Is UA blocking some Row 1 domestic F seats for FAs? No longer starting 11 Nov 2020?
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Is UA blocking some Row 1 domestic F seats for FAs? No longer starting 11 Nov 2020?
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For sure and like it or not F is typically full while E/E+ can be relatively empty. I have either purchased or have been upgraded to F on nearly all of my flights since 3/15 and almost universally (especially recently) F is full.
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Any other reports on blocking of 2 seats in F on the A319? It looks like they’re blocked on the seat map but the upgrade list doesn’t show (booked + 2 blocked / 12) like it does for the 737s. Would be helpful for an upcoming flight upgrade if I can expect first to go out 12/12 vs 10/12.
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I don't believe they are available to passengers at all, are they? I thought they're keeping those blocked for crew distancing at jump seat - 1AB are separated by closet.
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I've seen anecdotal reports that two seats in row 1 are the last to be filled (I thought it was 1B and 1E, but it might be 1E/F), but that they get filled nonetheless when necessary. I doubt that UA would pay downgrade compensation rather than fill those seats. But I also think that there are likely to be enough cancellations that it won't matter to the OP.
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I've seen anecdotal reports that two seats in row 1 are the last to be filled (I thought it was 1B and 1E, but it might be 1E/F), but that they get filled nonetheless when necessary. I doubt that UA would pay downgrade compensation rather than fill those seats. But I also think that there are likely to be enough cancellations that it won't matter to the OP.
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I haven’t seen 1EF occupied on any 737 flights I’ve taken post-pandemic, and all except one or two have been full in F. I think they are a hard block for FA “social distancing”, so they aren’t on the same jumpseat.
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Flights BOS-ORD (738) and ORD-BOS (739) this weekend. On both flights 1E and 1F were kept open for flight attendants. Cabin was completely full otherwise and people left on upgrade list
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UA is blocking 1C on the E175. Are they blocking any other first class seats? I was told 1C on that plane is always blocked due to proximity to the flight attendant.
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I thought they had stopped blocking F Seats, but they blocked 1E-F on a 739 ORD-LAX today.
Last edited by SS255; Sep 9, 20 at 9:01 pm