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Old Aug 5, 2014, 3:40 pm
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sbm12
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Originally Posted by astroflyer
I am curious to see how it's implemented. I think the majority of travellers travel with a laptop and/or iPad. Nonetheless, there are still a lot of travellers that probably don't travel with a device that supports this…or me when I go on a proper vacation (leaving the laptop at home is a privilege).

I do wish they'd make more of an effort with a heads up when this happens. It's really annoying to get stuck on an EWR->LAX flight with no entertainment.
The plan is that the short/medium-haul fleet will be all BYOD/streaming and the long-haul fleet will keep in-seat but add streaming as well. The only types which are a bit "confused" by this plan are:
  • Islands 777s: Streaming only
  • 744s: Streaming only in Y
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