Question: 7M8 J or 787 PY?
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7M8 J or 787 PY?
…on an LAX-YYZ hop. 737 option costs a few more points, but is daytime. 787 is redeye. 787 J is too expensive and eUps might not be an option.
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+1. Did the SFO-YYZ 787 redeye in J one time ever. Too short for sleep, endless regret, never again. LAX basically the same. Can't imagine in PY.
Book 7M8, do free SDC if there's a daytime 787 you can swap to on day of departure.
Book 7M8, do free SDC if there's a daytime 787 you can swap to on day of departure.
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7M8 J and 787 PY are basically the same thing, so the only real difference is schedule. Do the daytime flight, as others have noted the redeye is too short for much more than a catnap.
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I did this flight recently, and as much as I do not the 7M8, it was very pleasant.
Flight time was sub 5.5hrs. Only emplaning/deplaning 170 pax instead of 260+ which takes less time, and means less people in customs/border control/baggage hall.
Flight time was sub 5.5hrs. Only emplaning/deplaning 170 pax instead of 260+ which takes less time, and means less people in customs/border control/baggage hall.