tdowl5757

Looking at R/T JFK - AMS 10/15 - 10/19 and a bit confused about the 757-200 (75w) layout.

Icelandair says Econ Comfort would be rows 5 & 6 while SG map shows Saga rows 1 - 6, EC rows 7 - 11.

Wondering if anyone has flown JFK - KEF - AMS on Icelandair in Saga or Econ Comfort recently and can tell me how the front cabin is divided; are rows 5 & 6 indeed EC and are the seats the same as Saga?

Any other comments about Saga vs EC also appreciated.

Thanks

another_shot

I'm not very frequent on FI, but this year I've been on 2 different 757-200 with them.
757-200 with winglets - C class 6 rows, AVOD, reasonably comfy seats (still more or less like US domestic F)
757-200 without winglets - C class 4 rows, no IFE/AVOD, old US domestic first seats.

I haven't really examined, but economy comfort seats on non-winglet 757 did not looked convertable to me at all, rather just a usual tight economy. I have impression this particular aircraft was taken from some US airline and used by FI "as is". You can see remainings of Verizon in-seat phone setup on this plane. No idea if this is only airplane in the fleet, maybe not.

Never flown FI eco comfort, can't comment on difference. The sole reason I'm flying FI they have best C product to Reykjavik from Europe

MarioRossi

i dont think there are any non winglet 757 left (which btw never served for an us airline). they all have new business, eco plus and eco seats with avod.

tdowl5757

Thanks

another_shot

I've flown one end of June, no winglets, no AVOD and no IFE. When in KEF, I've seen at least 2 non-winglet 757s on the apron.

tdowl5757

Strange that FI claims JFK/KEF/AMS is 757-200 (75w) which I assume is winglet yet their seat map only indicates Saga as rows 1-4, not the full 6 rows you mentioned, now I'm really confused. Really wish they could provide and accurate seat map.


Hello,

Thank you for your email!

Seats in row 5 and 6 are in Economy Comfort on Fi614/15Oct.
On all flights noted the Economy Comfort seats
will be in row 5 or 6. When you book your tickets you will
be able to reserve a seat in the cabin you book.
Our fleet consist of Boeing 757's.

Further assistance can be provided by calling 800.223.5500
and select the Saga Class/Economy Comfort option.

Best Regards
Icelandair

another_shot

I took a quick look, FI502 KEF-AMS showing 5 rows of C, rest of the flights showing 4 rows. And all flights no 1DF seats. IIRC that "old-style" 757 with 4 rows of C had full row 1. Wording from FI you quoted above could also mean they designated rows 5&6 for eco comf on those flights, while actual seats are business.
When looking on some random flights CPH-KEF-CPH there are some with 4 rows of C and some even with 3 rows. Unless FI did a total reconfig of their fleet within last month, this not sounds like actual seat map. It looks they allocating some of business seat to eco extra.

tdowl5757

I think you're right

Donna49

Exactly. I have flown MSP-ARN 4 times in the past 3 months in Saga class. On the MSP-KEF legs, the last 2 rows of the 6 row business section are eco extra.

They put up a little marker on the aisle seats at row 4 to mark the division. The eco extra seats (rows 7-11 or therebouts) are changed to regular economy seats, by lifting up the center seat dropdown seatback which serves as a table and gives eco plus the 2x2 seating when the actual seats are 3x3.

All my flights from MSP have been completely full, so they move eco extra forward, and sell the unconverted exo extra seats (now 3x3) as coach.

My flights from to KEF to ARN are never full and business class is the usual 6 row cabin, with plenty of open seats. Eco extra is where it normally is, with a curtain divider seperating eco extra from coach.

They must make this change on a flight by flight basis. I have flown into KEF on an a/c that had eco extra in the back of business, and eco extra seats changed to coach. Within the 1.5 hr layover, the plane is changed back to normal. Twice, my a/c from MSP-KEF was the same a/c used for KEF-ARN, but when I boarded in KEF, the cabin configuration had changed.

Of course, KEF-ARN is not nearly full. while MSP-KEF always is. I just believe they move eco extra as necessary to maximize revenue, as they can change the eco extra seats to regular coach in minutes.

As far as I know, all FI a/c have the same configuration; 6 rows of business, 4 rows of eco extra, and the rest coach; they just move the actual location of eco extra to meet their needs. Eco extra, when moved, gets a business seat, but just the eco extra level of service.

tdowl5757

Aha! thanks for the info.

SkyTeam777

So sometimes you luck out and get a business seat if the flight is full as econ comfort?

How does the meal service work in Economy comfort? You pick anything from the menu or you just get one choice of a hot meal? How about beer/wine...is it unlimited or only one with the meal?

I find it so odd that there are two Icelandair flights from JFK within just minutes of each other to KEF!

vincewy

I have YYZ-KEF with Econ extra and am able to select either Row 5 or 6, I think it's this configuration, it seems Row 5 will be Saga seats and Row 6 will be Y

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ic...757-200_V2.php


OTOH KEF-HEL let me choose seats on either Row 5,6,7, or 9.

https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Ic...ng_757-200.php

Row 5 and 6 are Saga seats and Row 7 and 9 are Y seats. 757-300 seems to have the same configuration upfront.

So if I get to choose Row 5 it will give me the best chance of getting Saga seats (wouldn't mind Econ service at all) given aircraft change is possible at any given moment.

Donna49

This is a very old thread. You are quoting my post made in 2010. A lot has changed with Icelandair in the past 7 years, and most of what is posted here is no longer accurate.

Time for a brand new thread on this topic.

vincewy

Took the flights and it turns out all 757s have the first 6 rows as Saga seats.

On our KEF-HEL flight, there were only 2 Saga passengers so they moved the J cabin curtain up to the third row. In practice every Economy Comfort got Saga seat on both of the segments.

ChugiakAk

We flew from Anchorage to Keflavik and return, paid for economy comfort, and sat both ways in Saga seats 5A and 5C. There was a divider curtain in the aisle and a small curtain in front of us that caused no problems.