Delta Premium Select 777

But, Delta being Delta (with no notice clearly) swapped out the jet for a chunky old 777. Ugg – Got paint? These birds are set to be refurbished with Delta One Suites and Premium Select seats soon and let me tell you it can not come soon enough. This product is just flat out beat up as you can tell. The Premium Select cabin will be introduced on the airline’s Airbus A350s and will feature 48 Delta Premium Select seats, as well as 32 Delta One suites and 226 Main Cabin seats. Delta Premium Select will roll out on its Boeing 777 fleet beginning in 2018. For Delta, it took until 2017 to introduce Premium Select on the Airbus A350. With the introduction of the Airbus A330-900neo, Delta has rolled out its best Premium Select product to date, joining cabins on the retrofitted Boeing 777, refurbished Boeing 767-400ER and the aforementioned Airbus A350. More flights across the Pacific with more Delta One suites and Delta Premium Select seating are coming in 2019, bringing more luxury, comfort and choice to more Delta customers transiting the U.S., Japan and Australia. As Delta takes delivery of additional A350-900 aircraft and refurbishes more 777-200ER and LR aircraft.

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Delta Air Lines is growing its Airbus A350 fleet, and while the carrier is mostly sending its new flagship from the U.S. to Asia, it’s also putting it on more European routes.

Beginning in 2020, Delta will fly A350s from Minneapolis and Atlanta to Amsterdam. Those services are currently operated by A330s and Boeing 777s. The equipment shuffling will mean all Delta flights from those two cities will be Airbus-operated, with the 777 that flies out of Atlanta moving to other routes. The change was first reported by RoutesOnline.

The A350 has become a crucial part of Delta’s fleet strategy, and the airline inked a deal with LATAM in September to buy some of its new partner’s aircraft.

For Delta frequent flyers, the A350 is a desirable award-redemption aircraft, thanks to its Delta One suites — the airline’s best seats — Delta Premium Select premium economy, and the latest coach-class seats in the fleet.

Booking Delta One through the carrier’s own SkyMiles program is often not a good option, as prices in miles can be astronomical especially during peak travel times. However, you can redeem as little as 50,000 Virgin Atlantic miles for nonstop flights from the U.S. to Europe, and since you can transfer Amex points directly to Virgin’s Flying Club, this is a terrific way to use your transferable point currencies for incredible value.

As an example, at the time of writing, on Saturday, 11 April 2020, you can book Delta One Suites on the new A350 from MSP to AMS for 80,000 SkyMiles. However, that exact same flight is available through Virgin Atlantic for just 50,000 miles. While award availability isn’t widespread, this is a fantastic way to get to Europe in one of the best business-class products out there.

Nick Ewen contributed reporting.

Delta Premium Select Boeing 777

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We are just about 1 month away from the inaugural Delta A350 flight from Detroit to Japan. While many are excited about the new Delta One Suite seats, a.k.a. A Delta One seat with a plastic door, I am stoked about the new Premium Select (PS) seats since they are the first real new seat from Delta in a very long time.

To that end we have the issue of the “best” seat in the PS “cabin” even though it apparently is lacking a curtain divider like Delta One and the rest of the jet. To me the leg room in the bulkhead row looks amazing. Even with the footrest extended, the window passenger should be able to get past.

Delta Premium Select 777-200lr

This does not seem to be the case in the rest of the cabin. Now I know just getting up and down is not the only thing that determines a great seat so let’s speculate from all the photos.

First off, with bulkhead, you have no storage in front of you. Then again, with these new slim line seats, you don’t have a great deal using the seat back pocket in front of you either. I do like the clever place to put your phone or tablet to charge or rest vs. just the seat back.

Next up we do have the fact that the bulkhead will have the IFE in a swing up arm in the seat so these, while yielding more leg room, may give up some seat width to accommodate the entertainment system.

All the seats seem to have arm rest fold out tables. I love these style of tables when they are new. The downside is after a few years they start to sag and you have to get creative with things to keep them at attention.

Another thing I can not wait to test is the last or back row. Sometimes in a premium seat row this is the best choice as you can recline all the way and not bother anyone. Heck sometimes the FAs don’t even ask you to sit up at landing or takeoff and I like that. But other times (think 737-900ER) the back row against the bulkhead has restricted recline!

I am out and back on the A350. I could have selected the 1st row on both flights but went with only one way as I want to test out both seats. I hope also to try the last row if there is no one in it or at least chat with whoever is in it. Maybe they will be a sport and trade for a bit to see.

Delta Premium Select 777 Vs A350

What do you think. Are you as excited about the new PS seat as I am? What do you think will be the “best” seat on the new jet? – René