Question: 7M8 J or 787 PY?

Old Jul 20, 2022, 10:17 pm
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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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Old Jul 20, 2022, 10:19 pm
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c) book 7M8 J and same day change to 787 J (day of travel)
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Old Jul 20, 2022, 10:30 pm
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Originally Posted by expert7700
c) book 7M8 J and same day change to 787 J (day of travel)
Isn’t 7M8 J actually PY?


*Edit*

I have a paid J booking later this summer with a leg on a 7M8 and I am indeed in booking class “O” and PY cabin.

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Old Jul 20, 2022, 10:41 pm
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Originally Posted by TheViperOne
Isn’t 7M8 J actually PY?


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I have a paid J booking later this summer with a leg on a 7M8 and I am indeed in booking class “O” and PY cabin.
I believe 7M8 is sold as J on domestic/transborder, but sold as PY on international
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Old Jul 20, 2022, 10:50 pm
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Originally Posted by expert7700
I believe 7M8 is sold as J on domestic/transborder, but sold as PY on international
Makes sense. My 7M8 leg is the short YHZ to LHR hop!
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Old Jul 20, 2022, 11:51 pm
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I would take 7M8 daytime J over a 787 J red-eye on that route.
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Old Jul 21, 2022, 12:28 am
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
I would take 7M8 daytime J over a 787 J red-eye on that route.
+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.
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Old Jul 21, 2022, 5:45 am
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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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Old Jul 21, 2022, 6:09 am
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Yeah, another vote for "the real question here is whether you want to fly a redeye".
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Old Jul 21, 2022, 7:51 am
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Originally Posted by TheViperOne
Makes sense. My 7M8 leg is the short YHZ to LHR hop!
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.
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