United Is Getting Their First 777-200 With Polaris Seats Tomorrow

Hey Lucky,

Thanks for the heads up. FYI, you said “N787UA” twice.

Would love to see one of these on the EWR-DEL route. Business is always packed on that route.

Is it just me, or is it kind of funny one of their 777s carries the registration N787UA?

I personally like it to see the retrofitted 777ERs flying transpacific flights operated out of ORD. It may be bad for economy passengers, but huge improvement in the business cabin.

I assume they'all also have the Y+ but that will be in the 3-4-3 configuration? My take is the 3-4-3 is not awful *IF* there is compensation in other forms (e.g., more legroom). Does anyone know how much of the additional seat space is provided by loss of seat width versus loss of aisle space?

Is there a seat map of the new 772s?

Seatmap is available also. Click Version 5.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/aircraft/777/200/default.aspx

I like the increase in business seats but in E+ the tighter seats, decreased legroom, and recline is terrible. When will UA get PE again?

> Is it just me, or is it kind of funny one of their 777s carries the registration N787UA?

What's even more funny is that - if this post is to be believed - they actually have TWO aircraft with that same N number (both purported to be away in Xiamen for retrofit).

Xiamen. That explains it.

"In terms of the configurations of these planes, United’s three cabin 777-200ERs currently feature eight first class seats, 40 business class seats, and 221 economy seats. The reconfigured 777-200ERs will feature 50 business class seats and 242 economy seats...

This reconfiguration is bad news for those in economy, though it’s great news for those looking to upgrade, because United is actually increasing premium seat capacity. "

I am not sure this makes sense. The old config had a ratio of 48:221 premium to economy seats or roughly 18% of the plane. The new config has a ratio of 50:242 which corresponds to 17% of the plane...

So, unless there's more legroom, as adi_T mentions above, this is just really bad news for 80+% of the passengers.

@ Kent Miller

I agree with you on the EWRDEL J space, but doubt the plane will ever see that route (at least until the FA negotiations are done) . Even with the retrofit, the plane will still be a "pre-merger United plane" and thus can be only operated by pre-merger UA FA.

Is United not retrofitting their 777-200s? Are they only retrofitting their legacy 777-200ERs and ex-Continental 777-200ERS?

Of United's 55 777-200ERs, how many of those have the three cabin configuration?

@ Bubba Hotep - according to Flyertalk: 55 total - 33 are 3-class, 22 are 2-class

Wow, almost 2 whole lounges open worldwide, and now a 21 year old 777 is configured with a product that would have been competitive 5 years ago... United is really reaching for the brass ring!

I have to fly United out of SFO next week, shame that they still haven't finished their second Polaris lounge. The 777-200 business class is flaming garbage, but I guess it's better than coach. If BA wasn't more than double the price I would have done that. BA is also 8 across in business, but at least they have some privacy.

I have a flight from PEK-EWR next week. What are the chances they’ll put this plane on it?

@MJ, zero chance.

".....United is doing their reconfiguration work in Xiamen, and at the moment they have three more planes there (N787UA, N787UA, N796UA),"

I guess they need cheap labor in Xaimen since they pay their entitled former
CO Flight Attendants so much.

Someone contact David Muir for his MADE IN AMERICA segment.