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-)
Oct 31, 2018, 1:41 pm
#196
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 89
Hey everyone, I need some help about boeing 757-300. We have 2 adults and 2 kids flying SFO-DCA, but we are booking on two different itineraries because each adult has enough mileage points for a roundtrip flight for 2. So, we have one of us book with one kid, and one of us book with another kid. We obviously want to sit together, however, now that I'm seeing this weird map that's not on the website and as I'm finding out will actually change, how do we select seats so we will end up sitting together? We can't have exit row seats because we have two little kids, both kids will be in car seats.
Oct 31, 2018, 1:59 pm
#197
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,420
We have 2 adults and 2 kids flying SFO-DCA, but we are booking on two different itineraries because each adult has enough mileage points for a roundtrip flight for 2. So, we have one of us book with one kid, and one of us book with another kid. We obviously want to sit together, however, now that I'm seeing this weird map that's not on the website and as I'm finding out will actually change, how do we select seats so we will end up sitting together? We can't have exit row seats because we have two little kids, both kids will be in car seats.
Dec 4, 2018, 2:38 pm
#199
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,420
Dec 11, 2018, 11:44 am
#201
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 15,004
Row 9 is always E+, whatever 753 configuration you end up with - and it will not be a bulkhead row. The map you show is a placeholder and does not reflect a configuration UA flies. The wiki shows the two "real" configurations, one of which will eventually be show up in the days before the flight. A lot of new seat choices will pop up when it does.
Dec 11, 2018, 12:10 pm
#202
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
Dec 11, 2018, 12:38 pm
#203
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,420
1B looks right at the galley and lav. It can be pretty distracting. 1A is much better IMO. There's enough space to get out if the person next to you doesn't have their feet on the bulkhead.
Dec 11, 2018, 12:40 pm
#204
Join Date: Mar 2012
Programs: Mileage Plus 1K; Marriott Platinum; Hilton Gold
Posts: 6,355
Dec 11, 2018, 1:32 pm
#205
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,393
Dec 18, 2018, 9:07 am
#206
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 11,451
Related to / bungled by the corp. pref. seating, maybe?
Dec 19, 2018, 11:50 am
#207
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Programs: UA 1K, UA .53 MM, Marriott Gold, Nexus, GE, TSA Pre, Hertz PC
Posts: 581
Seat Map Shows Full, then 15+ Empty Seats at T-96
I have noticed this twice now, and just again recently enough to recall the details.
Flying SFO-ORD on 12/21/18. When I booked my ticket in early November, the only seat available on the 757-300 was 15B. Like any good FlyerTalk'er would, I checked the seat map 1-2x per day, hoping that a seat would open up so I could get out of the dreaded E- middle seat. Every time I checked, it still showed the seat map as having no empty / available seats. Low and behold, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, I opened the app and there are a plethora of open seats: Rows 41, 42, 43 A-F are all open, 35A-F, 33A-F. 32A-C, 23A-F, 14A-F, 8A-F, 7D-E.
What happened that all of a sudden a huge number of seats opened up?
Flying SFO-ORD on 12/21/18. When I booked my ticket in early November, the only seat available on the 757-300 was 15B. Like any good FlyerTalk'er would, I checked the seat map 1-2x per day, hoping that a seat would open up so I could get out of the dreaded E- middle seat. Every time I checked, it still showed the seat map as having no empty / available seats. Low and behold, on Monday or Tuesday of this week, I opened the app and there are a plethora of open seats: Rows 41, 42, 43 A-F are all open, 35A-F, 33A-F. 32A-C, 23A-F, 14A-F, 8A-F, 7D-E.
What happened that all of a sudden a huge number of seats opened up?
Dec 23, 2018, 2:49 pm
#209
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Programs: DL GM/MM; AS MVP-G
Posts: 600
Row 22?
Anyone have any insight as to Row 22 (specifically seat 22B?)
I like some extra shoulder room.
Don't care about recline.
Is there more legroom?
Space between door and seat?
There must be *some* reason this seat isn't econ plus.
I like some extra shoulder room.
Don't care about recline.
Is there more legroom?
Space between door and seat?
There must be *some* reason this seat isn't econ plus.
Dec 23, 2018, 5:15 pm
#210
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,420
This is why you don't panic if you can't get a decent E+ seat on this aircraft in advance. At T-48 there will be like more than a dozen new seats open.
Only one of the non-slimlined 753s left, so this interim seatmap should not be around much longer.
It has regular E- legroom and it does not recline.
Only one of the non-slimlined 753s left, so this interim seatmap should not be around much longer.
It has regular E- legroom and it does not recline.