Originally Posted by
susiesan
I have award tix in J on ET 510/511 in August, the new routes from ORD. The ticket shows the aircraft will be a 787-8 Dreamliner. What is the likelihood of that happening?
Chicago will almost certainly be a 787-800, but will use the ET-AO*/AR*/AS* aircraft of which only ASG/H/I are configured with flat beds. The AO*/AR* aircraft have the 160-angled seats. Therefore the chances of getting flat beds on that route are 3/13 = 23% approx. The AT* aircraft with the flat bed seats won't be used to North America except as very rare substitutions to LAX.