I almost had to do that flight, then we canceled last minuet when we took a look at it. My Father flew it though, he just had two words “never again”

It was just too good for a while, and they had to put an end to our undeserved comfort.

United makes me hate travel, and now I will avoid it at all costs.

Agreed. I did the 10 across on a full flight from SFO-LHR in Economy Plus and it was noticeably more miserable. I was sitting on an aisle and next to a woman with the frame of a teenage girl and we couldn’t stop bumping and jockeying for space the entire flight. Status or not, I’m flying the Delta route if I can’t avoid the 10x from now on. I fly a lot of Economy long haul and I think I would lose my mind in the middle of two adults back in regular Economy.

Yes, sorry I left out the detail and thanks for answering the question!

I have to presume you are asking about the 777-300ER, since that is the only 777 with that particular situation. Unfortunately, no, those seats do not have extra legroom. They are standard 31″ Economy seating.

Free seats? I paid for all 3 tickets

Sitting 10-across in Economy Class is surprisingly tolerable – when UA is providing free seats to shill their new aircraft. Title is extremely misleading.

Speak for yourself. And no, the 10 abreast seats are narrower than seats on a 737 AND United has removed lavatories even though there are more people AND there is no additional overhead space to accommodate bags for all those people AND the 777 has four seats in every row that are “middle” seats compared to only two on the 737 AND the 777 flies routes that are considerably longer than the 737, making for a much more miserable experience that really is that bad. Apples to oranges.

On the other hand; I’ve had mostly good experiences flying in the 9-abreast United 777-200 (economy plus) cabin. So, the business class cabin gets a nice new upgrade with Polaris and the rest of the plane gets the shaft.

Also, the new seats have a flaw where the call button is on top of the armrest. So a lot of passengers were inadvertently pushing the call button repeatedly. Let’s just say the constant dings ringing through the cabin throughout the flight was not soothing.

I cannot imagine ever flying 10 abreast for an actually long flight, like 7+ hours like ORD-HNL.

The 747 did/does have 10 abreast, but the 747 cabin interior is 9.5 inches wider than the 777, so it is somewhat less of a squeeze.

I didn’t know Cathay wanted that configuration previously. Unfortunately, soon they are joining the competition on 10 across as well: http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2024306/tight-squeeze-hong-kongs-cathay-pacific-introduce-10-abreast

I like window seats normally, but in a configuration like this, there is no shoulder space there. At least an aisle seat allows for leaning out.
I’m bigger than you and keep in mind the 3-4-3 in a 777 has even narrower seats than 3-3-3 on 787. Yuck!

I tried to make clear in my post that my situation was not what most people can expect to experience in this seat.