Airline Seats (I mean seats, not tickets!)
Nov 20, 1999, 7:38 pm
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Airline Seats (I mean seats, not tickets!)
Does anyone know where I could get myself a row of airline seats? There's got to be some central clearing house or dismantling place.
Also, what would something like that cost? Is there much demand? I just think that a row of airline seats would look so awesome in my living room.
Also, what would something like that cost? Is there much demand? I just think that a row of airline seats would look so awesome in my living room.
Nov 20, 1999, 9:13 pm
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Boeing has a surplus center outside Seattle. At one time I believe they did sell surplus aircraft seats, at least that's what Sunset magazine said in a story they ran a couple of years ago. They do have a website (do a search on Boeing Surplus), but last time I checked it said they did not have aircraft parts, only surplus office equipment.
Nov 21, 1999, 12:07 pm
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Very dated data. My friend, now deceased, was in the theater seating business. Through his contacts he was offered several hundred at less that $10 each, but he had to pick them up and hall them off. This was back 20 years or so. They really become junk, when they cannot be sold to a "lesser" airline.
Check with some theater chain installers, manufacturers, etc for a line
Check with some theater chain installers, manufacturers, etc for a line
Nov 21, 1999, 12:55 pm
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Go here for Boeing Surplus: http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/...ail/index.html
Nov 21, 1999, 1:13 pm
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Well, I just saw a story that said Boeing Surplus sometimes has entire lavatory units from planes so maybe they do still sell seats and don't consider those to be "parts".
Boeing Surplus phone is 206-393-4065
fax- 425-393-4050
Boeing Surplus phone is 206-393-4065
fax- 425-393-4050
Nov 22, 1999, 12:09 am
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It's not a very good use of miles IMHO, but you can get rows of 3 or 4 seats for 88,888 and 99,999 miles respectively.
http://www.moremiles.com/english/mm/s_37_e.htm
http://www.moremiles.com/english/mm/s_37_e.htm
Nov 22, 1999, 12:21 am
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I remember seeing an article in Lufthansa's flight magazine about rows of seats being for sale. Maybe you could call up a reservations agent and ask if they've got that article lying around somewhere or know about it?
Nov 22, 1999, 1:44 am
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LH officially sells them: http://skyshop.lufthansa.com/cgi-bin...8/Catalog/1007
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Nov 22, 1999, 5:16 am
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Thank you, Derek, for the most INTERESTING out-of-left-field question I've read on the board in a very long time.
Maybe we could have another award category for most interesting and unusual question/topic?
Maybe we could have another award category for most interesting and unusual question/topic?
Nov 22, 1999, 9:32 am
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They were on LH's website last week.
actually, not so weird an idea. My grandfather worked for a company that had a subsidiary that made the seats. He bought one (about 25 years ago) mounted on a pedestal--it was the easy chair in his family room. My brother inherited it (fell off the car one time when he was moving it--gouged the Naugahyde a bit) and still has it. It was extremely comfortable--a bit narrow (I DK whether it was coach or f/c) but firm and comfortable either to lean back in (my grandfather had a matching ottoman) or to work at a desk in.
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actually, not so weird an idea. My grandfather worked for a company that had a subsidiary that made the seats. He bought one (about 25 years ago) mounted on a pedestal--it was the easy chair in his family room. My brother inherited it (fell off the car one time when he was moving it--gouged the Naugahyde a bit) and still has it. It was extremely comfortable--a bit narrow (I DK whether it was coach or f/c) but firm and comfortable either to lean back in (my grandfather had a matching ottoman) or to work at a desk in.
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Nov 22, 1999, 4:10 pm
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Derek -
If you go to this site, you can see examples of the OLD OLD UA F seat sets for sale.
http://www.keystoneaviation.com/
These guys are not good about returning the email messages that are left for them, and I've actually never gotten a response on pricing.
This is important to me, as my fiancee became enamored of them when I flew her in F to London to propose, and admitted she wouldn't mind if we had them at our home. I want to get them before she can change her mind.
Maybe it would be better that way, though.
Greg
If you go to this site, you can see examples of the OLD OLD UA F seat sets for sale.
http://www.keystoneaviation.com/
These guys are not good about returning the email messages that are left for them, and I've actually never gotten a response on pricing.
This is important to me, as my fiancee became enamored of them when I flew her in F to London to propose, and admitted she wouldn't mind if we had them at our home. I want to get them before she can change her mind.
Maybe it would be better that way, though.
Greg