77W 300 LAX to LHR real seat map?
Nov 29, 2013, 10:51 am
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2013
Programs: American Airlines, United, Air France
Posts: 6
Y'all are echoing my internal voice... Yes, nicer plane from LAX and decent lounge at LHR - Yes, shorter flight time from DFW...
Nov 29, 2013, 7:06 pm
#17
Join Date: May 2012
Location: LNY
Programs: UA 1KMM, AA EXP, ASMVPG
Posts: 89
That said I do sympathize with the avgeek....if you do not fly much and want to check off the AA 773 do a non stop one way and connect the other.
Nov 30, 2013, 1:07 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: DFW
Programs: AA PLAT
Posts: 79
For that particular weekend there are no 50k or 62.5k milesaaver premium cabin awards, but of course there are 100k awards which, round trip, would nearly wipe out my account. I suppose that's fine, but of course I'd love not to have to do that if possible, while at the same time earn EQM and not spend >$2k if possible. (don't we all always want that
)copay/miles upgrades would be my favorite option, but being a lowly platinum, I don't want this to backfire and be stuck in 17"x37" uprights.
Thoughts?
Nov 30, 2013, 7:36 pm
#19
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Programs: Alaska MVP 75k, AA EXP, Subway Sub Club
Posts: 88
For me, I find myself preferring the 77W with MCE, for no other reason that the international WiFi. Sure, it's $20 a pop and slow for webbrowsing, but more than enough for email. When traveling on business, it lets me stay responsive and work pretty effectively through those 12~ hours. Plus AC power plugs keep that laptop humming (my last 763, about a week ago, did not have them yet) and it's easily my preferred AA equipment for international runs.
Bonus points if you can land the MCE exit row.
Then again, I'm SFO-based and always at least a connection away from, well, anything int'l on AA. Though I still think I'd take a short connection to secure satellite wifi.
Bonus points if you can land the MCE exit row.
Then again, I'm SFO-based and always at least a connection away from, well, anything int'l on AA. Though I still think I'd take a short connection to secure satellite wifi.
Dec 1, 2013, 4:45 am
#20
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 2,342
How does this option fit into the ranking of who gets those F/C seats? This page and this chart seems really vague in that regard. I'm facing a similar dilemma for a DFW-MAD flight at end of January: it will be a very short weekend trip with working on both adjacent days, so although I'm used to frequently slumming this route in economy I really need to be able to sleep for several hours on both outgoing and return legs for this trip.
For that particular weekend there are no 50k or 62.5k milesaaver premium cabin awards, but of course there are 100k awards which, round trip, would nearly wipe out my account. I suppose that's fine, but of course I'd love not to have to do that if possible, while at the same time earn EQM and not spend >$2k if possible. (don't we all always want that )
copay/miles upgrades would be my favorite option, but being a lowly platinum, I don't want this to backfire and be stuck in 17"x37" uprights.
Thoughts?
For that particular weekend there are no 50k or 62.5k milesaaver premium cabin awards, but of course there are 100k awards which, round trip, would nearly wipe out my account. I suppose that's fine, but of course I'd love not to have to do that if possible, while at the same time earn EQM and not spend >$2k if possible. (don't we all always want that
)copay/miles upgrades would be my favorite option, but being a lowly platinum, I don't want this to backfire and be stuck in 17"x37" uprights.
Thoughts?
The miles+copay upgrade has the same process as a SWU. If it cannot be confirmed in advance, a PLT will be behind all EXPs on the wait list.
Dec 1, 2013, 7:47 am
#21
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: BSL
Programs: AA (EXP); among others :)
Posts: 2,523
In my experience, clearing waitlisted miles & copay upgrades on the 773 flights is a lottery that I would not want to rely on, especially as a non-EXP. Data point: There were almost 50 names on the upgrade list for AA51 ten days ago and not a single one of them cleared, including mine. Had some EXP mileage millionaires as seatmates in 16 B and C which made for interesting conversations 