I reviewed the menu and entertainment guide that was on my seat at boarding. The entertainment magazine was very confusing, it took my a good 10 minutes to decipher it. They have one magazine for all classes and aircraft types, instead of one for each as with United.

Meal service started about an hour out. Nuts with Diet Coke, appetizer cart, fancy salad prepared “tableside”, excellent Steak Teriyaki, fruit and cheese cart, ice cream cart, and Godiva chocolates .

I decided to sample some of the entertainment, and I found it very disappointing. We had 10 channels of entertainment, only three movies, and each movie repeated after it was finished, rather than a cycle of different movies. There was an airshow though, which I love . I was offered a video, but I turned it down. The Bose Headsets were fantastic, though.

I could stretch out comfortably thanks to the 90 inch pitch (I believe US will have 93 inches on it’s A330s, though there is a point where you just don’t need anymore). I played around with the controls and reclined it all the way. It’s flat, but by no means a bed. I found it rather uncomfortable at full recline, and my feet dangled off the edge. I found that recline at about 85% is much more comfortable.

I read, dozed for increments of 15 minutes, watched the airshow, and flipped through the channels of the tv for a few hours. Feeling moderately refreshed, I walked to the galley and chatted with the FAs. They said that they loved the new 777, and pax seem to as well. They said that the galleys are larger and have better storage areas, making it much easier to work in.

I pounded the keyboard, thanks to the EmPower port, for a while.

Dinner was served prior to arrival. The only standout of this was the salad, which was unbelievably fancy and had so many designer greens that it was almost inedible.

Descended and arrived into NRT about 30 minutes ahead of schedule. I was so tired (it was about 1am body time) and didn’t feel like dealing with the trains, so I took my seatmate up on the taxi offer. “I told you so.”

Overall an excellent AA Transpacific F flight. These flights can be hit or miss, and this flight was truly excellent. The seats are very comfortable, though they are not sleeper seats, and they aren’t comfortable at all fully flat, at least in my opinion.


Deplaning was quick through the real jetway (no buses). Customs and Immigration was a relatively easy, and as neither I nor my seatmate had checked baggage, was glided through baggage claim and caught a taxi for the 1:15 ride to the Westin.

At check-in I was immediately upgraded to an Executive Floor room (SPG Platinum, thanks!) and took a long nap.

More later.