Delta A321 rear exit row change
Nov 17, 18, 10:09 pm
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Delta A321 rear exit row change
Im in another thread talking about the scenario but I wanted to get feedback on what Im seeing in seating maps now. I like to sit in row 26 b and c with my wife. We were moved to row 27 e and f which Im not thrilled about but hey... stuff happens.
However seat guru doesnt show this row as an exit row. But Im thinking delta now does. In fact my boarding pass indicated that its an exit row. Can anyone confirm that from experience?
Still frustrated I was moved after check in but trying to make the best of it.
However seat guru doesnt show this row as an exit row. But Im thinking delta now does. In fact my boarding pass indicated that its an exit row. Can anyone confirm that from experience?
Still frustrated I was moved after check in but trying to make the best of it.
Nov 17, 18, 10:37 pm
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If Delta is showing it as the exit row, it is. This happened to me earlier this year on the A321 and for whatever reason they swapped the plane the day before and row 26 disappeared and I moved to row 27 but it was the same unlimited legroom that row 26 offers
Nov 18, 18, 3:17 am
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thank you. Very strange! I did some mock bookings and found about three different configurations of the A321 when it came to that row 26-27 situation. Guess Ill see in the morning!
Nov 18, 18, 5:18 am
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There are currently 3 configurations with 189/191 and 192 seats. Eventually they will all have 191 seats. Unfortunately I don't have a list of which aircraft have which configuration, nor how long it will take to reconfigure those that need it!
Nov 18, 18, 7:30 am
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can confirm later today but think its the latter because the video screen is in the armrest
Nov 18, 18, 11:06 am
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I was on one of these A321s a few weeks ago in that exit row (don't recall the row number). When the FA came to brief the exit row she goes: "Whoa, when did we put seats here?". She brought another FA along and he was surprised too. They agreed that they were surprised DL hadn't figured out they could cram those seats in earlier.
Nov 19, 18, 12:47 pm
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Is 26F one of the "variable" seats? I would suspect that picking 27F on the seatmap with no seat in front may be a bad idea if the aircraft that shows up for your flight happens to be one with a 26F in place.
Nov 19, 18, 3:01 pm
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It's a regular padded seat if I recall (it was comfortable on RDU - SLC). I believe the non-padded seats are due to FAA requirements for weight support when using the seat to exit and on the A321 the seat itself isn't part of the exit process (because of the giant empty gap in front of it).
Nov 25, 18, 7:54 pm
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Nov 25, 18, 11:54 pm
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Nov 26, 18, 1:18 am
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It's the best seat on the plane (well I was in 13C today -- front exit row -- and it has less room but free alcohol bc C+) but legroom on row 26/27 is unbeatable. Only problem is people congregating in front of you waiting for the mid-lav but it's not a huge problem because of the legroom and the window seat even less so
Nov 27, 18, 1:18 am
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It's the best seat on the plane (well I was in 13C today -- front exit row -- and it has less room but free alcohol bc C+) but legroom on row 26/27 is unbeatable. Only problem is people congregating in front of you waiting for the mid-lav but it's not a huge problem because of the legroom and the window seat even less so
I agree with you assessment sir. Plenty of room to stretch my legs and there was a window. The seat maps on seatguru and some of the other sites are inaccurate.
Nov 28, 18, 9:21 am
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Im in another thread talking about the scenario but I wanted to get feedback on what Im seeing in seating maps now. I like to sit in row 26 b and c with my wife. We were moved to row 27 e and f which Im not thrilled about but hey... stuff happens.
However seat guru doesnt show this row as an exit row. But Im thinking delta now does. In fact my boarding pass indicated that its an exit row. Can anyone confirm that from experience?
Still frustrated I was moved after check in but trying to make the best of it.
However seat guru doesnt show this row as an exit row. But Im thinking delta now does. In fact my boarding pass indicated that its an exit row. Can anyone confirm that from experience?
Still frustrated I was moved after check in but trying to make the best of it.
This was a totally acceptable outcome.
