losing first class seats
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A319 Reconfiguration
I don't know if this has been posted yet; I did a quick search and couldn't find anything on it.
I was just playing around on DL.com looking for deals to potentially go somewhere and noticed that the A319s appear to be in the works for a interior makeover. DL plans to change the configuration from 16F/108Y to 12F/114Y.
Any thoughts, comments, ideas why?
I was just playing around on DL.com looking for deals to potentially go somewhere and noticed that the A319s appear to be in the works for a interior makeover. DL plans to change the configuration from 16F/108Y to 12F/114Y.
Any thoughts, comments, ideas why?
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I don't know if this has been posted yet; I did a quick search and couldn't find anything on it.
I was just playing around on DL.com looking for deals to potentially go somewhere and noticed that the A319s appear to be in the works for a interior makeover. DL plans to change the configuration from 16F/108Y to 12F/114Y.
Any thoughts, comments, ideas why?
I was just playing around on DL.com looking for deals to potentially go somewhere and noticed that the A319s appear to be in the works for a interior makeover. DL plans to change the configuration from 16F/108Y to 12F/114Y.
Any thoughts, comments, ideas why?
I don't recall reading about plans to reduce the numbers of premium cabin seats? Big if this is the case
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I have to agree that this is a big . However if it means new seats with AVOD, could end up being good.
This is definitely the case though. If you go onto DL.com and look at a 319 seatmap for a flight in november or sometime thereafter it shows 12F.
This is definitely the case though. If you go onto DL.com and look at a 319 seatmap for a flight in november or sometime thereafter it shows 12F.
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This was briefly discussed at some point in this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...-upgrades.html
I posted to it last night to mention the same thing. I have FC booked somewhere along the way...had row 3 (hate last row) and now row 3 is the back (of FC).
I posted to it last night to mention the same thing. I have FC booked somewhere along the way...had row 3 (hate last row) and now row 3 is the back (of FC).
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that's a lot of work and transition hassle for two extra seats... if they could fit two rows of Y, i could understand it, but trading 4F for 6Y just doesn't seem worth it....
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This has been in the pipeline for months, ever since Richard mentioned to pilots that the NWA configuration didn't make $. What we didn't know was whether they would squeeze in one more coach row or take out a row in First Class for the row in coach. Now we know.
I don't get it either. You're gaining 2 seats at the expense of 4 seats you can potentially sell for a premium. Then there's the pissing off Elites thing and now you'll have 4 Elites on each 319 that will sit in coach upset that they wouldve been in first.
I know Delta compares the 319 mission to the 737-700. DL is putting overwater equip in the 319's so they can run some 73G routes. But there are 10 of the 73G's to over 50 319's.
Agreed it seems a little odd to make all these changes for 2 seats. But somewhere there's a beancounter in ATL who's shown DL can make more $ doing this.
I don't get it either. You're gaining 2 seats at the expense of 4 seats you can potentially sell for a premium. Then there's the pissing off Elites thing and now you'll have 4 Elites on each 319 that will sit in coach upset that they wouldve been in first.
I know Delta compares the 319 mission to the 737-700. DL is putting overwater equip in the 319's so they can run some 73G routes. But there are 10 of the 73G's to over 50 319's.
Agreed it seems a little odd to make all these changes for 2 seats. But somewhere there's a beancounter in ATL who's shown DL can make more $ doing this.
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I don't get it either. You're gaining 2 seats at the expense of 4 seats you can potentially sell for a premium. Then there's the pissing off Elites thing and now you'll have 4 Elites on each 319 that will sit in coach upset that they wouldve been in first.
But somewhere there's a beancounter in ATL who's shown DL can make more $ doing this.
But somewhere there's a beancounter in ATL who's shown DL can make more $ doing this.
Seems to make sense to me.
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You say that the 6 seats in coach are sold for revenue, whereas the 4 seats in first are given away completely free. That's not true, only the upgrade is free, the seats are still sold for revenue.
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Uggghhhh... seriously? And so the alignment of Delta's first class cabin sizes with competitors begins, and the last remaining advantage that keeps me at Delta instead of UA/CO - domestic upgrades - rapidly erodes away. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if this spreads to the 738 and A320 next.
I've mostly been an apologist for most of the merger changes, but there's pretty much nothing positive I can say for this (especially if it really is as some have said only a net addition of 2 Y seats). Ick. This seems totally out of character when considered alongside the MD-90 switch from 12>16 and the installation of F cabins on the CR7 fleet.
I've mostly been an apologist for most of the merger changes, but there's pretty much nothing positive I can say for this (especially if it really is as some have said only a net addition of 2 Y seats). Ick. This seems totally out of character when considered alongside the MD-90 switch from 12>16 and the installation of F cabins on the CR7 fleet.
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Yet the impact to elites is anything but.
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The space occupied by those four F seats is being converted from non-revenue generating space on most flights to revenue generating space.
On most flights it's probably closer to 6 coach tickets versus zero premium tickets. Highly doubt that the revenue impact is "minimal." If it was, then what would be the point of doing the cabin conversions.