Best seats on the United Airlines Boeing 787-9

Ranked by cabin from the per-seat ratings, window quality, and traveler notes on the United Airlines Boeing 787-9 seat map.

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Best seats in Business

  • 04A

    Window·Standard

  • 07A

    Window·Standard

  • 08L

    Window·Standard

  • 01A

    Window·Standard

  • 02A

    Window·Standard

  • 02L

    Window·Standard

  • 03A

    Window·Standard

  • 03L

    Window·Standard

Best seats in Premium Economy

  • 20A

    Window·Standard

    Extra legroom.

  • 20L

    Window·Standard

    Extra legroom.

  • 21A

    Window·Standard

  • 21L

    Window·Standard

  • 22A

    Window·Standard

  • 22L

    Window·Standard

  • 23A

    Window·Standard

  • 23L

    Window·Standard

Best seats in Economy

  • 32A

    Window·Recommended

  • 32L

    Window·Recommended

  • 35A

    Window·Recommended

  • 35L

    Window·Recommended

  • 38A

    Window·Recommended

  • 38L

    Window·Recommended

  • 33A

    Window·Standard

  • 33L

    Window·Standard

Seats to watch for windows

These window-position seats have a misaligned window or none at all. Worth avoiding if the view or a wall to lean on matters to you.

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Each seat is ranked by its recommended, caution, or avoid rating first, then by window quality, using the same per-seat data on the aircraft's to-scale seat map. Picks are grouped by cabin so you compare like with like.

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