Originally Posted by
acoburn73
See this link for info. Looks like you are going to be on the retrofitted 787-8 where American has yanked the 8 biz seats in the mini-cabin and opted for additional PE seating.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/aa-red...87-8-retrofit/
And below the chart showing the changes related to the retrofit.
Originally Posted by
acoburn73
Looked at all 787s from ORD-DFW departing on Friday (quite a few!) on ExpertFlyer, and it appears you're on AA2501, which is the only 787 showing as having 5 rows in business (all others have the mini-cabin extra two rows). See image below:
Also, Seat Guru for AA 787s only shows two current -8 and -9 configurations, with the -8 of course having 5 rows in main cabin and 2 in minicabin (herringbone layout), while -9 has 8 rows all facing forward. Maybe you are lucky enough to be on the first new configuration of the -800?
I thought I saw the first aircraft just went in for the refit. I would be shocked that it would be back in time for this flight. Maybe I am wrong? Current assigned tail matches with the inbound flight, and while subject to change, indicates the original configuration.
I will report back actual finding and photos if it is the new configuration!