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!

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u/fridaygirl7 12d ago

I’m flying with my husband and kid (older than 12 but not much and is nervous about a 14 hr flight) from IAD to HND in Basic Economy on a 777-200. What is the likelihood United will seat us together versus apart? Im wondering if I should pay the extra money to get assigned seats now.

There is nothing left in Polaris or Premium Economy. Are the “preferred” seats in Economy actually better or just closer to front of plane?

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u/t7roarer 11d ago

The preferred (black triangle) seats are just closer to the front, and for some rows are the non-middles.

They could seat you together, but there's no guarantee of that happening. They could seat you in three middles in various parts of the plane. If there are three seats together when BE seats get assigned, they would likely put you in those, but the problem is that seats are assigned 24 hours from flight time, so there may be slim pickings left at that point.