United Airlines just recently rolled out new business class seats on their Boeing 747 airplanes. They are currently only available on 3-class International flights. On my way to Paris via Frankfurt, I got onto one of these new planes. There are a lot of business class seats – because there is an “upstairs level.” I’ve been on the 2nd level on Singapore Airlines before, but this is the first time on United. The upper deck has 26 business class seats. 1/2 of them are back-ward facing (kinda like BART), so that was new. I didn’t like the backward facing seats – when you’re airborne, you don’t feel much since the airplane is so still, but on the takeoff and landing, you notice the difference. 
The new seats are very comfortable – they lie FLAT. The ones on Singapore Airlines recline but is not a 180 degrees flat.
Each seat comes with a 15 inch screen and can play movies, TV shows, music on demand. You can play, stop and rewind anytime. So that was nice. The only bad part is that if you sit inside (window seat), it is very difficult to get out to use the bathroom if the person near the aisle has his/her seat reclined. You literally have to hop over and it’s a very TIGHT space. There is also a center island between the 2 seats that hold beverages, so as if it’s not hard enough to get out, you have to make sure you don’t knock anything down!
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