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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
Over the past decade, since the termination of 3-class AFS flights to IAD and BOS from LAX, I've taken countless overnight redeyes on 757s and 738s and would have gladly paid $$ for a 762 J seat with limited pitch and recline as the leg/footrest and more recline than normal helps put me to sleep.
I've moved all of my west coast flights to JFK. I'd rather have the added BOS-JFK segment than fly 6 hours on a 757 or 738. (And that extra segment is a lot less painful now that 738s have replaced RJs on BOS-JFK.)

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