The time passed and I boarded the 767 to New York. This turned out to be one of the worst AA flights I have experienced, for a variety of reasons. I sat in my aisle seat and my seat mate (opponent for this flight, right QuietLion?) immediately started yacking his head off. I tried to show that I was in no mood by politely nodding. He wouldn’t shut up. I then put on my noise canceling headsets, and that got him quiet.

The crew was very inattentive during boarding, so I went to the galley and asked for a bottle of water. She glared at me and told me to sit down, but to her credit she did bring me one after the safety video. I inquired about the amenity kits but apparently they weren’t available today.

We took off bound for the states and the meal service started soon after meal service began. It was AA’s typical dinner service and I had a meat dish. The crew was very uninviting and basically shoved food in your face. My seatmate started telling me his life story again, but I put on the headphones and browsed the audio selections.

After dinner I tried to stretch out in the claustrophobic cabin but was left uncomfortable. The cabin, near capacity, seemed to claustrophobic. A short Atlantic hop is ok in a 767, but this 10 hour longhaul seemed too long.

The crew never appeared during the night, but they did show up for the light breakfast. I didn’t eat, but I sipped coffee that was given to me.

I was extremely disappointed with this flight. The flight attendants were lousy; there were no amenity kits; the Admiral’s Club was a dump; the agent in EZE was rude. The flight was on-time, though.

After arrival I quickly got through immigration thanks to INSPass and had no line at Customs since everyone else was waiting at baggage claim.