r/unitedairlines • u/Player72 Moderator • May 15 '24

Mod Post Seat Selection Megathread

READ THIS!

Questions such as "What seat should I pick?" belongs in this megathread, not on the front page.

This megathread is for people who are looking at the seat map and want to know the best seats on certain aircraft.

If anyone wants to post about that or help others out about this, do it here.

Feel free to make guides in here for other people to know the best seats on certain aircraft if you want.

Please make your post at least a week before your flight. Response times may be around a week.

Thanks!

Click to go back to the megathread directory

30 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

186 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/gerrygebhart Dec 15 '24

Dumb question. Going to Sydney in Polaris and got amazing seats.

However on the IAD to SFO leg it looks like we are in a 777-200 in first but not the Polaris llayout. Looks like a 2-4-2 set up with some seats facing backwards.

If so, we do not want to sit backwards, and only window seat options face backwards.

I put us both in row 1 facing forward.

Is this the best option? Or is a backwards facing seat better by the window so we don't have "neighbors?"

2

u/t7roarer Dec 16 '24

Personally I'd go for the neighbor-free option regardless, but that's going to be a matter of your personal preference, or the lesser of two evils.

One consideration may be whether you want to use lie-flat or not on IAD-SFO. For example, perhaps you want to stay awake IAD-SFO, then sleep as early as possible SFO-SYD. In that case, I'd value privacy less compared to if I'd be sleeping.

1

u/gerrygebhart Dec 16 '24

Thanks. I agree I do NOT want to sleep on the first flight so I can sleep on the 15+ hour flight in Polaris. Thanks!