Originally Posted by daimo42

I'm in the same boat as OP, in Dallas and jumped over to AA from Southwest. No status match of course so am doing a challenge for Platinum. I should make it on scheduled travel, but I'm have a MR in the mix just for fun and some mileage padding.

AA is flying a 787 between DFW and ORD for during the month of May training their crew on the brand new plane. I booked a weekend trip up and back in the Business cabin. 1.5x EQP, and I'll get to fly for my first time on 787 in premium seats for less than $600.