Can I find out if our seats on biz are the upgraded Polaris seats
Nov 17, 2019, 9:49 am
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Can I find out if our seats on biz are the upgraded Polaris seats
Hello. We booked biz for ORD-DEL for January on a saver award. Our first leg is ORD-PEK on UA and it was Polaris with a 2-2-2 configuration. However it was later switched to the 777-200 with the 2-4-2 configuration. I assume the seats now are the older biz class seats but is there any way to be sure?
Thank you .
Thank you .
Nov 17, 2019, 9:53 am
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Neither were the new Polaris seats however the 2-4-2 are the worst United biz seats I would say however you might get a swap to the new polris seats just hope for the best.
Nov 17, 2019, 9:53 am
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Hello. We booked biz for ORD-DEL for January on a saver award. Our first leg is ORD-PEK on UA and it was Polaris with a 2-2-2 configuration. However it was later switched to the 777-200 with the 2-4-2 configuration. I assume the seats now are the older biz class seats but is there any way to be sure?
Thank you .
Thank you .
On the app, go to the seat map. If business class is in blue, those are Polaris seats. Orange ones aren't.
Nov 17, 2019, 9:59 am
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Hello. We booked biz for ORD-DEL for January on a saver award. Our first leg is ORD-PEK on UA and it was Polaris with a 2-2-2 configuration. However it was later switched to the 777-200 with the 2-4-2 configuration. I assume the seats now are the older biz class seats but is there any way to be sure?
Thank you .
Thank you .
Nov 17, 2019, 10:13 am
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Thank you! Great information. The seats are orange. Oh well. we had the old ones last year ORD-PEK and they were ok. I was advised to ask for extra padding and gel pillows asap after we get on so I hope we can get those.
Larry.
Larry.
Nov 17, 2019, 11:37 am
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The padding on the old configuration is usually fine, unless you happen to get a seat where the cushion is just completely shot, but the seats are narrow and lack storage. And half the seats on the 2-4-2 configuration don’t have direct aisle access. There is a decent chance the configuration switches to the Polaris configuration before your flight. Watch your seat assignments
Nov 17, 2019, 12:09 pm
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The padding on the old configuration is usually fine, unless you happen to get a seat where the cushion is just completely shot, but the seats are narrow and lack storage. And half the seats on the 2-4-2 configuration don’t have direct aisle access. There is a decent chance the configuration switches to the Polaris configuration before your flight. Watch your seat assignments
I am watching just about every day. Our current seats are window and aisle. Lets hope it flips back to the 2-2-2
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Jan 23, 2020, 4:22 am
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Wow! Its flipped again for todays departure. Now its the 2-4-2 but they put us up in row 2 which is for the Global Service section.
Lets see what happens when we got to the airport!!
Hope its not a DC-3.
Lets see what happens when we got to the airport!!
Hope its not a DC-3.
Jan 23, 2020, 4:50 am
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Jan 23, 2020, 5:46 am
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Jan 23, 2020, 5:54 am
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Jan 23, 2020, 6:44 am
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Thanks.
Jan 23, 2020, 7:45 am
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It was a 777 with a 2-2-2
Then changed to a 777 with a 2-4-2
Then changed yesterday to a 777 with a 1-2-1 with blue or the newer seats.
And today its back to the 2-4-2 with the old seats though they were kind enough to upgrade us to row 2 or the old 1st class section.
Jan 31, 2020, 8:49 pm
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This was a most pleasant turn of circumstances.
We loved being in the former 1st class section.
The seats were fine, there was plenty of room, the food and IFE were very good and our FA’s were excellent.
This time UA hit the mark.
We loved being in the former 1st class section.
The seats were fine, there was plenty of room, the food and IFE were very good and our FA’s were excellent.
This time UA hit the mark.