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757-300 Which seats in First Class???
 

I am on a 6 hr flight domestic flight on United's 757-300 in the front. I have a choice of either 1A or the last row (6A or 6B) by the bathrooms. Which would be a better seat? Does 1A provide more leg room by having a cutout in the bulkhead? I think 1B does but not sure of 1A (I have noticed 1B having it and not 1A on a 737-900. Strange!). And does the last row recline more?

I would appreciate any input. Thank you!

1A and B both have a huge cutout on the 753. They are larger than any othe under seat storage in the cabin. You'll also be away from the forward economy toilet sound/smell. You'll also get a better chance of getting your meal choice. Best seats in the cabin. Its also easy to get put of 1A during flight with no seat in front of you. The only minuses IMHO are the extra time to deplane thru door 2L and overhead movie screen (if so equipped) at bad angle (not a problem if a tablet provides your entertainment, like mine does....).

Thank you! I guess I'll go with 1A.

I prefer row 6 where I can recline and have a feeling of privacy.

Does row 6 recline more than the other seats?

I feel like it does, and since no one is behind me, I never feel bad reclining all the way back.

Thanks for the info. I wouldn't mind sitting in the back if it weren't for that bathroom. Argh!

With my change to Plat, my questions in these seating threads have moved from Y to F :)

Have a redeye coming up (cleared at T-96 due to the midnight bug!) and am trying to sleep on the flight. Can I get confirmation that the following is true on all of the 753s:

1A and 1B both have great cutouts.

1E and 1F do not.

Row 6 has great recline despite the lavatory/galley behind.

If people keep calling it a bug they might eventually fix it. I like to call it the midnight feature :D

A&B have cavernous individual cut-outs - best in the UA fleet - I kid you not. My favorite seat on a 753 day flight is 1B, on a red-eye, 1A.

E&F have NO cut-out and limited legroom. I wonder why people select those seats, unless they are so fearful of missing their meal choice.

Row 6, IMHO has no better recline than any other. The nice thing about row 6 is nobody pulls on your seat to extract themselves from theirs. I find the noise/chemical odor of forward coach toilet to be annoying, though (less so in 6F). Enjoy.

;)

But no worse than the other rows? On either side of the aisle?

Thanks!

I notice no difference across the row. No less recline (or more) than the other seats in the cabin.

I'm a new user, apologize if this is on the wrong thread but haven't been able to find a better thread for this question.

I will be flying red-eye on a 737-900, trying to figure out which FC seat would be best to get some sleep. options include all of the seats in row 1 and row 5 and 7 other seats in the rows in between. any recommendations? does anyone know if seat 1a has a leg cutout on this plane? i'm not very tall, but still want to stretch out to sleep.

Try taking a look at some of the posts above.

I got great sleep in 1A.

thanks, I wasn't sure if the cutouts mentioned would apply to the 739 aircraft or not. I've read one report that the 739 doesn't have cutouts in row 1 and that 1a and b can be uncomfortable due to lack of legroom. were you in 1A on a 739?

Anyone know off-hand whether the armrests in row 21 are movable?

I have now watched a YouTube walk-through video, pausing as the crappy camera pans blurrily across the row 21 armrests and I think they look movable? Maybe?

If someone has a 753 segment in row 21 coming up and can check, I would be very much appreciative.

Anyone have any experience in row 7? Currently booked on the 753 LAX-EWR red-eye w/ a companion in row 8 B&C. 7 ABC are available and look like they have more legroom and no one reclining into you, but armrests are fixed. (Row 21 B&C are also available, if folks think that is better? Also, curious as to armrest issue raised in prior post...)

I'm 6'7" and just looking to get some sleep so legroom is my #1.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Just finished flying a newly configured 757-300 on ANC-IAH. One of the most comfortable flights I've ever had in coach. More seat pitch than usual in E+. I'm 5'11" and could completely stretch my legs. Also seemed like there was extra recline. The DTV was having some issues, but I slept nearly the entire flight.

Had seat 10A, which is a normal E+ seat.

Thumbs up to UA on this reconfiguration. Will now look for the 753 any chance I get.

Input on this would indeed be appreciated. Also, is the IFE mounted in the bulkhead in row 7?

757 BF Config LAX-EWR
 

Do they offer pillows and duvets in BF like the PS birds to JFK?

no pillows and domestic blankets

I did a ORD-LAX and LAX-DEN this weekend on these old birds and they had blankets available but not pillows.

These planes are so old... Still waiting for direct TV and power. Row 1 is only good on the A/B side as there is a cutout for storage and a bit extra legroom. Quite convenient actually.

The 757-300 you were on isn't getting DirecTV only the CO original 753s will have direcTV, the ATA hand-me-downs will be getting the streaming content stuff and those 753s aren't that old at all they were built between 2001 & 2003.

Not old, but those planes look just as old as the 757's. The seats make it look old. I still prefer row 6 in First.

Ahh thanks for the info! I would prefer to be in seat 1A or 2A on an E70 over F on one of these... much more private/ comfortable seats. I guess the downside is no "meal" on E70 :D:rolleyes:

This year, I have flown 737-700,-800 ,A320, A319, 757-300, all with no direct TV or power... :(. And of course the E70's as well.

Hoping I get power for my flights this weekend!!

All 737-700's should have direct TV.

hmm that is interesting, I'm 90% sure I was on a 737-700 as it had less F than my flight after, which I believe was a 737-800. Maybe it was an -800 and -900? The flight had no direct TV.

The mid-cabin lav 738s don't have DirecTV and some 739ERs don't have it either. So possibly you were on a 737-800 with a mid-cabin lav? Because that has 20F seats like the 739s.

UA 757-300 questions
 

Hi,

do all 757-300s have AVOD?

Do they all have winglets?

What about 757-200s?

Thanks

Aircraft by aircraft details here: https://sites.google.com/site/unitedfleetsite/

there are multiple 757 configurations -- some international, some domestic

see Seat Guru - UA aircraft

Thanks.
Do 757-300s flying SFO-Hawaii have AVOD?

1. No only the CO original 753s (tail #s 851 - 859) have DirecTV (Not AVOD) the second hand 753s from TZ (tail #s 860 - 871) have overhead monitors that drop down from the overhead bins every few rows. (These ones are getting streaming content)
2. Yes all 753s have winglets
3. All TATL & PS 757-200s have AVOD & winglets. The domestic 757-200s do not have winglets and just have overhead monitors hanging down from the ceiling.

No they don't. They either have DirecTV which cuts out not long after takeoff which at that point you will have access to pre-recorded content or the ones with the overhead monitors that drop down from the overhead bins those ones will play 1 movie and a bunch of different tv shows variety programming etc. If you are in Y/C on a DirecTV 753 you will still need to pay the fee to activate the TV. If you are on the one with just the overhead monitors then no you won't have to pay.

That DTV system is lousy. They should have figured out a way to provide it across the Caribbean and Hawaii as it seems that's where a lot of 737 and 753 fly to anyway. CO cheaped out big time when they installed that system.

Thanks guys!

Excuse me, what does "PS" mean?

CO got it for free.

Even with just the pre-recorded content these aircraft have 10x the video programming choices that you get on the rest of the UA shorthaul fleet, so it's hardly "lousy".

Direct TV signal isn't available over the areas you mention. How does UA provide something that does not exist?