Anonymous wrote:DC will never be a proper city until it gets lay flat seats on most/all transcontinental flights.

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Anonymous wrote:DC will never be a proper city until it gets lay flat seats on most/all transcontinental flights.

Good. I hope all the people who feel this way will leave.

DC will never be a proper city until it gets lay flat seats on most/all transcontinental flights.

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Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect, Delta still offers lie flat business seats on their DCA-LAX flight, and United often has them on IAD-LAX when they run 777s on the route - but that can change/shift day to day and month to month.

Delta only flies single aisle planes out of DCA. I don’t think any of those planes have lie flat seats?

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-air-lines-757-200-business-class-review/

PP, here. I stand corrected. I mostly fly United and rarely Delta. I didn’t know Delta had these seats on single-aisle aircraft.

Yes it's not a big sub-fleet (these 757s with the lie flats in business). This is the only route they fly on out of the DC region. Mostly they are on Delta's long transcon routes like JFK-SFO and BOS-LAX where they have good premium traffic, but not enough demand to fill a 767. They also fly on a couple of thinner trans-Atlantic routes.

https://simpleflying.com/3-airlines-transatlantic-us-boeing-757-flights-summer-2024/

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Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect, Delta still offers lie flat business seats on their DCA-LAX flight, and United often has them on IAD-LAX when they run 777s on the route - but that can change/shift day to day and month to month.

Delta only flies single aisle planes out of DCA. I don’t think any of those planes have lie flat seats?

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-air-lines-757-200-business-class-review/

PP, here. I stand corrected. I mostly fly United and rarely Delta. I didn’t know Delta had these seats on single-aisle aircraft.

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Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect, Delta still offers lie flat business seats on their DCA-LAX flight, and United often has them on IAD-LAX when they run 777s on the route - but that can change/shift day to day and month to month.

Delta only flies single aisle planes out of DCA. I don’t think any of those planes have lie flat seats?

https://liveandletsfly.com/delta-air-lines-757-200-business-class-review/

Anonymous wrote:You are incorrect, Delta still offers lie flat business seats on their DCA-LAX flight, and United often has them on IAD-LAX when they run 777s on the route - but that can change/shift day to day and month to month.

Delta only flies single aisle planes out of DCA. I don’t think any of those planes have lie flat seats?

The answer to all of your questions is money. If it made financial sense to offer planes with lie flats, they would. I’m guessing it just doesn’t pay off.

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Anonymous wrote:WAS to LAX isn’t a redeye route.

Not sure why that's relevant. Every airline flying from JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO (except Alaska) has lie flats in business class because it's a premium route and they can get the revenue for the more expensive product.

Larger chunk of those people connecting from international destinations with I’ve already been on a plane for 5 - 10 hours So it is their “night”

That may be a minor portion of the market, but the real revenue driver is premium business travel between these cities- finance, tech, legal, show biz. Big companies with major contracts guaranteeing them a lot of premium seats for their top clients and employees.

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Anonymous wrote:WAS to LAX isn’t a redeye route.

Not sure why that's relevant. Every airline flying from JFK-LAX and JFK-SFO (except Alaska) has lie flats in business class because it's a premium route and they can get the revenue for the more expensive product.

Larger chunk of those people connecting from international destinations with I’ve already been on a plane for 5 - 10 hours So it is their “night”

You don't have to lie flat. But you get an infinitely better seat, more privacy. And legs up while sitting.
Dinky 737s can be used cross country. Going to Hawaii on 2 of those...argh. We switched to get life flat to HNL and then the 737 for half an hour.

If you are happy in coach never mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you need a lay flat on a 5 hour flight going west?

I mean, for that matter, why would you need a lay flat on a 6 1/2 hour flight going to London?

Stupid question

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you need a lay flat on a 5 hour flight going west?

I mean, for that matter, why would you need a lay flat on a 6 1/2 hour flight going to London?

Because that’s going east—ie overnight

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you need a lay flat on a 5 hour flight going west?

I mean, for that matter, why would you need a lay flat on a 6 1/2 hour flight going to London?

Because they're usually overnight.

Anonymous wrote:Why would you need a lay flat on a 5 hour flight going west?

I mean, for that matter, why would you need a lay flat on a 6 1/2 hour flight going to London?