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[edit] 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).
[edit] Key
| unmodified | in progress | complete |
[edit] Progress Summary
| Completed aircraft: | 48 of 92 (52.2%) | ||
| Completed B747-400s: | 24 of 25 (96%) | ||
| Completed B767-300s: | 21 of 21 (100%) | ||
| Completed B777-200 XC/XDs: | 0 of 13 (0%) | ||
| Completed B777-200ER XI/XJs: | 0 of 14 (0%) | ||
| Completed B777-200ER XP/XQs: | 3 of 19 (15.8%) |
[edit] B747-400
| N104UA | N105UA | N107UA | N116UA | N117UA | N118UA | N119UA | N120UA | N121UA |
| N122UA | N127UA | N128UA | N171UA | N173UA | N174UA | N175UA | N177UA | N178UA |
| N179UA | N180UA | N181UA | N182UA | N194UA | N197UA | N199UA | ||
See this (closed) FlyerTalk thread for additional information.
Note: all converted 747s have the iPod connector.
Note: N194UA was un-retired on 26 Apr 2010 to support summer flying, and was put back in service on 16 June 2010. It appears to be flying mostly on US domestic hub-to-hub routes.
[edit] B767-300
| 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. Note: as of 8 July 2010, all 767-300s have the iPod connector.
[edit] B777-200 XC/XD
| N768UA | N769UA | N771UA | N772UA | N773UA | N774UA | N775UA |
| N776UA | N777UA | N778UA | N779UA | N780UA | N781UA |
777 XC planes will become 777 XD.
[edit] B777-200ER XI/XJ
| N204UA | N206UA | N785UA | N786UA | N787UA | N788UA | N791UA |
| N792UA | N793UA | N795UA | N796UA | N797UA | N798UA | N799UA |
777 XI planes will become 777 XJ. Eight will receive lower lobe crew rest facilities and will become 777 XQ. Of those, N782UA, N783UA, N784UA, N794UA are in progress or completed.
[edit] B777-200ER XP/XQ
| N209UA | N216UA | N217UA | N218UA | N219UA | N220UA | N221UA | N222UA | N223UA | N224UA |
| N225UA | N226UA | N227UA | N228UA | N229UA | N782UA | N783UA | N784UA | N794UA |
777 XP planes will become 777 XQ. All will receive updated lower lobe crew rest facilities.
[edit] General information on the 777 conversions
The 777 conversions are delayed due to problems first with updating the video screens for the Y cabin seats, and now with liquidity during the recession. The first 777 began its cabin upgrade in February 2010 and is now flying (see this FlyerTalk thread).
@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 began service 24 Apr 2010.
The new seat maps are shown on united.com for the 777 for flights where the IPTE config may 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 has been announced for conversions in SFO:
- 2010 - 9
- 2011 - 16
- 2012 - 7
Additionally 14 others will be modified separately as part of heavy maintenance visits in coming years.
[edit] How to tell if your plane has the new interior
Suffice it to say that if you're flying almost any 747 or any 3 class 767, you will get the new config. If you're flying a 777, your chances are slim since there are only four currently completed.
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" (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...
