Horizontally challenged
Dec 20, 2017, 7:02 am
#16
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I completely agree. AA has the same configuration in their E175s and are 3 or 4 inches narrower in first according to seat guru. Also, according to SeatGuru United Polaris First on a 744 or 777 is 22 inches wide. I’m really skeptical of the 24 inch SeatGuru number on E175s.
According to UA, Polaris seats are only 20.something. The numbers don't add up.
Otherwise I don't have much to add. I can say that KLM WBC mockup felt a bit too tight in lie-flat shape. LH J seat (this time airplane mounted) felt much more comfortable, even if just couple inches wider.
Dec 20, 2017, 9:51 am
#17
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None of us can "have it all". If you aren't willing to make the lifestyle choices that result in not being "horizontally challenged", then there are adverse consequences, unfortunately.
Dec 20, 2017, 10:05 am
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missed the point completely....
According to UA, Polaris seats are only 20.something. The numbers don't add up.
Otherwise I don't have much to add. I can say that KLM WBC mockup felt a bit too tight in lie-flat shape. LH J seat (this time airplane mounted) felt much more comfortable, even if just couple inches wider.
According to UA, Polaris seats are only 20.something. The numbers don't add up.
Otherwise I don't have much to add. I can say that KLM WBC mockup felt a bit too tight in lie-flat shape. LH J seat (this time airplane mounted) felt much more comfortable, even if just couple inches wider.
Dec 22, 2017, 8:06 am
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Those of us who aren’t “horizontally challenged” don’t simply have our size handed to us.
i work out for an hour a day from 5:45am to 6:45am during the workweek, and usually an hour a day on weekends, and pass up a lot of good food. That keeps me from being “horizontally challenged”.
Would you prefer to have to deal with that regimen? Or would you prefer a less-comfortable flight every now and then? The latter, which is the choice you’ve made, is definitely an easier and likely more enjoyable choice.
i work out for an hour a day from 5:45am to 6:45am during the workweek, and usually an hour a day on weekends, and pass up a lot of good food. That keeps me from being “horizontally challenged”.
Would you prefer to have to deal with that regimen? Or would you prefer a less-comfortable flight every now and then? The latter, which is the choice you’ve made, is definitely an easier and likely more enjoyable choice.
Dec 22, 2017, 8:10 am
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Dec 22, 2017, 8:11 am
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UA's site claims 20" on the E-175 and 24" on the E-170. 24" seems hard to believe.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...5/default.aspx
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...0/default.aspx
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...5/default.aspx
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con...0/default.aspx
Of course, user comments would be quick to point out the pitch being worse than stated...people aren't likely to pay attention to F width unless the seat is abnormally narrow.
Dec 22, 2017, 12:14 pm
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Those of us who aren’t “horizontally challenged” don’t simply have our size handed to us.
i work out for an hour a day from 5:45am to 6:45am during the workweek, and usually an hour a day on weekends, and pass up a lot of good food. That keeps me from being “horizontally challenged”.
Would you prefer to have to deal with that regimen? Or would you prefer a less-comfortable flight every now and then? The latter, which is the choice you’ve made, is definitely an easier and likely more enjoyable choice.
i work out for an hour a day from 5:45am to 6:45am during the workweek, and usually an hour a day on weekends, and pass up a lot of good food. That keeps me from being “horizontally challenged”.
Would you prefer to have to deal with that regimen? Or would you prefer a less-comfortable flight every now and then? The latter, which is the choice you’ve made, is definitely an easier and likely more enjoyable choice.