Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11288000)

Any fresh venison in it? :) homeade chili just has to have fresh venison, and double props if having fresh pork and turkey too!

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11288001)

I do sit in the exit row if I'm not upgraded. However, on a 777, the exit rows aren't all that, given that you end up with a narrower seat and a couple of lavs in front of you. And the seat still lacks padding, and has armrests that are rectangular in shape and hard and don't really seem to fit the contour of your arm very well.

Despite what CO likes to claim about there being very limited choices for Y seats on the market, it is possible to get comfortable seats for economy. WN has some of the most comfortable Y seats I've ever found, and some of UA's aren't bad either. Yet most of CO's are like sitting on a board after about an hour.

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11287915)

I'm not sure I could ever do more than about 6-7 hours in Y — and that's not not in 31" pitch Y. I'm miserable in a standard CO Y seat by the time an hour has gone by. I can't imagine doing it for that length of flight, no matter how cheap the fare. It's impossible to be even remotely comfortable when your knees are jammed into the back of the seat in front of you no matter how you sit.

Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11288013)

Yesterday was my first day w/o an upgrade in a long time. We did confirmed standby as the flight had some open seats up front. It looked like we would clear T minus 3 hours. Then of course, it went away and only 1 seat available for u/g - we were #2 and #3 on the list. Sigh, so close but so far back. Then of course the guy in the middle was quite large (I was good about giving him the armrest and some extra room. Across from me - mother and 2 kids. She asked for extra sick bags because the kids tend to get sick often (they were fine). I was miserable on the four hour flight, can't imagine doing CO Y to Asia.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11288041)

Xanax + G&T makes IAH-AMS/CDG/LHR tolerable.

Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11287990)

em so being of 6ft has some advantages sitting in coach, I really don't have an cut off issue, and my head fits the winged headrests quite well, and I like the window so sometimes lean there instead.....
Add in the exit rows so knees are not in the back of the seat in front and it adds up to good for me!

I will admin sitting in the 'premium' seats on the 752 is not a mistake I will ever make again, nasty seats there with negative legroom when they person reclines.

Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11288000)

Any fresh venison in it? :) homeade chili just has to have fresh venison, and double props if having fresh pork and turkey too!

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11288001)

I do sit in the exit row if I'm not upgraded. However, on a 777, the exit rows aren't all that, given that you end up with a narrower seat and a couple of lavs in front of you. And the seat still lacks padding, and has armrests that are rectangular in shape and hard and don't really seem to fit the contour of your arm very well.

Despite what CO likes to claim about there being very limited choices for Y seats on the market, it is possible to get comfortable seats for economy. WN has some of the most comfortable Y seats I've ever found, and some of UA's aren't bad either. Yet most of CO's are like sitting on a board after about an hour.

Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11288059)

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11288088)

What kind of butter?

Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11288088)

The 777 exit seats are completely different seat than the rest of Y. The non-exit seats are more comfortable. I once had to switch mid flight and the comfort difference was noticable.

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11287898)

UA also has padding in its seats, and E+.

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 11288121)

And I have a chair pad :p

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11288117)

Huh, never knew that. I've only flown on a CO 777 once in Y, and that was as a non-elite on a domestic flight. On every other domestic flight the EUA has cleared, and I've never flown CO internationally in Y. I know, I'm spoiled. But I think I've walked behind the BusinessFirst bulkhead into coach only once or twice ever on a CO 777.

Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11288066)

So does BusinessFirst. :p

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 11288142)

100K for BF to Europe is such a waste, especially when 120K will get you to S. Africa or Asia in style. :D

Also, 100K + ~$485 (thank you, plummeting £) will get me F on LX, SQ or UA to Europe, and 37.5K + ~$365 will get me C on those, plus LH, OS, SK, TP, LO, TK & BD :D :D