Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:37
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Of all the DCUM elite posts in the Travel section, this is perhaps the DCUMiest.
I do have a concern about this new plane interior, though: will it be more challenging to enjoy your privilege when there are so many of you enjoying it? Don’t you need a vast number of lesser travelers to feel special?
I do have a concern about this new plane interior, though: will it be more challenging to enjoy your privilege when there are so many of you enjoying it? Don’t you need a vast number of lesser travelers to feel special?
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:36
Subject: Re:Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
I wonder if this is the same Troll who started the seat switching topic?
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:35
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:They need to keep enough seats for economy so that our nannies, au pairs etc can fly with us. I am not waiting for them in the lounge at the other end!
But what about the hoi polloi and the NPCs? Will they have seats?
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:35
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Apparently being able to afford international business class doesn't make you able to read a diagram or understand fractions.
The business class section makes up about half of the floor area here, not 3/4 as your title says.
It's another example of the K-shaped economy. People who fly long haul international are generally higher income, of course, and those people have been doing well. This is one plane type, of course, and United won't be flying it on every route. They will be using it on routes where they expect especially heavy premium traffic. Think SFO-LHR for instance. They already have a pretty similarly configured 767 version with 46 business class seats/pods.
https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-high-premium-boeing-767-flights/
3/4 of the aircraft is [/b]premium[b]. In the past it's 1/4 or less.
We need to just get rid of economy, watch videos of all the people fighting and it's not comfortable.
Title said "business Polaris taking up 3/4".
And the link showed an example of an existing United 767 layout (https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/company/aircraft/boeing-767-300er.html) which is already half business class by floor area. This is just another step in that direction, not really a major shift. But yes it's an indication of the rich getting richer.
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:31
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
This is one airline and this is for international long-haul flights, already mostly a luxury item.
There is no move to make domestic planes in the US half or even a third business class -- it's primarily economy and will remain that way. Even many wealthy people don't bother with business class for short flights.
Same thing in Europe -- the vast majority of flights are on budget airlines that are mostly or entirely economy class.
OP, you're rich, but are you also stupid?
There is no move to make domestic planes in the US half or even a third business class -- it's primarily economy and will remain that way. Even many wealthy people don't bother with business class for short flights.
Same thing in Europe -- the vast majority of flights are on budget airlines that are mostly or entirely economy class.
OP, you're rich, but are you also stupid?
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:28
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
They need to keep enough seats for economy so that our nannies, au pairs etc can fly with us. I am not waiting for them in the lounge at the other end!
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:24
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.
And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.
I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.
I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience
^^^
I think tbese guys should also pay double the taxes for maintenance of a public airport
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:24
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
With spirit air going away these people will try to get on other carriers
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:14
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.
And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.
I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.
I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience
Where do you travel? I have never experienced fighting or crazy people in any of my flights.
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:10
Subject: Re:Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
DCUM entitled privilege at its finest once again.
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:06
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.
And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.
I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.
I will pay double to avoid all the fighting and crazy people. It's also a better experience
Anonymous
02/19/2026 08:05
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Anonymous wrote:Apparently being able to afford international business class doesn't make you able to read a diagram or understand fractions.
The business class section makes up about half of the floor area here, not 3/4 as your title says.
It's another example of the K-shaped economy. People who fly long haul international are generally higher income, of course, and those people have been doing well. This is one plane type, of course, and United won't be flying it on every route. They will be using it on routes where they expect especially heavy premium traffic. Think SFO-LHR for instance. They already have a pretty similarly configured 767 version with 46 business class seats/pods.
https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-high-premium-boeing-767-flights/
3/4 of the aircraft is premium. In the past it's 1/4 or less.
We need to just get rid of economy, watch videos of all the people fighting and it's not comfortable.
Anonymous
02/19/2026 07:13
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
I wondered about the bad math but then I decided that the person meant 3/4ths of the visible space.
And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.
I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.
And fewer economy class passengers than there would have been even though they still outnumber premium payers.
I don't see value in the luxury of paying thousands more to be on the same conveyance with same arrival and departure times. But some people do get aches and pains from smaller seats.
Anonymous
02/19/2026 07:04
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Apparently being able to afford international business class doesn't make you able to read a diagram or understand fractions.
The business class section makes up about half of the floor area here, not 3/4 as your title says.
It's another example of the K-shaped economy. People who fly long haul international are generally higher income, of course, and those people have been doing well. This is one plane type, of course, and United won't be flying it on every route. They will be using it on routes where they expect especially heavy premium traffic. Think SFO-LHR for instance. They already have a pretty similarly configured 767 version with 46 business class seats/pods.
https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-high-premium-boeing-767-flights/
The business class section makes up about half of the floor area here, not 3/4 as your title says.
It's another example of the K-shaped economy. People who fly long haul international are generally higher income, of course, and those people have been doing well. This is one plane type, of course, and United won't be flying it on every route. They will be using it on routes where they expect especially heavy premium traffic. Think SFO-LHR for instance. They already have a pretty similarly configured 767 version with 46 business class seats/pods.
https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-high-premium-boeing-767-flights/
Anonymous
02/18/2026 23:26
Subject: Coming to the end of economy? United new business Polaris taking up 3/4 and I’m good with that
Honestly, better to have more business class. Cuts down on the chaos and makes the experience more reasonable overall. I fly business anyway, so this shift makes sense to me.
United’s upcoming 787 with the new Polaris configuration is clearly leaning hard into premium cabins. The layout includes 64 Polaris business seats and 35 Premium Plus seats, with only 123 economy seats, which is a big move toward higher end seating and far fewer economy rows than before. It really does feel like most of the aircraft is now premium focused.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-787-new-polaris-seats-premium-configuration/
United’s upcoming 787 with the new Polaris configuration is clearly leaning hard into premium cabins. The layout includes 64 Polaris business seats and 35 Premium Plus seats, with only 123 economy seats, which is a big move toward higher end seating and far fewer economy rows than before. It really does feel like most of the aircraft is now premium focused.
https://onemileatatime.com/news/united-787-new-polaris-seats-premium-configuration/