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Old Feb 11th, 2010, 01:29 PM
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Other "Economy Plus" Airlines?

Are there any other U.S. carriers besides United that have the equivalent of UAL's Economy Plus (i.e., more legroom)? Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 11th, 2010, 01:50 PM
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No, United is the only one that offers Economy Plus.

For international flights, KLM offers something similar, and several other carriers offer a true Premium Economy product, which is a distinct product that is priced between coach and biz class.
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Jetblue has "Even More Legroom", even though their regular economy already has more legroom than all:

http://www.jetblue.com/about/ourcomp...eats/index.asp
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For more International airlines, both EVA and Thai also have this option.
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Old Feb 11th, 2010, 03:39 PM
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British Airways
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To save everybody a lot of time, there are a lot of airlines that offer <b>premium economy</b>, mostly for longhaul flights, that are sold as a separate class. The seats are different, not just more legroom. These include:

Air France, Air NewZealand, ANA, British Airways, EVA, JAL, KLM, Qantas, SAS, Thai, V Australia, Virgin Atlantic, and maybe a few other smaller carriers.

But for US carriers that offer a product similar to United's <b>Economy Plus</b> which is basically the same economy seat pur further apart, there is basically only Jetblue, with Rows 2-5 and Exit Rows 10-11 on their A320 and the exit row on their E190. Virgin America has something called "Main Cabin Select", but it's just the one bulkhead and one exit rows on their A319/320.
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Old Feb 11th, 2010, 07:20 PM
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Also British Midland on longhaul and Lan on many S. America routes.
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