FriendlySkies

Perhaps a large oversell in C. The old bird has a lot more C seats, so that would reduce the number of premium pax that would have to be bumped..?

gatelouse

Back from one ICN turn, and getting ready for another. 893(17) and 892(18) are flying the old config. 664/973 to continue flying the 74C config through 10/18.

goalie

Yup. Goalie-parents are flying ORD-SFO on 10/18 on UA611 at 1pm and I'm looking at bump opportunities for them with 973 as one of the options and it's showing as a 47c

uapremier

Hi guys,

Sorry if this is redundant, but 973 (ORD-SFO) is now definitely being swapped this week to new cabin 747. I'm travelling thursday and UA doesn't have the new seatmaps up yet, but UACARGO is showing as 47C. I'm travelling with a non-status passenger in NC so I want to make sure the upgrade retains. What's the most proactive thing I can do?

THanks for your advice!

gatelouse

Historically, advance-cleared upgrades have "stuck" for 973/664 after a sub to 74C. Lots of reports above support this. UA appears to be releasing advance (48+ hr) NC upgrades as if the plane will be a 74C, so that C+F together aren't oversold. Once they're certain the old config will be flying, a deluge of NC upgrades clear.

So I wouldn't sweat it; though you might want to pick seat numbers that exist in both configurations to be extra-careful.

Where's it going now? To PVG as 857(19) and back as 858(21).

TimInSF

Make sure you pick a seat that is good on both planes!

I was pleasantly surprised upon boarding United flight 664 (SFO-ORD on a 747) early yesterday morning that the non-reconfigured plane had been swapped to a reconfigured one!

I had selected a seat on the upper deck that was good in both versions of the plane, so I was fine. Interestingly enough, I had been checking on UnitedCargo up until the day before the flight hoping it would switch, but nothing. The seat map up until the night before showed the old configuration.

Normally I like to look at planes from the terminal before boarding, and particularly bigger ones like the 747, but didn't have time yesterday to do so, so I was very excited upon boarding to see the new seats!

Very nice surprise--thanks, United!

Tim

Thunderroad

This is very good advice. I've twice had last minute changes from old C to new C on this route in recent weeks, and through dumb luck had picked (and retained) a seat that was fine on both old and new. Got very lucky flying ORD-SFO on Monday, when my wife and I were on separate record locators, not linked in any way (with me paid C and she upgraded C using my CR1). I'd fortunately switched us from 17 A and B to 16 A and B when the latter opened up a few days earlier, simply to be a bit farther from the galley. Not sure where we and especially she would have ended up if the booking had stayed 17 A and B, since those don't exist on the new C 747.

erankin

What to you recommend for UA 902 (IAD - MUC), not until January, but as far as seat selection in Biz that, if the plane is swapped out for a newly-configured one, we're guaranteed getting good seats - on either aircraft.

Antipode

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't UA902 on a 777?

haddon90

it is...i'm assuming the poster got confused between new/old config 777 and 744

IADtoWhere

According to the earnings call today, if I heard correctly, this plane is going back to the desert. United is going to take a 747 that they've used for aux purposes and going to replace it with two CO 737-900s.

FriendlySkies

SFOtoORD

They said that on the call? So, we'll see 739s on SFO-ORD soon?

jhayes_1780

And some Q400's


Fear not everyone.... they could always bring it back in the spring.

worldtrav

You didn't hear correctly.