kirkwoodj

I've thought that myself on may occasions!

kevinsac

Are the BF seats on this aircraft the same as the BF seat on PS 757 and or the international BF seats?

drewguy

Or just buy it and improve the crowdsourced information by miles

Kacee

It's the sCO seat BF seat. Used on sCO 772, 764, two-class 763, sCO 752, and ps 752. It's somewhat longer than in the 752s and 767s.

evanroberts

For those in E+, 16A-C and 16G-K appear to have marginally more legroom than 16D-F, and the window-side triples also benefit from what is effectively two overhead bins available.

However i noticed on our MEL-LAX trip that the arm-rests in 16D-F raise up, whereas A-C and G-K don't get that.

We also noticed the new leather seats in economy have much worse headrests than the older fabric ones, but this is just a constant within a plane, rather than variable across seats.

GoSh4rks

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The new leather seats have horrible headrests compared to the cloth seats.

kevinsac

Thanks. That sucks. I had wished they improved the seats a bit on 787 since those planes fly the long routes to SYD

kirkwoodj

And SIN. And they'll be the last to get Polaris hard product

televisor

I think it's only the armrest between D and E that raises up. Each seat still has it's own table in one of the armrests. See:
http://blog.wandr.me/wp-content/uplo...9/IMG_6238.jpg

I'm surprised about the headrest comment though - it still seems to be the same seat hardware, just a different covering - and the headrest looks like it's the same size:
http://travelskills.com/wp-content/u...4.54.11-PM.png

Since the seat padding looks thinner I can imagine the headrest does extend further forward when compared to the seatback?

televisor

But they could potentially switch those routes to the A350 *if* it arrives? (I believe it has better range, which would be helpful for SFO-SIN at least.)

warakorn

Does anyone has an authoritative source, which engines are power the United 787-9 Dreamliner: the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 or the GEnx?

http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/U...ctive-b787.htm

Airfleet suggests that some birds are equipped by Trent, the other ones are run by GEnx.

WineCountryUA

UA states

warakorn

Thanks! Then airfleet has inaccurate information.

DeityAllah

Good Day Everyone I'm a long time lurker, but finally had a reason to set up an actual account and pose a question.

So last night I booked a Multi-City trip from EWR to SIN via SFO for 5 days in which the SFO to SIN leg will be on United's Dreamliner 787-9. We'll be slumming it in Basic Economy in seats 29L & 29K (Girlfriend & I).

The flight leaves SFO at 10:40pm and arrives at 6:15am +2. I know we'll be going through a couple of time zones and have read about how brutal the sun can be on the opposite side of the plane. Two questions, have I interpreted this correctly in regards to picking the correct side of the plane. Also, I see a lot of advice for seating in Economy Plus & Business Class but nothing really about Basic Economy. Can you guys suggest any better seating than 29L & 29K in Basic Economy? I'm thinking about swapping the window seat for the aisle seat, but have read about how narrow the aisles are on this thing. I have pretty broad shoulders and it would be pretty annoying to kept getting bumped by either the food cart or other passangers.

{removed query on ANA seating}

Finally, we'll be returning home via NRT to EWR on United's 777-200. Currently, I placed us in 41L & 41K. I picked those seats because I read on either Seat Guru or some blog that these were a decent choice. If any you guys have any further insight on this leg as well that would be much appreciated. Flight times for this leg is 4:55pm to 4:35pm

I would have loved to fly ANA on all legs but it was almost $300 more expensive and the flight times weren't working with my timetable. Hence me being stuck with using United.

Thanks in Advance Everyone

findark

With those times, you're flying west and essentially never seeing the sun. If it is visible, it will be very low to the horizon. But generally your thought about the side of the plane is correct (stay on the north side). If you are really sensitive about sun, I recommend this awesome website.

27 A&L are going to be the best seats in E- due to extra legroom despite the slide, but that won't work with a partner since the middle seat is E+. Everything else is pretty much the same as long as you're not sitting in the last couple rows (the plane narrows so the seats do too). Can't really comment on window versus aisle; the 789 is going to be a miserable ride for 16 hours in E- no matter how you slice it.