UA v. CO metal
Sep 21, 2012, 10:00 am
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UA v. CO metal
When making seat assignments, is there a way of determining which metal you are flying (UA v. CO?). I can tell on occasion based on how E+ is arranged, but I'm doing some trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic flights and can't always tell on things like the 757s.
Sep 21, 2012, 10:11 am
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There are some rules of thumb.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.
Sep 21, 2012, 10:13 am
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The 757-300s don't have the range for international, so they are domestic. So 757-200 domestic is PMUA, 757-300 domestic is PMCO and 757-200 international are PMCO.
Sep 21, 2012, 11:50 am
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There are some rules of thumb.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.
Sep 21, 2012, 12:14 pm
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The range of a 757-300 with winglets is 3595nm so it certainly can do international service. Although, most TATL routes would be pushing it, it could easily do EWR-KEF, any number of routes between the US and Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean. Some points in South America are also servicable from the US mainland.
Sep 21, 2012, 1:12 pm
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We shouldn't be so narrow in our understanding of what is "international."
The range of a 757-300 with winglets is 3595nm so it certainly can do international service. Although, most TATL routes would be pushing it, it could easily do EWR-KEF, any number of routes between the US and Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean. Some points in South America are also servicable from the US mainland.
The range of a 757-300 with winglets is 3595nm so it certainly can do international service. Although, most TATL routes would be pushing it, it could easily do EWR-KEF, any number of routes between the US and Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean. Some points in South America are also servicable from the US mainland.
Sep 21, 2012, 1:27 pm
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Plenty of PMCO 757-200s (with BF config) operating domestic segments as well, in between TATL runs and during off-peak season.
Sep 21, 2012, 1:33 pm
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so is seatguru still the best place for info on this or has it fallen behind with the merger. They do have the merged thread for United and it looks updated, but wasn't sure if others have found wide discrepancies.
Sep 21, 2012, 1:58 pm
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Sep 21, 2012, 2:02 pm
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Your best option would be to go to united.com and go to the aircraft section then choose the 757-200/300. Under the 757-200 tab there should be 4 tabs 12/26/72, 16/153, 24/158, 24/164. The 16/153 version is sCO while the other 3 are sUA.
Sep 21, 2012, 2:16 pm
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If I'm not mistaken, you can also tell by flight number. 200-999 are sUA, 001-199 / 1000+ are sCO (not sure at which point it cuts off and becomes special segments , partners, express, etc).
Sep 21, 2012, 2:22 pm
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We shouldn't be so narrow in our understanding of what is "international."
The range of a 757-300 with winglets is 3595nm so it certainly can do international service. Although, most TATL routes would be pushing it, it could easily do EWR-KEF, any number of routes between the US and Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean. Some points in South America are also servicable from the US mainland.
The range of a 757-300 with winglets is 3595nm so it certainly can do international service. Although, most TATL routes would be pushing it, it could easily do EWR-KEF, any number of routes between the US and Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Carribean. Some points in South America are also servicable from the US mainland.
Sep 21, 2012, 3:27 pm
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There are some rules of thumb.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.
All Airbus and 747s are PMUA.
All 737s are PMCO.
752s domestic and PS are PMUA. 757-300's used for international are PMCO. PMUA didn't fly the 757 internationally.
767-200 and -400 are PMCO. 767-300 (763) are PMUA.
If you have a doubt, especially on international, take a look at the premium cabins. If they're 2 class, they're PMCO. If they're 3 class, they're PMUA.
Hope that helps.