Last edit by: Ari
As of Feb. 5, only Global Services are able to select FC seats. The ability for 1K to reserve seats was removed. Existing 1K seat selections appear to be kept. In June 2019, the advance access for 1Ks on J/C/D fares was restored. [It appears this is not the case.]
Ex-GlobalFirst seats are selectable for all confirmed business class passengers at check in, even if >24 hrs from flight with GF seats (in the case of positioning flights).
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Ex-GlobalFirst seats are selectable for all confirmed business class passengers at check in, even if >24 hrs from flight with GF seats (in the case of positioning flights).
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3-class F seat now sold as Domestic F/Polaris Bus,GS or J/C/D 1K? may select pre-OLCI
#361
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I booked a BRU-ORD flight later this year and was able to select the old First class seat (2K). Does anybody know if they still use the mattress pad that was available when these seats were sold as Global First service?
#362
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I guess that if the mattress pad is not at your seat, you can request one as the passengers in the other seats had to do. I usually ask for it when they bring me the PDB.
#363
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Agreed; that said, on the flights I've taken since November, the mattress pad was already at the old first class seats; it was in the storage area next to the seat.
#364
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Yes, that's where the mattress pad used to be for the First Class area. I did not know if with all the changes, they also changed that. And I don't think that UA will allow me to test that on my next trip to Europe (when they get me out of my 1K seats.....)
#365
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Mattress pad was offered to me on my recent SFO-LHR. Glad I got to experience this seat before this most recent change!
#366
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If those old GF mattress pads are history, then, any reports on how well the smaller Polaris mattress pad fits into the GF seats? It won't fill the seat space, I don't think.
#367
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Thanks to both replies. I should have been clearer - is the "old" GF mattress pad still in use? It was custom made for those First Class seats, and was bigger and more padded than the Polaris mattress pads.
If those old GF mattress pads are history, then, any reports on how well the smaller Polaris mattress pad fits into the GF seats? It won't fill the seat space, I don't think.
If those old GF mattress pads are history, then, any reports on how well the smaller Polaris mattress pad fits into the GF seats? It won't fill the seat space, I don't think.
Its much smaller but didnt bother me.
#368
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Absent an equipment change I've got a 772 GF seat on an TATL P fare in a couple weeks as a 1K. Trying to book my return but it's not letting me select them on on an award ticket (there are a few open on the seat map). It there a restriction for these seats on award tickets?
Not real interested in sitting on 2-4-2 so if I can't get the GF I'd just as soon book a Y award.
Not real interested in sitting on 2-4-2 so if I can't get the GF I'd just as soon book a Y award.
#369
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Absent an equipment change I've got a 772 GF seat on an TATL P fare in a couple weeks as a 1K. Trying to book my return but it's not letting me select them on on an award ticket (there are a few open on the seat map). It there a restriction for these seats on award tickets?....
#370
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#372
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EDIT: Just logged into my outbound reservation and can no longer select an old global first seat. I'm still in 1K so absent an equipment swap I'll hopefully get my first (and likely only!) chance to experience the old seats.
Last edited by AceReport; Feb 5, 2019 at 4:33 pm Reason: more info
#373
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#374
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What an enhancement! I'm glad the brain trust at Willis Tower fully recognizes their loyalest customers / high spenders enjoy having benefits extended to them and then taken away. </sarcasm>
It'd be one thing if they never offered the perk... This change is really poorly received by this 1K member and taken together with the PZ removal and P PQM devaluation, is causing me to reconsider spend/loyalty for the first time in many years.
Oh, also no 1K card or kit yet (not that the trash kit really matters all that much).
It'd be one thing if they never offered the perk... This change is really poorly received by this 1K member and taken together with the PZ removal and P PQM devaluation, is causing me to reconsider spend/loyalty for the first time in many years.
Oh, also no 1K card or kit yet (not that the trash kit really matters all that much).
#375
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Such a silly, stupid thing for UA to do.