Do seats in first class recline? On what airlines?
Jan 21, 2016, 8:38 am
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Do seats in first class recline? On what airlines?
I am curious as to which airline still has seats in first class that recline or am I making a wrong assumption.
Jan 21, 2016, 8:50 am
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Jan 21, 2016, 9:12 am
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Yes, you're making an incorrect assumption. They all recline. But the recline is limited in domestic first class (except the JFK-SFO/LAX routes) compared to international first and business classes.
Jan 21, 2016, 9:53 am
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Jan 21, 2016, 10:26 am
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In the context of the OP, which was talking about how the trophy was a great pax to have in front of him, since it didn't recline. A lie flat reclines, but doing so doesn't affect the seat behind it. A standard domestic first seat also reclines, somewhat impinging on the person seated behind it.
ETA: Just saw that this discussion was moved over from a UA thread about celebrity passengers, so the context was lost. The OP of that thread noted that the America's Cup was on a flight with him, in first, and was a great "passenger" to have in front of him, since the trophy didn't want to recline its seat.
ETA: Just saw that this discussion was moved over from a UA thread about celebrity passengers, so the context was lost. The OP of that thread noted that the America's Cup was on a flight with him, in first, and was a great "passenger" to have in front of him, since the trophy didn't want to recline its seat.
Jan 21, 2016, 1:30 pm
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!)Domestic first class seats on some AA planes, for example, are "articulated", meaning they don't recline into the person behind you, the seat bottom moves forward as you recline so it's your space, instead of someone else's space, that shrinks. On these seats, if you push the button and push against the back of the seat, nothing happens; you have to push the button and push yourself forward (to pull the seat bottom forward) and then it reclines the back. (I've been on planes where people near me didn't know this and thought the seat didn't recline at all until it was explained to them.)
Btw, there are also planes, on multiple airlines, with similarly "articulated" seats in coach.