United introduced Polaris on December 1, 2016, which is the name for their new first & business class experience. This includes new airport lounges, improved food & beverages, better bedding, and also new seats. The catch is that United’s new business class seat is so far only available on 777-300ER aircraft, and as of now…
Continue reading: United Is Adding 777-300ER Flights To Taipei As Of August 1, 2017
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Woohoo... finally retiring the 747 on this route although it was on the 787 for a while. Not sure about Econ on the 773 but C is definitely a plus.
Why such a long time on the ground in TPE? It's hardly a slot constrained airport. Terrible utilisation of a brand new aircraft!
It sounds on the ground because they can't sell a nighttime Asia departure. Same as all the TPAC destinations.
This is nice for upgrades to Asia, but a little surprised it's not on FRA or LHR.
Glad I saw this! I'm booked on TPE-SFO in Oct. Just changed to a bulkhead seat to get maximum space.
since all award bookings with UA is online now, is it possible to add on a domestic or international short segment on the itinerary within the 24hr window by calling in? thanks
@Ben A good amount of the reason probably comes from maximizing connection 2:25 from SFO allows people from east/mid-west to fly in same day for flight and early morning landing means plenty of connections. Agree though terrible utilization I'm sure it will change when they have 4+ 300ER out of SFO and can interchange them on routes i.e. HKG-SFO then flies SFO-TPE but right now its terrible.
I find it amazing that people with the small picture know so much about aircraft utilization.