Cabin Retrofit status on TG's 747s
Jul 9, 2014, 7:50 am
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Aug 26, 2014, 3:05 am
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According SeatGuru, Thai still has six 747 that use the recliner J seats with 40 inch seat pitch. I am flying BKK-NRT red-eye on 9/26 and am kind of concerned that I won't get an angle-lie-flat J seat.... Do you guys know what routes do Thai assign these old crappy 747s??
Aug 26, 2014, 3:20 am
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According SeatGuru, Thai still has six 747 that use the recliner J seats with 40 inch seat pitch. I am flying BKK-NRT red-eye on 9/26 and am kind of concerned that I won't get an angle-lie-flat J seat.... Do you guys know what routes do Thai assign these old crappy 747s??
Aug 26, 2014, 3:39 am
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Aug 26, 2014, 3:46 am
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thai-...-overview.html
Seatguru cannot be relied on for anything TG. The V1 config they detail simply doesn't exist and hasn't for some time. Meanwhile they completely miss the latest config 747...going by past form they might update in about 3 years or so.
If you're after sleeping comfort you should probably hope for the 1st gen angle flat seat...the 2nd gen is not great.
Oct 26, 2014, 3:09 am
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I'm flying TG 472 (SYD-BKK) in early December.
From my calculations, it looks like TG 472 gets the new F 51% of the time (out of the last 50 or so flights), while TG 476 (same route, but earlier) gets the new F about 82% of the time (out of the last 125 or so flights).
I imagine one doesn't know which plane is gonna be used until the day or so before, right?
Is it safe to assume that whatever plane is operating TG471 the day before will be operating TG 472 the next day?
From my calculations, it looks like TG 472 gets the new F 51% of the time (out of the last 50 or so flights), while TG 476 (same route, but earlier) gets the new F about 82% of the time (out of the last 125 or so flights).
I imagine one doesn't know which plane is gonna be used until the day or so before, right?
Is it safe to assume that whatever plane is operating TG471 the day before will be operating TG 472 the next day?
Oct 26, 2014, 4:35 am
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I'm flying TG 472 (SYD-BKK) in early December.
From my calculations, it looks like TG 472 gets the new F 51% of the time (out of the last 50 or so flights), while TG 476 (same route, but earlier) gets the new F about 82% of the time (out of the last 125 or so flights).
I imagine one doesn't know which plane is gonna be used until the day or so before, right?
Is it safe to assume that whatever plane is operating TG471 the day before will be operating TG 472 the next day?
From my calculations, it looks like TG 472 gets the new F 51% of the time (out of the last 50 or so flights), while TG 476 (same route, but earlier) gets the new F about 82% of the time (out of the last 125 or so flights).
I imagine one doesn't know which plane is gonna be used until the day or so before, right?
Is it safe to assume that whatever plane is operating TG471 the day before will be operating TG 472 the next day?
Oct 26, 2014, 5:58 am
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Oct 26, 2014, 9:15 am
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Oct 26, 2014, 10:01 am
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If the flight equipment code shows 747 or reads 747 All Series on thai site its suites. If it shows 744 or reads Boeing 747-400 om thai site its older 10 F. Sydney flights all look to be scheduled 10F at the moment. On the day things could change.
Oct 26, 2014, 11:13 am
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I think I may just stick with my SQ R booking via SIN, but was hoping to save the miles.
Tough to beat 40K UA for two segments in TG F.
Oct 27, 2014, 3:44 pm
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Oct 27, 2014, 8:21 pm
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OK, so I am on TG925 from MUC-BKK on Dec 19 in First. It's a 747 I believe and according to this thread Seat Guru cannot be trusted as to its current accuracy.
So what type of First class can I expect?
So what type of First class can I expect?
Oct 27, 2014, 8:28 pm
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