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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by koyote on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:19PM (#26417177)
As a casual plane nerd I always checked which plane type I am on and have even made ticket decisions based on it (and have been disappointed when the airline changes the plane type last-minute!).

That being said, in my experience, airlines very rarely advertise which 'sub-type' of narrow-body you'll be flying on (at least until you've bought the ticket). Finding a flight which is definitely on an A320-neo (as opposed to ceo) for example is very difficult. I would assume that especially now airlines will do their best to hide the fact that they are flying a 737 Max.

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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by paulmd on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:23PM (#26418966)
Boeing has also changed the name of the 737 MAX to the 737-8, at the request of airlines, since people know the former name but not the latter yet.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/20/boeing-737-....

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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by jefftk on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @05:46PM (#26417463)
On the other hand, if this is important to you, it is generally quite practical to choose airlines that do not fly 737s. For example, JetBlue and not SouthWest.
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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by rootusrootus on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:20PM (#26418472)
That really depends on the airport. Portland, for example. If you try to avoid 737s then you just cut yourself out of 75-80% of all available flights.

Also, the 737NG is arguably the safest airliner ever produced (by statistics, not speculation), so why would I want to avoid it?

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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by fakedang on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:45PM (#26418151)
FlightRadar seems to have airplane model numbers for all airlines plying the skies.
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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by peteretep on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @08:21PM (#26418943)
Those are generally for flights in the past or a day or two in advance though. You can get some idea of which plane has flown it before, but airlines can and do mix it up
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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by Fomite on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:26PM (#26417932)
I always do because I despise exit seats on A320s, at least on Alaska.
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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by ThePowerOfFuet on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:24PM (#26418506)
If you tell the flight crew that you don't want to be seated there, they will reseat you.
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Re:Emirates’ Tim Clark says Boeing ‘not getting it’ on 737 M... by Fomite on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:19AM (#26421603)
It's more an issue, in the case of Alaska, that they treat exit row seats as a premium selection, so it's more of a "If 737 then my life is slightly better for a few dollars, if A320, it's slightly worse, so check beforehand."
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