX, USA
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One big difference is that the 757 BF seats don't have EmPower ports.
Mar 23, 2005 | 4:29 pm
#24
Join Date: May 2003
Location: New York, NY, USA
Posts: 202
Originally Posted by Steve M
One big difference is that the 757 BF seats don't have EmPower ports.
Do the EmPower ports require any particularly complicated wiring, or can they all run off a single bus? What could the incremental cost possibly be for CO to put in EmPower ports in the BF cabins of the 757s that are currently being converted from domestic configurations?
Too bad CO can't brag that they've got power ports in the premium cabin on all flights over 5 hours...
-JMP