Dec 29, 2017, 11:56 am
Last edit by: Prospero
United has reconfigured its 757-300 planes to increase density, primarily by adding non E+ seats (1 fewer E+ seats, 22 more E seats).
New Configuration
Boeing 757-300 (753)
24F 54E+ 156E
Post 165 assesses Seats 7DE (and 8ABC) (summary - watch out)
The armrest between 23 B/C and D/E is movable.
The inboard armrest on 23A & F is fixed and contains the tray table.
https://www.aerolopa.com/ua-753
Previous thread:Consolidated "UA 757-300 Seating, IFE, etc." Thread
New Configuration
Boeing 757-300 (753)
24F 54E+ 156E
Post 165 assesses Seats 7DE (and 8ABC) (summary - watch out)
The armrest between 23 B/C and D/E is movable.
The inboard armrest on 23A & F is fixed and contains the tray table.
https://www.aerolopa.com/ua-753
Previous thread:Consolidated "UA 757-300 Seating, IFE, etc." Thread
Everything You Wanted to Know About Where to Sit on 757-300 Slimline (24F,54E+,156E-)
Jun 7, 2018, 10:49 am
#151
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This should help with some 7DE and 8F questions.
The exit door juts a bit into row 7 but since there’s only two seats
it doesn’t encroach into your R side.
8F has pretty good leg room even with the door sticking out
in front of you but if you have long legs they will hit the door.
Galley is in front of row 7 but the bulkhead wall covering
it is far enough to allow good legroom for 7E, maybe even an
inch or two more than row 1 in FC.
7D on the aisle seems even roomier.
Slimline 753
Jun 7, 2018, 11:58 am
#153
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Jun 7, 2018, 1:32 pm
#154
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between the seats in place of the old slide out
and the ones where the recline action moves the bottom
of the seat forward when you recline, they are
incremental at best.
Oh, there’s also a narrow slot on one side for stuff—
magazines?
Not to be cynical but I’m thinking Barcalonunger 2.0
Or maybe 1.5
Jun 7, 2018, 2:13 pm
#155
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If these new seats are the ones with the plastic “granite” tray
between the seats in place of the old slide out
and the ones where the recline action moves the bottom
of the seat forward when you recline, they are
incremental at best.
Oh, there’s also a narrow slot on one side for stuff—
magazines?
Not to be cynical but I’m thinking Barcalonunger 2.0
Or maybe 1.5
between the seats in place of the old slide out
and the ones where the recline action moves the bottom
of the seat forward when you recline, they are
incremental at best.
Oh, there’s also a narrow slot on one side for stuff—
magazines?
Not to be cynical but I’m thinking Barcalonunger 2.0
Or maybe 1.5
Also that slot is not for magazines, it is for the previous passenger's oreo wrapper.
Jun 7, 2018, 2:25 pm
#156
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Jun 11, 2018, 10:16 pm
#157
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I'm curious about what happens with row 9 for non-Premier members. Does anyone know? It's E+ in both old and new layout, so it is indeed odd that the placeholder doesn't show it as E+ or block it as done with 9DEF (which in and of itself is also weird).
I don't have any reservations left without my MP number attached, or I might be willing to test on myself.
I don't have any reservations left without my MP number attached, or I might be willing to test on myself.
Jun 12, 2018, 7:39 am
#158
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Location: Washington, DC
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Seems like this behavior is consistent with UA's allowing elites to select and retain E+ seats even after losing elite status (barring equipment change).
What's curious here is that in either configuration of 757, row 9 is E+ - so why is United making it not E+ for this placeholder configuration?
What's curious here is that in either configuration of 757, row 9 is E+ - so why is United making it not E+ for this placeholder configuration?
Jun 12, 2018, 10:08 am
#159
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Location: ORD
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I have been flying this config twice a week, and I have to say that row 7D & E seats are my favorite. They still recline and it feels very roomy since there is really nothing around you or above you, and there are only 2 of you in the row. You can even store your personal item below the first class seats in the other cabin during take off and landing. I will select these seats from now on.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:03 pm
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You can what?? Maybe I was completely out of it when I boarded one of these things, but I thought there was still a galley at 2R. All of Row 6 backs onto a hard bulkhead.
Jun 12, 2018, 1:49 pm
#161
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That is correct, there is still a galley, and to store your item below row 6, you'll need to unbuckle and walk a few steps to the next cabin to store your stuff away. I've often just told the FA's what I was doing, and they were fine with it.
Jun 13, 2018, 12:54 pm
#162
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Seems like this behavior is consistent with UA's allowing elites to select and retain E+ seats even after losing elite status (barring equipment change).
What's curious here is that in either configuration of 757, row 9 is E+ - so why is United making it not E+ for this placeholder configuration?
What's curious here is that in either configuration of 757, row 9 is E+ - so why is United making it not E+ for this placeholder configuration?
Jun 18, 2018, 9:29 am
#164
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There is no 7D in the old configuration.
It is best to check seat map at 72, 48 and 24 hour mark. Usually correct seat map will be loaded by then. If you do not see row 20, then you know it is a temporary place holder.
Jul 16, 2018, 3:33 pm
#165
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I have been flying this config twice a week, and I have to say that row 7D & E seats are my favorite. They still recline and it feels very roomy since there is really nothing around you or above you, and there are only 2 of you in the row. You can even store your personal item below the first class seats in the other cabin during take off and landing. I will select these seats from now on.
Yes, you do get a bit more leg room, especially in 7D since you can extend your legs into the aisle. You're also the first out the door once the plane lands, which is nice. However, those perks come at a significant cost:
- The orientation and tightness of the galley means you feel like you're sitting in the galley with the FA while he/she prepares the bar cart/coffee/tea (the flip side is I now know more than I ever thought I would about the details of how the bar carts are loaded and built). The FA has to pull the cart out of the galley into the open space in front of you and row 8A-C in order to assemble and prepare it, because there is no open space in the galley for prep.
- The tightness of the galley means that while the FA in front of you is prepping, everyone else has to squeeze by, and often needs to stand in your leg room in order to get by.
- The service carts have to turn 90 degrees to go from secured to up/down the aisle, and space is tight so you'll probably have to lean away from the aisle to not get bumped
- You have no overhead bins above you, which means that you MUST put your bags behind you. You have to be quick and pushy once landed to get your stuff before the aisle is blocked (jayzala was able to put his/her bags in front of the last F row, but on my flight, crew bags occupied all of that space)
It was bad enough I commented on the post-flight survey that UA should leave the galley as is and omit the 7D/E seats in future retrofits.
There's a couple other things worth mentioning too:
- The overhead light is built into the roof of the plane. You'll need to be tall AND standing to reach it. It's a superwhite LED that flooded the entire row with bright light -- great if you all want to read, but it ended up disturbing my seat mate. I think the lenses in the lights are the same as the rest of the plane, so focused assuming an overhead bin to seat distance not a roof to seat distance. That wrong focal distance means light floods more area than usual. Let me say again, the lights are BRIGHT. I would hate sitting in that row trying to sleep while a seatmate reads.
- Since you're sitting in front of a door, you have no window. There's a fisheye porthole on the exit door, but you won't see much. If you don't care about windows, though, it won't bother you
- The galley light is above the aisle, so it's even brighter than usual sitting near the galley on a night flight, even with the cabin lights fully dimmed..