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Old Mar 10, 2014, 7:51 am
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What are the worst seats on United?

I was thinking e- on the 747, anyone else have suggestions to avoid?
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 7:54 am
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q300 seats 1c, 1d, 2c, and 2d on a crowded flight.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 7:55 am
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The new slim line seats. Would rather be in E- on a long flight on the old seats than E+ on a short hop with the new seats.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:01 am
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In F, I vote for 1C/D on the 319/320.
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Any seat on a CR200....
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:09 am
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The older revs of the CO seats on the 737s...the chiropractor special.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by zrs70
The new slim line seats. Would rather be in E- on a long flight on the old seats than E+ on a short hop with the new seats.
OMG competely agree. I'm not a big guy and after an hour I can't fell my a$$ in these things!

Lufthansa also uses these things in business class on the A320/321 in Europe and they are hideous...

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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:11 am
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Any of the new slim line seats on any aircraft. Guaranteed soreness.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:21 am
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+1 on the slimlines, i have stopped taking UA on flights longer than 2 hours on Airbii

+1 on A320 1C, 1D

last row of E- on any plane

i'm going to throw a vote out there for row 20 with its limited recline
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:33 am
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bigger challenge - worst F seats

The old 90-degree, boxy 737 specials
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 8:45 am
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747, Seats 33A & K.

I've never sat there before, but i've seen the poor saps that must have thought 'exit row seat for a 14h flight, GREAT!'...then reality hits when they get onboard.

No legroom at all - big bump in front of their legs. No AVOD, bathroom right next to the seats, two people in between you and the aisle and 372 of your closest friends all with better seats than you (one other unlucky person feels your pain).

-jeremy
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 9:24 am
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33A on the 753.

1A/B/E/F on the sUA 752.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 9:50 am
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Originally Posted by Hendo5698
I was thinking e- on the 747, anyone else have suggestions to avoid?
Avoid center seats.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 9:53 am
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Avoid center seats.
Believe it or not, there are actually people who prefer these (center section) so nobody has to climb over them to get out.
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Old Mar 10, 2014, 9:55 am
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Row 20 in Y (first row) on the new PS planes - so bad they had to re-classify it as regular E- and not E+
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