qfrodo

This was asked in another thread. I don't think there is any logic, or if there is, no one understands it!. I have been reassigned twice when switched to true Polaris. Both times I was originally in 1D. This first reassignment put me in 1L, the second time I was put in 3F.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...ent-chart.html

uanj

You made me smile at your use of the word logic in the thread title, thank you!

In my experience it is either random or, perhaps, some new, secret, scatter methodology which UA IT folks have developed.

StuckinITH

I thought they were still doing it by throwing darts.

Hipplewm

eeny - meeny - miny - mo

Kacee

I believe they utilize an extremely sophisticated algorithm which is designed to maximize passenger anger and inconvenience.

dvs7310

Certainly been my experience, and last time it happened to me, it wasn't even a configuration change, just one 772 to an identical 772. You'd think in that situation they'd do a one to one mapping, but noooo, can't have that now can we. lol

phkc070408

I started a thread about this almost a year ago that must have gotten buried in 1000 plus pages of threads. I was hoping to have people report their swaps and try and build a wiki with a standard conversion chart out of it, if there was one. Unfortunately there is no standard.

While seat assignments aren't guaranteed, it would be nice if there was a standard conversion chart. This way I know if I select 1A on the old configuration, that it will convert to 2B on the Polaris version. If for some reason I really like 1A but can't stand 2B, I know my risks ahead of time. Also, the fact that you don't get placed back in your selected seat when your plane gets switched back to a standard bird is asinine and makes seat selection a useless process that only disappoints.

tikchik

Not all seats are equal. Lol

usbusinesstraveller

uanj

This is a true story: back in the days of the conversions to UA's lie flats in business I could only get last row middle seat on a nearly sold out flight. The agent was apologetic but told me to look on the bright side. This flight often had aircraft swaps at the last minute and there was no telling what seat I would be reassigned to but there was a good chance it would be better than what I had! Ahhh, the nostalgic days of the UA Business Seat Lottery.... There was just no telling what kind of business class seat you would get or what your assignment would be until you actually boarded.

greenpau

Just to follow up on this with a real-lifer, had an old GF 1A on SFO-LHR three-class 772, and was switched to the 772 Polaris configuration. I kept 1A, my better half kept 2A, but my colleague in 1K was assigned to 6G on the new config, a very undesirable seat.

The 772 GF configuration goes A/C/H/K, and the 772 Polaris configuration goes A/D/G/L ... thus, the only "safe" old GS seats in the case of a switch seem to be the A seats, as there is a direct match on the new config. My experience with an EQP change like this is that the algorithm (if there even is one) goes for equivalent seat placement on old/new seatmap ... i.e. 1A > 1A, 2A > 2A. If it doesn't have a direct match, it just seems to slot you anywhere.

Anyone else experience this?

StuMcIlwain

Not for me. I was moved from 2A (777 GF) to 3A (777 Polaris) last week.

Dublin_rfk

cranky1K

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