How Is Domestic First Class On Continental's 757's

jamesjimlb · Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:16 pm

hi i was wondering if anyone has recently flown a 757-200 or 757-300 within the US on CO? on thursday i will be flying to MCO on CO in first class on a 757-300 on my way back it will be first class on a 757-200. how is the seats, service, FA's? also on the 757-200 i've heard that they now have AVOD even when flying domesticly, if they do could you tell me about it and is it on the back of the seat or does it come out from the seat. i look foward to posting a trip report.

any comments would be great.
-jamesjimlb

OpsGuy · Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:48 pm

Domestic F on CO is ok, its no Virgin, but it gets the job done. The food is alright and the FA's are nice. I have never been unhappy flying CO. I flew on a 757-300 from PHX-EWR last month, it then continued on to MCO. It was a great ride, clean and comfortable.

OpsGuy

IAHFLYR · Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:26 pm

All the CO B752's have AVOD in first class, 16 cloth business first style seats with the AVOD is in the arm rest between the seats. You won't get anything more in the way of service than domestic first class service/food/bev, just the seats and AVOD. The AVOD is touch screen.....a bunch of movies, CD's, and some TV sitcoms. Along with the AVOD they have a AC power so no need to have an adaptor to power your computer etc., just plug it in and away you go.

The B753's are 24 regular leather first class seats with the entertainment having the overhead screens about every 3 rows or so and no power plugs.

Service will be the same on either aircraft......FA, you could hope you'll some of the a.net folks such as EWRCabincrew but for the most part very good service and attitude.

Enjoy CO, they are my choice for air travel.

[Edited 2007-02-14 13:27:54]

jamesjimlb · Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:10 pm

first, i want to appolagize for the typo on the title.
i don't think i'll see ewrcabin crew
since i'm flying out of iah.
also is there usually alot of turbulence? thanks.

i leave tommarow arrive the day after.

Someone83 · Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:03 am

Btw it's not First class, it's Business. CO just calls it BusinessFirst...

IAHFLYR · Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:25 am

Quoting Someone83 (Reply 4):
Btw it's not First class, it's Business. CO just calls it BusinessFirst...

Excuse me....Business.....but since it is their product I figure they can call it whatever they want! Smile

Quoting JamesJimlb (Reply 3):
don't think i'll see ewrcabin crew

Never know, it could be a EWR crew

roseflyer · Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:01 am

Quoting JamesJimlb (Reply 3):
also is there usually alot of turbulence? thanks.

There are no severe thunderstorms forecast, so the turbulence should not be too bad. Maybe some light chop. Maybe it will be perfectly smooth. You won't be facing anything that horrible, but it isn't something that can be predicted easily. If you want to check to see if there might be turbulence before you go, log on to the NOAA Aviation website and look to see if there are any reports on your flight path.

jamesjimlb · Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:29 am

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 5):
Never know, it could be a EWR crew

true. and

Quoting Someone83 (Reply 4):
Btw it's not First class, it's Business. CO just calls it BusinessFirst...

who cares, we get the point.

EWRCabincrew · Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:18 am

Quoting Someone83 (Reply 4):
Btw it's not First class, it's Business. CO just calls it BusinessFirst...

Domestically we have first class on our 757s, internationally, Business/First. The seats are the same. When flying domestically, as IAHFLYR said, it is first. Bookable as such. When you book internationally, then it is Business/First.

I am just glad you all enjoy the flights. Thank you all!!!

Bill

8herveg · Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:42 am

Quoting Iahflyr (Reply 2):
The B753's are 24 regular leather first class seats with the entertainment having the overhead screens about every 3 rows or so and no power plugs.

Will the B753s get upgraded to include AVOD entertainment in the seat rests, and laptop plugs, to keep in line with the B752s?

jamesjimlb · Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:00 am

i was just about to ask that.

IAHFLYR · Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:11 am

Quoting 8herveg (Reply 9):
Will the B753s get upgraded to include AVOD entertainment in the seat rests, and laptop plugs, to keep in line with the B752s?

Good question....bet some employee who works hard and flys right will know!

My guess is since they are working now toward winglets on some of the B735's and B733's they will focus on that $$$....first 500 is getting them installed right now in OKC.

[Edited 2007-02-16 01:12:16]

jamesjimlb · Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:12 pm

i got on the plane at 8:45 PM and off in orlando at 12:30. the seats were great. not the best movie, because there was no movie, they showed continental vision, it wasn't bad at all. the service was good but i kept wondering when will the FA bring me more pretzels. but it wasn't a problem. now i need to know about the 757-200 with CO.

p.s i will post the trip report when i get back to houston.

IAHFLYR · Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:24 am

Quoting JamesJimlb (Reply 12):
not the best movie, because there was no movie, they showed continental vision, it wasn't bad at all

Ahhh got caught in that flight time not long enough for a movie thing.....too much tailwind! Smile

jamesjimlb · Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:06 am

yeah, we had 133 mph tail wind!