 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY 03/16/2019 UNITED "HIGH-J" 767-300ER American Airlines recently removed business-class seats from one of its most popular long-haul planes. United, meanwhile, is adding them — a whole bunch, in fact, to its smallest wide-body jet. On this particularly interesting member of United's fleet, business class now makes up more than half of the plane, increasing the likelihood of scoring an upgrade or discounted award. See what it's like to fly United's first 767-300ER with a whopping 16 rows of biz:
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