Non-Polaris swap to/from Polaris seat re-assignment process?
Jan 6, 2020, 12:44 pm
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Flying AMS to ORD on the 12th. Seat layout is for 2-1-2 on a 763. However in the Ammenities section it says business is a 1-1-1 layout.
When I look up the info on the plane it says it is Fleet Number 6456 which is a new polaris equipped aircraft. Does this mean that the seatmap will switch over to a true polaris seat map in the next few days?
When I look up the info on the plane it says it is Fleet Number 6456 which is a new polaris equipped aircraft. Does this mean that the seatmap will switch over to a true polaris seat map in the next few days?
Jan 6, 2020, 9:19 pm
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Jan 7, 2020, 12:19 pm
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Jan 13, 2020, 2:01 pm
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But slept great on the old business class seats. Forgot how comfortable they are for sleeping. No personal space or storage, but slept almost the whole flight.
Jan 20, 2020, 1:06 pm
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My LHR-IAH flight for the end of March has switched to a Polaris-ized 772 (the outbound 5 days earlier still shows PMCO config). Is it normal for a switch to occur this far out? Do I happen to have my return flight after the retrofit is completed?
As a data point, our seats (even though separate tickets) stayed close to the same from 3D/E to 3D/G (but weirdly the 3D went to 3G and the 3E went to 3D)
update: it appears that beginning 3/28 for IAH-LHR and 3/29 for LHR-IAH the route is dedicated to Polaris configured 772. This change occurred with the update overnight Saturday
As a data point, our seats (even though separate tickets) stayed close to the same from 3D/E to 3D/G (but weirdly the 3D went to 3G and the 3E went to 3D)
update: it appears that beginning 3/28 for IAH-LHR and 3/29 for LHR-IAH the route is dedicated to Polaris configured 772. This change occurred with the update overnight Saturday
Last edited by txaggiemiles; Jan 20, 2020 at 1:41 pm
Jan 20, 2020, 2:09 pm
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My LHR-IAH flight for the end of March has switched to a Polaris-ized 772 (the outbound 5 days earlier still shows PMCO config). Is it normal for a switch to occur this far out? Do I happen to have my return flight after the retrofit is completed?
As a data point, our seats (even though separate tickets) stayed close to the same from 3D/E to 3D/G (but weirdly the 3D went to 3G and the 3E went to 3D)
update: it appears that beginning 3/28 for IAH-LHR and 3/29 for LHR-IAH the route is dedicated to Polaris configured 772. This change occurred with the update overnight Saturday
As a data point, our seats (even though separate tickets) stayed close to the same from 3D/E to 3D/G (but weirdly the 3D went to 3G and the 3E went to 3D)
update: it appears that beginning 3/28 for IAH-LHR and 3/29 for LHR-IAH the route is dedicated to Polaris configured 772. This change occurred with the update overnight Saturday
I don't think it's just the IAH-LHR route - from the looks of things it is all international 772 routes ex-IAH switching over on 3/28. Premium Economy is being sold on those routes from 3/28 as well. I was searching for a flight to Tokyo over the weekend and noticed it had the new Polaris layout. On further inspection after noticing this, my seat allocation had changed for an IAH-LHR journey in early April.
Based on the retrofit pace it looks like they will have only a couple of non-retrofitted 772s remaining. Not sure whether they will try to keep those pre-retrofits off the IAH routes going forward as it would be frustrating to get a last minute swap-in for the old style!
As for the seat reallocation itself, I was in 1D for both legs but ended up in 1L for IAH-LHR but 1G for LHR-IAH. Luckily 1L was still available so I snagged it.
Last edited by mattg85; Jan 20, 2020 at 2:10 pm Reason: Edit: correcting start date to 3/28
Aug 17, 2020, 11:51 am
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This thread's been a bit quiet lately, so I'll chip in a data point. LAX-IAD got swapped from a non-Polaris 788 to a Polaris one. I was in 3L and somehow got re-assigned to 2L, to my annoyance. 3L-5L show up as blocked on EF for some reason.
Last edited by dkc192; Aug 17, 2020 at 12:11 pm
Oct 19, 2021, 9:32 pm
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789 Old Fauxlaris seat mapping to Polaris
Hello All -
We are booked an SFO-IAH-EZE-IAH-SFO mid Feb returning back in early March. Equipment for the IAH -EZE- IAH was changed from true 777 Polaris to Fauxlaris 789 a few weeks back. I am traveling with my spouse so we are ok-ish with 2K and 2L IAH-EZE and 2A and 2B EZE-IAH for the time being with seat map being 2-2-2. From other threads it seems that 2-3 days prior to our flight we might find out if we will be to the new Polaris 789 1-2-1 config.
Do we know how United maps seat assignments from the old configuration to the new? I am trying to see if I can change our seats now, guessing what the mapping algorithm is, so that we have a few options instead of ending up next to the lavs with no other options 1 day prior to our flight.
Thank you
--HAF.
We are booked an SFO-IAH-EZE-IAH-SFO mid Feb returning back in early March. Equipment for the IAH -EZE- IAH was changed from true 777 Polaris to Fauxlaris 789 a few weeks back. I am traveling with my spouse so we are ok-ish with 2K and 2L IAH-EZE and 2A and 2B EZE-IAH for the time being with seat map being 2-2-2. From other threads it seems that 2-3 days prior to our flight we might find out if we will be to the new Polaris 789 1-2-1 config.
Do we know how United maps seat assignments from the old configuration to the new? I am trying to see if I can change our seats now, guessing what the mapping algorithm is, so that we have a few options instead of ending up next to the lavs with no other options 1 day prior to our flight.
Thank you
--HAF.
Oct 19, 2021, 9:47 pm
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May 31, 2022, 1:18 pm
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Just got a Fauxlaris 789 downgrade 48 hours before departure. I'm bummed out, as I'm traveling solo...going to stick with it, though. Not worth the stop...
Jul 20, 2022, 2:10 am
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Jul 20, 2022, 4:25 am
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How many 789s are still not Polarized?
I had this happen to me in my most recent US-NRT rounstrip flights. Both inbound and outbound flights switched to old confiurations within 48 hours.
I had this happen to me in my most recent US-NRT rounstrip flights. Both inbound and outbound flights switched to old confiurations within 48 hours.
Jul 20, 2022, 5:25 am
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