Mar 17, 2019, 10:29 am
Last edit by: cesco.g
Everything You Want to Know About Where to Sit on 763 High J (46/22/43/56) Polaris+PP
Routes
EWR<>LHR
EWR<>ZRH
IAD <> ZRH (Spring 2020)
ORD <> ZRH (Spring 2020)
ORD<>LHR
76L configuration is 767-300 with 46J / 22PE / 43E+ / 56E-; fleet to consist of 17 ships (14 former 2-cabin 76C and 3 used ships from Hawaiian).
Routes
EWR<>LHR
EWR<>ZRH
IAD <> ZRH (Spring 2020)
ORD <> ZRH (Spring 2020)
ORD<>LHR
76L configuration is 767-300 with 46J / 22PE / 43E+ / 56E-; fleet to consist of 17 ships (14 former 2-cabin 76C and 3 used ships from Hawaiian).
76L, High J 763 (46 Polaris/22PP/43E+/56E-) now operational
Jul 27, 2019, 11:36 am
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Jul 27, 2019, 12:07 pm
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You can call and ask for your old seats to be reinstated. If the agent won't do that, I'd expect that you could negotiate a refund of the difference between what you originally paid and what you're currently seeing. E+ prices change all the time, though; it's not anything about refunds.
The other thing that you can do is wait until you see a nice price on E+ seats that you want and buy them. The original E+ fees would be refunded after the flight. (Usually it's automatic, but make a note to check a week after your flight).
I think they intend to use the high-J frame on ORD-LHR, but they're not yet ready to commit to it on a daily basis.
Jul 27, 2019, 3:38 pm
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This config with E+ and E- might bring up the possibility of crawling-self-upgrades, from the middle group of seats which are E- to the other side of the aisle which are E+. Raise both armrests and crawl across to your new E+ seat when no one is looking!
Also if this config were to be slipped in to a premium transcon they would be serving meals to the outside parts of rows but not the middle...
Jul 27, 2019, 4:22 pm
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Yes
Jul 27, 2019, 5:09 pm
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I wonder what their plan will be for other utilization, then. 17 birds for a 5x daily route doesn't seem terribly efficient, since given the flight times, they could theoretically use only 5 birds (assuming no mx issues) to cover it. I have to think it will pop up on either ORD-LHR or IAD-LHR. EWR-ZRH and EWR-GVA seemed to be highly likely given what was discussed when this LOPA first became public. Personally, I think putting a second frequency on EWR-BRU might make a bunch of sense, or possibly a second frequency for EWR-FRA...connecting US financial centers to EU capital / main EU financial center.
76L would be a great configuration for low-season SFO-ZRH, if it wasn't for the range.
Jul 29, 2019, 2:29 am
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My upcoming flight LHR-EWR was changed to the new configuration too. And I have to say I am NOT happy about it.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
Jul 29, 2019, 5:43 am
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My upcoming flight LHR-EWR was changed to the new configuration too. And I have to say I am NOT happy about it.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
Jul 29, 2019, 9:16 am
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UA flew a 77W on EWR-LHR?
Jul 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
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I wonder what their plan will be for other utilization, then. 17 birds for a 5x daily route doesn't seem terribly efficient, since given the flight times, they could theoretically use only 5 birds (assuming no mx issues) to cover it. I have to think it will pop up on either ORD-LHR or IAD-LHR. EWR-ZRH and EWR-GVA seemed to be highly likely given what was discussed when this LOPA first became public. Personally, I think putting a second frequency on EWR-BRU might make a bunch of sense, or possibly a second frequency for EWR-FRA...connecting US financial centers to EU capital / main EU financial center.
Jul 29, 2019, 2:29 pm
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My upcoming flight LHR-EWR was changed to the new configuration too. And I have to say I am NOT happy about it.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
I'm flying in economy and had paid $25 for a window seat. Now all the seats A / B and J / K are economy plus seats and so my seat reservation was changed to the "next equal economy" seat which happens to be 36E - a middle seat. Only middle seats are open, all aisles and windows are blocked.
I get that equipment changes can happen, but at least UA could reimburse the seat reservation fee. After all, I now paid $25 for a middle seat (that I probably would have gotten anyway and that I would never have paid for in advance). HUACA didn't help either. This kind of sucks.
22JUN, N2331U.
Jul 29, 2019, 2:30 pm
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Aug 18, 2019, 6:00 pm
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Does anyone think the insane number of blocked/op-up’s is only temporary since they switched the configs for EWR-LHR after summer began (I think) and didn’t have the full sales window to effectively sell the seats, or is this more of a sign that these AC could become op-up favorites in the future?
Flying to LHR tomorrow and was looking at my SDC options/checking flight statuses and surprised to see that every single evening EWR-LHR is 20+ blocked - lucky for elites on those flights who didn’t buy Polaris or a W!
Flying to LHR tomorrow and was looking at my SDC options/checking flight statuses and surprised to see that every single evening EWR-LHR is 20+ blocked - lucky for elites on those flights who didn’t buy Polaris or a W!