The Seats Aren't Wider in Comfort+!
Dec 1, 2015, 5:50 am
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The Seats Aren't Wider in Comfort+!
Please Delta, tell them the truth: You get more leg room with C+, but the same width as regular coach! Went with my wife ATL-PHX for Thanksgiving, worst two flights I can remember. Wife had aisle (because I'm nice) and I the middle, and the window person in each case weighed easily more than 300 pounds. Their overflow onto my seat meant I had the use of about half, and that was only because I was pretty much sitting in my wife's lap (not a bad option, but for four hours?). People have the impression that (like in other airlines) getting a C+ seat means it's wider, and now I'm seeing much "larger" people often. I'm not being insensitive, but maybe if Delta spread the word that the seats are just as narrow as the rest of the economy cabin, people wouldn't spend the money and ruin my flight.
Dec 1, 2015, 5:56 am
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DL has never made the claim they are wider. The only claim is "up to 4 inches of extra legroom", "extra recline", "premium beverages" and "premium snacks". Why anyone would consider the crap in that snack basket "premium" is beyond me.
Last edited by bubbashow; Dec 1, 2015 at 6:05 am
Dec 1, 2015, 6:51 am
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Which airlines are these that have wider C+ seats on domestic routes like PHX-ATL?
Dec 1, 2015, 7:04 am
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Now why would they want to go and do that? Seems to me that one of the most important groups of potential C+ purchasers are people who have never flown C+ before and who have a somewhat inaccurate idea of the difference between C+ and regular coach.
Dec 1, 2015, 7:56 am
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Not to sound snooty, but, the plane doesn't suddenly get wider at the beginning of the Comfort Plus section! 
Dec 1, 2015, 8:11 am
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I do like the seats though.
BTW, had a really delicious "pasta chips" snack from the FC basket last week. They were expired, but good!
Dec 1, 2015, 8:42 am
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Dec 1, 2015, 8:44 am
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The problem is that some in the media - which typically has no clue of travel - keep talking about C+ as Premium Economy. This confuses those who've seen real Premium Economy (on airlines like Virgin Atlantic) and expect a similar product.
To their credit, DL never called it Premium Economy.
To their credit, DL never called it Premium Economy.
Dec 1, 2015, 8:46 am
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This is one of those days that makes me wonder how the human race has survived this long.
How in the world does this person think the seats would get wider? Maybe push the sides of the plane out for those rows?
The OP has 2mm and is a delta PM. Scratching my head.
How in the world does this person think the seats would get wider? Maybe push the sides of the plane out for those rows?
The OP has 2mm and is a delta PM. Scratching my head.