SQ PE - Now officially launched

[Bitterroot]

SWJ did an air test on 18/4. She's been refitted 4F/48C/232Y

SWJ missed her scheduled inaugural on 866-23rd. Flight subbed with SWW off SQ1.

[SQ228]

SWJ missed her scheduled inaugural on 866-23rd. Flight subbed with SWW off SQ1.

SQ2 still ended up with a 77WN. SQ227 to MEL missed out and got a standard 77W.

SWJ is currently flying to LHR as SQ306, left about 3 hours ago, which I assume would have been the plan anyway, had it performed SQ866/5.

Do we have any definite information yet as to what exactly within the plane has been refitted? Is it just the F sector or the entire product right through to the back?

[Bitterroot]

SQ2 still ended up with a 77WN. SQ227 to MEL missed out and got a standard 77W.

SWJ is currently flying to LHR as SQ306, left about 3 hours ago, which I assume would have been the plan anyway, had it performed SQ866/5.

Do we have any definite information yet as to what exactly within the plane has been refitted? Is it just the F sector or the entire product right through to the back?

All re-done. No PEY, though: 4 more seats in Y than 77W/77WN

[SQ228]

All re-done. No PEY, though: 4 more seats in Y than 77W/77WN

4 more in J you mean?

Or can I now demand to be seated in a Y seat at the back of the F cabin? Please say it's true!!!

[ycp81]

4 more in J, 4 more in Y. Apparently, one of the Y toilets has been removed.

[SQueeze]

Apparently, one of the Y toilets has been removed.

Wow. This is alarming.

[orionmiz]

One of the Y toilets removed, but it makes the other Y toilet more visible.

Interestingly, not many people know about the 2 toilets hidden at the back in the original 77W.

[SQ228]

Wow. This is alarming.

I agree totally! This is the one of the main reasons I prefer the 77W over the A380 is due to its toilet ratio in Y. And how can one toilet make space for 4 seats??

[Bitterroot]

4 more in J, 4 more in Y. Apparently, one of the Y toilets has been removed.

6 more in J; 4 more in Y -- 4F, 48J, 232Y vs 8F, 42J, 228Y in the 77W/77WN.

[Bitterroot]

I agree totally! This is the one of the main reasons I prefer the 77W over the A380 is due to its toilet ratio in Y. And how can one toilet make space for 4 seats??

The one removed lav -- behind Row 56 on the right side -- made room for two seats: 57H and 57K. The other two are at Row 43, also on the right side, where part of the galley was removed and the lav relocated into that space.

[SQueeze]

6 more in J; 4 more in Y -- 4F, 48J, 232Y vs 8F, 42J, 228Y in the 77W/77WN.

So in F, toilet situation will become better and in J will become worse right?

[SMK77]

So in F, toilet situation will become better and in J will become worse right?

1 toilet for every two passenger is hard to beat. Given that F won't be fully booked on most flights, the ratio on most flights will be even better!

[Bitterroot]

So in F, toilet situation will become better and in J will become worse right?

Only in SWJ. The PEY birds get a fourth lav for J, and keep the five for PEY/Y, which decreases in total seat count from 232 to 218. So, the ratio gets a bit better for J, and a bit worse for Y -- but not a lot worse -- as compared to the 77W/77WN.

[EWR]

A little bird told me award redemption charts are changing soon. Probably it has to do with PE? I wonder if how that will affect the rest of the classes...

[lcpteck]

A little bird told me award redemption charts are changing soon. Probably it has to do with PE? I wonder if how that will affect the rest of the classes...

Let's hope the redemption values stay the same and no increase.