Everything you want to know about 737-900 (739)
Oct 3, 2012, 5:35 pm
#62
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MCO UA:3MM1K AA: EXP
Posts: 365
Can any FTers confirm that all the 737-800s WITHOUT direct TV have extra legroom in the first row? Thanks!
Oct 3, 2012, 7:22 pm
#63
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,878
Can any FTers confirm that all the 737-800s WITHOUT direct TV have extra legroom in the first row? Thanks!
but the one I was on this past Saturday night IAD-SFO without DirectTV did have a nice size cutout in the bulkhead in front of seats 1A&B as I could see it quite clearly from my seat (2E) and apologies but I didn't look at 1E&F)
Oct 3, 2012, 8:26 pm
#64
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Programs: American Airlines
Posts: 30,005
When is UA going to finish 739 IFE
Flew 739 today phx-iad no IFE. Flying cle-phx tomorrow no IFE either. Kioto seats or whatever there called. Come on...it's been over a year now...what a joke. I might as well fly US back to phx. 
Oct 3, 2012, 8:32 pm
#65
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: EWR, BDL
Posts: 4,471
It will be a while, the 738/739s will enter service without DTV, and get converted at a later date.
Oct 3, 2012, 8:35 pm
#66
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: IAH & HOU
Programs: UA GS & Marriott Titanium
Posts: 443
Several colleagues and I have been lamenting the confluence of crappy airbuses and temp seating no-IFE 739's on iah routes. We fly at least 2 domestic rt's a week each and none have had directv for well over a month. Some of it is luck of the draw I know, but it sure has made for a pretty ho-hum flying experience in general. Like we are stuck in the 90's.
Oct 3, 2012, 8:36 pm
#67
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ORD-LAS
Programs: UA MM 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 4,419
US Air has better seat and a more spacious airbus product. No E+ though or entertainment.
Oct 3, 2012, 8:38 pm
#68
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ORD-LAS
Programs: UA MM 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 4,419
Several colleagues and I have been lamenting the confluence of crappy airbuses and temp seating no-IFE 739's on iah routes. We fly at least 2 domestic rt's a week each and none have had directv for well over a month. Some of it is luck of the draw I know, but it sure has made for a pretty ho-hum flying experience in general. Like we are stuck in the 90's.
Oct 3, 2012, 8:39 pm
#69
Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: United Mileage Plus Premier Executive, AmericanAdvantage Gold
Posts: 180
That is awful!! I thought the old CO planes were going to be superior or that is what we were told. What a joke, the seats are awful and the most uncomfortable in the industry not even all their planes have entertainment in this 21st century world.
Oct 3, 2012, 8:48 pm
#70
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: EWR, BDL
Posts: 4,471
Half of the 738/739 fleet are newer then the youngest A320 which is a 2002 build. So how can you say the 738/739 are old, when we on the sCO side continue to take delivery of new 738/739 aircraft, and the last sUA A320 was delivered in 2002?
Oct 3, 2012, 9:10 pm
#71
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA GS 2MM
Posts: 947
Quieter, more spacious cabin, better seats. I'll take the A320 everytime.
Oct 3, 2012, 10:11 pm
#73
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ORD-LAS
Programs: UA MM 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 4,419
Oct 3, 2012, 11:59 pm
#74
Join Date: Sep 2009
Programs: UA GS>1K>Nothing; DL DM 2MM; AS 75K>Nothing>MVP
Posts: 9,341
Did a red-eye TCON in F on a no-IFE 739 last night. Haven't taken that long a flight in domestic F in a long time. Pretty uncomfortable. I'm surprised there is not more demand for ps type seating on TCONs other than LAX/SFO<>JFK. I admire anyone who does this on a regular basis.
Oct 4, 2012, 12:37 am
#75
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MCO UA:3MM1K AA: EXP
Posts: 365
I can answer my own question now. I was ready to watch the first debate on the evening flight to LGA, however, day before the departure it showed the 737-800 had no Direct TV. After getting on board, I realized this 738 with 5 rows in the First Class had no extra space for Row 1 either, which was different from my previous experience on a 4-row FC 738. Also I thought the 738s without direct TV were supposed to be newer, but the aircraft I was on looked pretty old.