Aug 28, 2018, 4:56 pm
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This seatmap is being used for all flights will an sUA 777-200ER scheduled. It is being used to guard against equipment swaps into one of the three possible seating configurations: legacy sUA 3-class (8F/40J and 3-3-3 in Y), 2-class Polaris (50J and 3-4-3Y), and 3-class Polaris/PE (50J/24W and 3-4-3 Y). The actual seatmap for the aircraft assigned to your flight will become available when the flight is added to the normal Flight Status display, approximately 60 hours before departure (usually overnight).
Blocks in Economy are at all 'F' seats, plus 20CH, 21BJ, 22BJ, and 35ABCDE (the last for accommodation). The blocks are designed so that, regardless of which equipment flies, no one will be moved or scrambled when the seatmap updates. Instead, some seats will unblock and some blocked seats may be deleted based on the real configuration, and then some rows may be added. This process is similar to that for the 757-300, 737-900, and other frames with uncertain configurations.
Some danger remains if there are more equipment swaps after the initial frame assignment, and the change from F/J to Polaris in the forward cabins is not a well-defined mapping.
Premium Economy, if on the plane used, would be Rows 20-22, Seats AB[ ]DEFG[ ]KL
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Similarly, as Premium Plus is added to the existing Polaris 773s, Rows 19/20/21 seats B & K are not shown, to accommodate potential swaps between PP & non-PP equipped aircraft.
It is speculated that once PP is offered as a true separate cabin. UA will focus the PP equipped aircraft on a few selected routes to minimize the swap risk.
Interim 77x seatmaps with Polaris seats & potentially Premium Economy (2018-19))
Aug 28, 2018, 5:00 pm
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I added a wiki post to contain the list of blocks and the picture of the aircraft. Hopefully that info answers most of the questions about how the interim seatmap works -- this is identical to the new 757-300 interim map and the older 737-900 ones where rows 14 and 39 were missing.
Yes and no. You would be in A/B in a window-middle configuration, but the C seat would be guaranteed empty at the time the frame update happens (overnight before T-48). You would have ample time to correct your seat assignments if you have the ability to be vigilant at this time.
Yes and no. You would be in A/B in a window-middle configuration, but the C seat would be guaranteed empty at the time the frame update happens (overnight before T-48). You would have ample time to correct your seat assignments if you have the ability to be vigilant at this time.
Aug 28, 2018, 5:40 pm
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Yes, thanks for all this info, just moved myself to 20B on a 777-200 for bulkhead aisle which I hope will be honoured on an eqpt change. It has been when they switched from 777-200 to the Polaris config. That said I will watch it like a hawk.
Sep 15, 2018, 9:40 am
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Sep 15, 2018, 10:46 am
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Three days before departure, you'll get a pretty good idea, but swaps are still possible all the way up until the last minute, and even afterwards if there's a mechanical issue after pushback. Up until that point, though, ti's a complete crapshoot.
Sep 15, 2018, 2:31 pm
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I'm curious - the online map of the Polairsized 777-200 shows economy starting in Row 26. Do they just move everyone back 6 rows?
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Sep 16, 2018, 10:23 am
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I was poking around the United website and found the seatmap icon for Premium Plus. As expected it will be purple.
Economy: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyEconomy.gif
Economy Plus: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyLegroom.gif
Premium Plus: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyPremium.gif
Economy: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyEconomy.gif
Economy Plus: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyLegroom.gif
Premium Plus: https://www.united.com/web/format/im...keyPremium.gif
Sep 16, 2018, 1:30 pm
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You have no way to know for sure until the flight arrives in CDG.
Three days before departure, you'll get a pretty good idea, but swaps are still possible all the way up until the last minute, and even afterwards if there's a mechanical issue after pushback. Up until that point, though, ti's a complete crapshoot.
Three days before departure, you'll get a pretty good idea, but swaps are still possible all the way up until the last minute, and even afterwards if there's a mechanical issue after pushback. Up until that point, though, ti's a complete crapshoot.
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