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Widebody Interior Conversions

This is a list of United's widebody aircraft undergoing the new interior conversions. Thanks to UnitedSkies for the initial data and everyone else on the Mileage Plus forum for their input (especially worldtrav). For United's view of Progress, go to the SuiteDreams web page and click on "Fleet Progress". Better graphics than this wiki, but typically not as up-to-date! For additional fleet information, see United Fleet (UA) and Continental Fleet (UA).

Key

unmodified

in progress

complete

Aircraft in bold have been repainted with the new livery.

Progress Summary

	Completed aircraft:		82 of 120 (68.3%)
	Completed B747-400s:		23 of 23 (100%)
	Completed B767-300s (2 class):		0 of 14 (0%)
	Completed B767-300s (3 class):		21 of 21 (100%)
	Completed B767-400ERs:		6 of 16 (37.5%)
	Completed B777-200 XC/XDs:		9 of 13 (69.2%)
	Completed B777-200ER XI/XJs:		0 of 10 (0%)
	Completed B777-200ER XP/XQs:		23 of 23 (100%)

B747-400

N104UA	N105UA	N107UA	N116UA	N117UA	N118UA	N119UA	N120UA	N121UA	N122UA
N127UA	N128UA	N171UA	N174UA	N175UA	N177UA	N178UA	N179UA	N180UA	N181UA
N182UA	N197UA	N199UA

See this (closed) FlyerTalk thread for additional information.
United CEO Jeff Smisek intends to upgrade IFE in economy for United's Australia fleet before the A350s start arriving.

B767-300 (2 class)

N664UA	N665UA	N666UA	N667UA	N668UA	N669UA	N670UA	N671UA	N672UA	N673UA
N674UA	N675UA	N676UA	N677UA

B767-300 (3 class)

N641UA	N642UA	N643UA	N644UA	N646UA	N647UA	N648UA	N649UA	N651UA	N652UA
N653UA	N654UA	N655UA	N656UA	N657UA	N658UA	N659UA	N660UA	N661UA	N662UA
N663UA

See this (closed) FlyerTalk thread for historical information.

B767-400ER

N66051

N67052

N59053

N76054

N76055

N66056

N66057

N67058

N69059

N78060

N68061

N76062

N69063

N76064

N76065

N77066

Conversions to be completed by Dec 2012 - this includes ships 063-066 (high-density config).

B777-200 XD

Pre-conversion XC, post-conversion XD.

N768UA	N769UA	N771UA	N772UA	N773UA	N774UA	N775UA	N776UA	N777UA	N778UA
N779UA	N780UA	N781UA

B777-200ER XJ

Pre-conversion XI, post-conversion XJ.

N204UA

N206UA

N786UA

N791UA

N792UA

N793UA

N795UA

N796UA

N798UA

N799UA

B777-200ER XQ

Pre-conversion XI (N7xxUA) & XP (N2xxUA), post-conversion XQ.
All XQ aircraft have updated lower lobe crew rest facilities.

N209UA	N216UA	N217UA	N218UA	N219UA	N220UA	N221UA	N222UA	N223UA	N224UA
N225UA	N226UA	N227UA	N228UA	N229UA	N782UA	N783UA	N784UA	N785UA	N787UA
N788UA	N794UA	N797UA

General information on the 777 conversions

The 777 conversions initially were delayed due to problems with updating the video screens for the Y cabin seats. The first 777 began its cabin upgrade in February 2010. A significant number of upgraded 777s are now flying (see this FlyerTalk thread). These upgrades now appear to be proceeding at regular intervals.

@UnitedAirlines in early January 2010 said that the first international 777 would go in for upgrade in February 2010 and enter service in March 2010. The first one, N794UA, began service 24 Apr 2010.

The new seat maps are shown on united.com for the 777 for flights where the IPTE config might be a possibility. The IPTE 777 has 8 F suites and 40 C seats, for a net loss of 2-4 F suites and 5-9 C seats per airframe. Depending on the configuration there are 106 or 107 Economy Plus seats and 114 standard economy seats.

The following conversion schedule was originally announced for conversions in SFO:

2010 - 9 (only 8 were completed)

2011 - 16 (only 12 of this SFO group were completed; 7 more done from heavy maintenance group; 19 total for the year.)

2012 - 7 (5 completed so far; 1 at SFO; 0 at Ameco in Beijing.)

14 were to be modified separately as part of heavy maintenance visits: 10 of the 32 completed so far.

On August 21, 2011, UA publicly announced that they planned to upgrade "more than a dozen additional 777 aircraft" during 2011, which would have meant 29 total upgraded aircraft by end of 2011. The actual count was 27; a 28th was released at PEK in early January 2012.

As of May 2012, there is no simple clear pattern for deployment of the upgraded aircraft. While last-minute aircraft swaps can and do occur, the online seat maps at united.com indicate which aircraft seat configuration is expected for a particular flight on a particular date. This can be helpful in selecting flights, but there are no guarantees until all aircraft have been upgraded.

How to tell if your plane has the new interior

Suffice it to say that if you're flying on any 747 or any 3 class 767, you will get the new config. If you're flying a 777, your chances vary by route from over 80% on some routes to less than 50% on others. The Wiki section immediately preceding tracks the general deployment pattern.

The seating charts on united.com have been deemed notoriously unreliable in terms of determining if a particular flight is in fact one of the planes with the new seating configuration. One way to determine the new seating configuration for business is from the United.com reservation page, search for business class travel and then review the seat map. You will see rear and front facing seat options. If this is the case then first also has been upgraded. However, equipment can change at any time as it did while the 747 and 767 conversion occurred.

Current conventional wisdom is that (starting about 7 days before a scheduled flight) unitedcargo.com is a much more reliable indicator of which configuration will in fact be used on a given flight. Here is how to check:

Go to unitedcargo.com
In the right-most column, under "Other Tools", click on "Check Flight Schedule"
Select the appropriate date plus "From" and "To" info; click on "Submit>>"
Look for the flight number of interest

If "Type of Aircraft" shows "77Q" or "77D" (as opposed to "B777"), that says the aircraft is currently scheduled to be the new configuration 777. All 747s are shown at 47C and 3 class 767s are shown as 67I.

YMMV. And last minute changes and equipment substitutions do happen...

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