select seating on AMS-DTW?
 

hi,

flying a 747(!) AMS-DTW on oct 15 (it's NW metal, i thought they were mostly DC10) and was offered 1A on select seating. apparently business is all in the upper deck, since row 1 is 3-4-3. is 1A good (i like windows) or are there problems with bulging doors and/or legroom, as there are on the exit rows? in which case is 1C (or anything else - exit row in this config?) better?

on my return, on 20th, it's a DC10 and the RW helpdesk says NW doesn't allow them a detailed seatplan, which i found odd. i remembered an FT discussion on NW DC10s and booked 22C, but the RW agent couldn't confirm that 22 is an exit row...!!??

ideas?

-rishab
ps. any FTers in AMS RW lounge on 21st? í have a 5 hr wait between DTW-AMS and AMS-MST and could be in either of the lounges. i think the non-schengen is the only one with a shower though.

For a seat map for the DC-10:, http://www.nwa.com/travel/trave/seat...0/index2.shtml
(Yes 22 is an exit row).

I have had discussion in the past with KL reservations agents in the UK on NW-operated transatlantic flights. It appears that they can access the full seat maps but it is a somewhat convoluted process and not all agents seem to know how to do it.

thanks nick!

the seat map url is cool, but in the maps for 747s, none of them show economy in row 1!!

frankly i don't think there's room for a 3-4-3 on row 1 of a 747 even if it's used as economy. and the NW maps all have a 2-2 business or first config. for that row.

so i wonder what my 1A select seat is going to be...!

-rishab

Rishab, are you sure that your westbound flight is on NW metal ??

KLM has some 747-300`s that have coach in the forward nose section.In that case the first row has nice seats, probadly 40 inches of space

NW does utilize one daily B744 AMS-DTW. However, there is no row 1 in ecomomy.

what time are you leaving ?
if you leave at 1730 you're on NW.
if you leave at 1915 you're on KL.

Only PH-BUO and PH-BUR are configured this way. Currently their only North American route is AMS-YUL. I'm booked on one of them (in coach seat 1A) for December and will report on just how good the layout is. Row 1 is configured 2-2 though, just for the record.