Antarius

1. There is no premium economy on the 777-200 at this time.
2. 31A/J is fine with acres of legroom. The escape slide does not take away your legroom. The seat can get chilly, so plan ahead.
3. Seatguru is useless.
4. See point 3

Microwave

All solid advice here.

One thing I'd point out is that even Seat Expert has 31A and 31J listed as "orange" (whatever that means--what happened to red, yellow, green?) with one of the downsides listed as "restricted legroom". I suppose if we're talking about Gheorghe Mureșan, there may be enough leg involved to be disturbed by the slide, but my partner and I always select these seats when in economy on this aircraft and neither she nor I have ever had a complaint about legroom, so I think they're perfectly fine. Other caveats about window location and temperature are definitely accurate though.

randidliyo

Thanks for the relevant information. One final question, do you know if there is personal on-demand entertainment? or just the overhead screen?

TIA,
Randidliyo

Microwave

All 777s have PTVs in all cabins.

silver springer

Hi. Mr. Silver Springer and I flew DFW-ICN May 16 and return May 21.

As others described it was similar to AA Asia flights but the food service was definitely nicer in business than my flight in business last November to NRT. There were three separate served meal services. There was a full dinner service with separate courses (you could choose your entree online ahead of time) and ending with ice cream sundaes. There was a midflight snack service with sandwiches and a sweet as well as snacks available in the galley. Then there was a lunch before we landed. The flights were only half full in business with a lot of empty seats in coach too. While Americans might have been scared of due to North Korean threats, the South Koreans don't pay much attention to it and go on with their lives as normal.
The airport limousine bus to the city at 15,000 won (about $15) is a great deal and takes an hour.

Cheers, Mary Anne

sinanju

All agreed.

However, there is one downside to those seats and that's the proximity to the lav. While I was in J for my flight to ICN, I had a colleague in one of those seats and he was disturbed a couple of times by folks kicking his feet while they shuffled around in that area waiting their turn for the loo. That problem affects B and H more, both of which seatguru has coded green while A and J tend to be safer from that, which seatguru has coded red.

Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited, do not taunt happy fun ball.

randidliyo

Thanks for telling me about everything that I'll be missing, since I've stated a couple of times that I'll be in coach. Good to know that I'll have PTV, tho.

Antarius

The PTVs are small and the quality/selection is pretty mediocre. It doesn't hurt to bring a book (or two) and some IFE of your own.

You also should get free wine + beer in coach on this route...

FWAAA

If the OP values video entertainment and owns a tablet, a laptop or a portable DVD player, then the OP should bring it, along with desired content, as the AA personal screens and lousy content selection are guaranteed to disappoint.

jsmeeker

is "main cabin extra" really "premium economy"? I thought it was just standard coach with a few more inches of leg room

And really, what do you get in other airlines' "premium economy" ?? The same, or something more than a bit more leg room.

Antarius

The 777-200 has neither premium economy nor MCE at this time.

PE on other airlines is somewhere between J and Y, unlike MCE which is much closer to Y than J. The seats are bigger, some have footrests, premium meals etc.

Here is a picture of JAL's PE product for example

IceTrojan

...really?

jsmeeker

yeah.. really. I've never flown in it, so I am not familiar with it.

jsmeeker

thanks.

IceTrojan

Don't forget lounge access. priority lines, and bonus miles.