The View from 1A (747)
Aug 22, 2014 | 12:59 pm
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The View from 1A (747)
One of the big items on my bucket list is a flight in a 747, seat 1A. I figure this would be the closest I was ever going to get to seeing out the cockpit windows of a real airliner. For those of you who have had this seat (or 1K, I supposed it would be very similar) - what is it like? Is it all I am imagining it would be, or is it just like looking out any other windows? Especially at night.
Aug 22, 2014 | 1:45 pm
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One of the big items on my bucket list is a flight in a 747, seat 1A. I figure this would be the closest I was ever going to get to seeing out the cockpit windows of a real airliner. For those of you who have had this seat (or 1K, I supposed it would be very similar) - what is it like? Is it all I am imagining it would be, or is it just like looking out any other windows? Especially at night.
It was different just with the curvature of the bird
Didn't really notice the windows due to a closet right at the center in front of us
Aug 22, 2014 | 2:19 pm
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One of the big items on my bucket list is a flight in a 747, seat 1A. I figure this would be the closest I was ever going to get to seeing out the cockpit windows of a real airliner. For those of you who have had this seat (or 1K, I supposed it would be very similar) - what is it like? Is it all I am imagining it would be, or is it just like looking out any other windows? Especially at night.
Aug 22, 2014 | 2:29 pm
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Ah. My thought was that with the extreme taper, the windows are more in front of you and looking, well not forward but more forward than the regular side windows.
Aug 22, 2014 | 6:38 pm
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There are no forward facing windows in the passenger cabin of the 747, so the view from seats 1A and its equivalent on the other side of the airplane is nothing like that seen from the cockpit.
Aug 22, 2014 | 7:01 pm
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The View from 1A (747)
In first class on Thai I had a great view from 3 or 4 windows from 1A.
Edit - reading OP more closely. You do not see forward, there is some curve but not a great deal.
Edit - reading OP more closely. You do not see forward, there is some curve but not a great deal.
Aug 23, 2014 | 12:41 am
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1A and 1K Are the Worst Seats in the World
Stay out of them. 
In all seriousness, they are the best seats in the UA inventory. The amount of personal space is enormous.
I am really P-ed that someone has my 1A on my next international flight, and I have to go to 2K to be near my wife in 1K. Whomever you are in 1A, please cancel!
In all seriousness, they are the best seats in the UA inventory. The amount of personal space is enormous.
I am really P-ed that someone has my 1A on my next international flight, and I have to go to 2K to be near my wife in 1K. Whomever you are in 1A, please cancel!
Aug 23, 2014 | 1:10 am
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Just arrived NRT on UA 837 from SFO. 747, seat 1A. Daylight flight.
I liked the privacy. The space was OK but the KLM 747 seat 1A seemed to be more spacious.
Neither provided the views you are looking for.
I liked the privacy. The space was OK but the KLM 747 seat 1A seemed to be more spacious.
Neither provided the views you are looking for.
Aug 23, 2014 | 3:26 am
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New First the windows don't allow much of anything.