UA1kMFR

Last night I was flying ORD-SFO on UA 153. The upgrades didn't clear and so I had already selected 16B (it was economy plus and exit row middle seat) But, this was a far different aircraft--first they had free wi-fi on the plane and new and different seats on the back. Oh, it was UA metal, just a very different plane. The bad part for me was that 16B was NOT in economy plus, it had an empty space next to the window and worst of all, the seat did not recline. Yikes.

Had I know I would have taken a seat farther up. Thanks to wi-fi I checked the UA seating chart while on the flight and this aircraft different form what they show on the seat map.

Just a warning to folks that this air craft is out there and to be careful...

FlyinHawaiian

Please see the existing threads on this aircraft:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...que-seats.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...p-s-757-a.html

res1968

Checked in for flight today and seatmap shows exit rows as 16 & 17 versus the usual 20 & 21. I checked all UA and CO aircraft and did not see any with exit row at 16 & 17. Is this a new 757 configuration or computer glitch?

SEA1K4EVR

A hiccup from the past. I wouldn't choose one of those seats though...you're asking for trouble tomorrow. Pick a seat that exists no matter what.

FlyinHawaiian

If it's a legacy United flight, it might be:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...que-seats.html

res1968

Currently in row 21 which I selected when purchased because it was the exit row. Ticket agent at ORD said it was a new configuration, but rows 16 & 17 do not even exist on the 757 according to the website. Sounds like I should stick with my current seat which will likely be the exit row.

Thanks for the information.

res1968

FlyinHawaiian was correct. Seatmap was right and exit rows are 16 & 17. Configuration does not even exist on the website or Seatguru. Now I am stuck in middle seat in regular economy on cross country flight. New to United and am so far not impressed. How can you have an aircraft with no seatmap anywhere to be found?

PDXPremier

I got bumped from row 2 on a 757 later this week I suppose cause it's labeled as an "exit" row...trying to get seats back (next to my wife) doesn't work, nothing sticks...weird.

villox

I have a flight ORD-DCA on Friday on a 757-200. I noticed our seats had changed from seats 21A&B to seats 17A&B. This was strange enough as to my recollection there is no row 17 on the 752. But then I pulled up the actual map:



For reference, here is the more common seatmap, from a flight I have in a couple weeks:



So here are some differences I see:

- The rows are numbered sequentially
- There are extra seats in row 7
- There are gaps in front of row 15 and 21
- There appear to be 10(!!) exit rows in economy (hovering over any of them indicates limited recline, and trying to select them brings up the exit row criteria)

Here's a direct link to the seatmap on the mobile site

The mobile map doesn't even match the web one because the mobile site shows seats 8ABC&F, and 16A&F missing.

I've searched these boards and seatguru and can find no plane coming close to this configuration. I also tracked this plane (#5093) backwards using Where is this aircraft coming from? and the seatmap matches as far back as it will go.

Any ideas?

bwiadca

It looks like E+ to me.

wxguy

This. Only one in the fleet where the seat map was not reconfigured.

villox

Well, that explains why the rows are renumbered and there are extra seats. It does not explain or indicate which ones are the actual exit rows.

UA-NYC

This screwy seat-map is likely the cause of my relatives having their seats scrambled...some things that make this bird "unique" apparently:

- F right side is C-D (PMUA style), vs. the aligned-to E-F
- There's a full row 7, and a 2 seat row 8
- There's a 4 seat row 16 (a la the A319)
- Plane ends at row 35

Any idea what's going on here? UA Cargo says it's a B757, just like all the other flights w/o the seat map issues.

Oh wait...this is that screwy 757 I remember reading about...what makes this special again?

EDIT - row 44

star_world

It's this aircraft: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...p-s-757-a.html

(edit: just saw your comment!)

UA-NYC

Yup - have requested this to be closed. Not really sure why they don't re-number this thing, esp. in F where it's easy.