wickedkhalsa

hi guys, i was trying to reserve 12d .. my 1st time flying Y on QR

the seat map shows Y starting on row 16

any suggestions ?

FlyingScientist

Looks like a Qsuite 777.

mr_botak

I'd grab 18D looking at that.

wickedkhalsa

and why is that ?

JasperT

Guess because there's only 3 pax in that row which makes the chance of someone climbing over you one less

bal00

My fav seat would be 19D, seat map on qatar's web site are wrong for all ver of the 777-300

There is no seat in front 19D, if you don't care having the ife screen in the armrest, go for it

I am not allowed to post url, but check this thepointsguy.com/2017/06/touring-qatar-retrofitted-77w/ there is picture of the economy cabin in the article

remdk

wickedkhalsa the front rows of many QR cabins, except bassinet/exit rows, are initially reserved for PC/OW status passengers to select from (Upperdeck Y cabin on A380) and are not available to non-status passengers until shortly before departure (72 hours). Look at https://www.qatarairways.com/en-dk/P..._benefits.html and under "Other information" you will find "16Preferred seats are available in the front section of the Economy cabin, which can be selected up to 72 hours prior to flight departure. Availability of seats is on a first-come, first-served basis. Availability varies, depending on the aircraft configuration and may exclude exit and bassinet seats."
Bassinet/exit rows are always blocked, usually until airport check-in opens.

wickedkhalsa

Thanks for the link ... I got 19D. hopefully this works out knowing QR and their change of equipment

wickedkhalsa

Noted .. I guess this will have to be done on the phone ..

on another note i got 19D with this new config 777-300er out of jfk and got 12d back from bkk to doha on the 777-300er ...

remdk

wickedkhalsa depending upon your flight dates you may have a Qsuites aircraft since QR701/702 is scheduled to have Qsuites from Dec. 15 th. Do remember that all aircraft are regularly taken out of service for a day, or more for regular maintenance so flights those days will not be Qsuites aircraft. You should also be aware that the 777-300ER. One with four rows of J seats and one with seven so row numbers vary between versions.

mr_botak

One less person to climb over you.

FlyerRed5

Flights that have the QSuite allocated have essentially a zero possibility of being swapped out. QR makes such a song and dance about the seat it requires about 3 levels of managements permission to change the aircraft off...

Dr. HFH

Absent specific information to the contrary, it would seem logical that if they're going to take an aircraft out of service for a QSuite upgrade, they would try to coordinate with mandatory service requirements. Why take an aircraft out of the rotation twice if you can schedule everything together? So in that case, QSuite upgraded aircraft have just received required maintenance and are probably good for a while.

FlyerRed5

When there was only 1 and 2 aircraft, at least 1x 24hr downtime period was required per month (and we did see at least 1 Qsuite rotation moved off), but as the number in the subfleet grows, this requirement is removed as the fleets rotations can be adjusted to give the requisite down time without changing the configurations.

endet

I just finished DOH to PVG in 12D and thats definitely the seat to go for. I don't know why QR blocks 12G as the additional is so minimal that I call it non existing. An alternative is 12C. A good half of the legroom is the curtain to C class. So if you have long legs you might sneak them under the curtain. But you would have to deal with 2 people climb over you. But on the other side pretty much no one is bumping into you.
12D didnt not seems to have a remote for the IFE screen. But the system is very responsive. I could easily access everything via the screen.
Call button and switch for the reading light is in the seat panel.
For the plus size flyers of us: Arm rest to 12E is movable. Tray table is adjustable in its position. So once you have taken it out you can push it a bit back.
All in all I really like the "new" Y class except for the limited width of the aisle.