General Question: Have Big Six Upgraded Int'l C class Seats?
Aug 1, 2008, 3:48 pm
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General Question: Have Big Six Upgraded Int'l C class Seats?
I thought I had read somewhere that the Big 6 were in the process of or will upgrade their Int'l Biz class seats in the near future. Did I imagine this?
Aug 1, 2008, 4:00 pm
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That said, United is slowly rolling out lie-flat seats in C. You can check out the UA forum for the latest on which routes have been upgraded.
Aug 1, 2008, 6:27 pm
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AA has "next generation business class" which feature fully-flat (though not quite parallel to the floor) seats. IIRC, most internationally-configured 767s and 45 out of 47 777s have been updated so far. I very much enjoyed the NGBC seat (booked as Y) on the one daily DFW - ORD - DFW 777 flight. A search of the AA forum for NGBC yields much discussion about these seats.
Aug 2, 2008, 12:17 am
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AA has "next generation business class" which feature fully-flat (though not quite parallel to the floor) seats. IIRC, most internationally-configured 767s and 45 out of 47 777s have been updated so far. I very much enjoyed the NGBC seat (booked as Y) on the one daily DFW - ORD - DFW 777 flight. A search of the AA forum for NGBC yields much discussion about these seats.
Aug 2, 2008, 10:50 am
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NW rolled out their new WBC product as all of their A330s have come on board, retrofitting the 747 fleet and retiring the DC-10 fleet.
It's a good seat with one caveat -- while the chair technically flattens all the way out, the result is a bit of a slant/incline. So not exactly lie-flat. Very comfortable, though, for a westbound daylight flight ^
It's a good seat with one caveat -- while the chair technically flattens all the way out, the result is a bit of a slant/incline. So not exactly lie-flat. Very comfortable, though, for a westbound daylight flight ^