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Detailed trip report and pictures have been provided by SFO777 here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24779559-post563.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24780657-post577.html

AA 787 Inaugural Day Flights
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AA2320 DFW-ORD 07:10 - 09:36 Inaugural
F cabin:
marnold3 *# - Seat 1A
AerophilePS - Seat 1D
Gino (EY Residence Guy) - Seat 1H
Sykes *# - Seat 1L
John Cobb *# - Seat 3A
FriendlySkies *# - Seat 3D
ORD2Anywhere - Seat 3H
DylanOakes *# - Seat 3L
ChopChop767 *# - Seat 4A
John Cobb's guest - Seat 4H
SFO777 *# - Seat 5A
beerup * - Seat 6L
---
AA-Flyer-SAN *#
WaterDogg22 #
TexasTL
CalanMan (+1) *#

Y cabin:
daiseee *# - Seat 8B
HansGolden *# - Seat 8H
DWFI @* - Seat 9A
777DFW *# - Seat 9B
GSSmith * - Seat 9C
Pizzaman (MP) - Seat 9D
mommypoints (MP) - Seat 9E
lz80521 - Seat 9K
ffflllyyyeeerrr *# - Seat 10A
airwaysjack - Seat 10B
ParanoiaTX *# - Seat 10C
gleff (MP) - Seat 10J
chrisremo * - Seat 10L
mainerailbaron (MP) - Seat 11L
james1102 *# - Seat 12D
legalalien *# - Seat 13A
firstglobal *# - Seat 13C
CoyoteExecPlatinum (+friend) - Seats 13J & 11H
Greg76248 * - Seat 14A
HGF - Seat 14B
joeypore *# - Seat 14C
rubiety (+1) * - Seats 15A & 15B
N777UA - Seat 16C
steve64 - Seat 17D
CO777 - Seat 18A
Robt760 - Seat 18B
bthotugigem05 *# - Seat 19A
Jacobin777 - Seat 19C
vik4sh (+1) - Seats 19J & 20J
tycoon1980* - Seat 19L
farrish11 * - Seat 20A
marcwint55 - Seat 20C
3million *# - Seat 20H
itchief * - Seat 20J
Chicago Sailor # - 20L
a330300 *# - Seat 21A
JamilD (+1) - Seats 22A & 22B
FlyingSky * - Seat 23A
ORDnHKG - Seat 23C
MSPGabe - Seat 23J
ralf83 - Seat 24A
christopherdc - Seat 24B
Dazed767 - Seat 25A
jgriffin7 * (+1) - Seats 25B & C
bchips *# - Seat 26C
Governor Patten - Seat 26C
sbm12 - 28A
P50andPilot * - Seat 29A
---
MatthewLAX *#

Total: 17F/55Y = 72 (32% of 226 seats)

Code:


---|- A -------------|---------------|-----------------||- D -----------|------------------|- H ----------||--------------------|---------|- L -----------------|--- 
01 | marnold3        | ------------- | --------------- || AerophilePS   | ---------------- | Gino         || ------------------ | ------- | Sykes               | 01 
02 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 02 
03 | John Cobb       | ------------- | --------------- || FriendlySkies | ---------------- | ORD2Anywhere || ------------------ | ------- | DylanOakes          | 03 
04 | ChopChop767     | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- | John Cobb+1  || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 04 
05 | SFO777          | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 05 
06 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- | beerup              | 06 
07 |                 | ------------- | --------------- ||               | ---------------- |              || ------------------ | ------- |                     | 07 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
08 |                 | daiseee       |                 ||               |                  | HansGolden   ||                    |         |                     | 08 
09 | DWFI            | 777DFW        | GSSmith         || Pizzaman (MP) | mommypoints (MP) |              ||                    | lz80521 |                     | 09 
10 | ffflllyyyeeerrr | airwaysjack   | ParanoiaTX      ||               |                  |              || gleff (MP)         |         | chrisremo           | 10 
11 |                 |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | Mach92  | mainerailbaron (MP) | 11 
12 |                 |               |                 || james1102     |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 12 
13 | legalalien      |               | firstglobal     ||               |                  |              || CoyoteExecPlatinum |         |                     | 13 
14 | Greg76248       | HGF           | joeypore        ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 14 
15 | rubiety         | rubiety+1     |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 15 
16 |                 |               | N777UA          ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 16 
17 |                 |               |                 || steve64       |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 17 
18 | CO777           | ------------- | Robt760         ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 18 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
19 | bthotugigem05   |               | Jacobin777      || ------------- | ---------------- | ------------ || vik4sh             |         | tycoon1980          | 19 
20 | farrish11       |               | marcwint55      ||               |                  | 3million     || itchief            |         | Chicago Sailor      | 20 
21 | a330300         |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 21 
22 | JamilD          |  JamilD+1     |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 22 
23 | FlyingSky       |               | ORDnHKG         ||               |                  |              || MSPGabe            |         |                     | 23 
24 | Ralf83          | ChristopherDC |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 24 
25 | Dazed767        | jgriffin7     | jgriffin7+1     ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 25 
26 |                 |               | bchips          ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 26 
27 |                 |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 27 
28 | sbm12           |               |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    |         |                     | 28 
29 | P50andPilot     | ------------- |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 29 
30 |                 | ------------- |                 ||               |                  |              ||                    | ------- |                     | 30 
---|- A -------------|- B -----------|- C -------------||- D -----------|- E --------------|- H ----------||- J ----------------|- K -----|- L -----------------|--- 
Updated to: Post 534 and 05/06/15 5:20 CST

AA2334 ORD-DFW 12:10 - 14:57
F cabin:
steve64 - Seat 1H
DylanOakes *# - Seat 1L
Sykes*# - Seat 2A
SFO777 *# - Seat 2L
bthotugigem05 - Seat 3A *
CO777 - Seat 5A
Kiwi Flyer *@ - Seat 6D
gleff (MP) - Seat 7A
Zrs70 - seat 6L
Y cabin:
fAAn * - Seat 9A
violist - seat 12A
Stumblefoot *# - Seat 13J
itchief* - Seat 19C
bchips *# - Seat 4H

AA2373 DFW-ORD 17:25 - 19:56
F cabin:
DylanOakes *# - Seat 2A
uncguy85 *

Y cabin:
fAAn * - Seat 8A
dfwmusicman * Seat 19K
GSSmith * - Seat 9J

AA2373 ORD-DFW 22:25 - 01:00
F cabin:
dfwmusicman * Seat 1L
JamilD (+1) - Seats 1A & 2A
jgriffin7 * (+1) - Seats 2D & 2H
GSSmith * - Seat 5A
Y cabin:

Pre-inaugural DFW Hotels

Grand Hyatt
SFO777
CO777
Sykes
daiseee
FriendlySkies
HGF
ChopChop767
Tycoon1980
firstglobal

Hyatt Regency
legalalien
ParanoiaTX
Chicago Sailor
FlyingSky
DylanOakes
bchips

Westin DFW
farrish11
AA-Flyer-SAN
Waterdogg22

Grand Hyatt DFW for Drinks (@ Grand Met Lounge in hotel) - 8:30pm on 5/6

FlyingSky
legalalien
ChopChop767
HGF
ssafro1
farrish11
Sykes (I'll be there around 9 PM if people are still around.)

Arrivals:

bthotugigem05 (lives in Dallas, can meet when/wherever)
ChopChop767 *# (VX 733 arriving DAL 2:00PM)
farrish11 * (around all day)
CO777
daiseee *#
Chicago Sailor #
itchief * (lives in Ft Worth)
ORDnHKG (UA4997 arriving DFW 12:16pm)
FlyingSky * (UA3744 arriving DFW 11am)
legalalien *# (UA5578 arriving DFW 3:39pm)
FriendlySkies *# (AA1480 arriving DFW at 5:34pm)
firstglobal *# (AA2473 arriving DFW 7:41pm)
DylanOakes *# (AA2337 arriving DFW at 11:00am)
ParanoiaTX *# (AA1563 arriving DFW 8:29P)
AA-Flyer-SAN *# (AA2485 arriving DFW 8:32P)
WaterDog22 # (AA2485 arriving DFW 8:32P)
HGF (UA6437 arriving DFW 8:39P)
Sykes *# (AA193 arriving DFW 8:43P)
SFO777 *# (AA1491 arriving DFW 8:43P)
Tycoon1980 * (AA3239 arriving DFW 8:51pm)
bchips *# (AA1242 arriving DFW 7:14pm)

AA 787-8 Dreamliner 788 Inaugural Flight - DFW-ORD 7 May 2015

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Feb 18, 2015, 11:33 pm

#226

chrisremo

Join Date: Jan 2015

Location: LHR

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Posts: 773

This is maybe a dumb question, but how are people finding such cheap fares at this point? Mine was close to $400 for just the one leg. Is it because it ends up being cheaper if it's just one leg of a longer journey in some cases?

Feb 19, 2015, 12:23 am

#227

AA-Flyer-SAN

Join Date: Feb 2012

Location: SAN

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Posts: 1,260

Through cities

Feb 19, 2015, 1:44 am

#228

paranoiatx

Join Date: May 2009

Location: Seattle, WA

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Posts: 833

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisremo

Exactly. Hub-to-hub tends to be most expensive, but continuing on to somewhere "small" often has a huge impact. Also works if you start somewhere not DFW. For instance AUS-DFW-ORD that morning (5:05a

) is $259.

Feb 19, 2015, 6:12 am

#229

SFO777

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AA-Flyer-SAN

Through cities

Indeed. My ORD-DFW-DEN was cheaper than ORD-DFW.

Feb 19, 2015, 11:57 am

#230

lz80521

Join Date: May 2013

Posts: 315

Quote:

Originally Posted by AA-Flyer-SAN

Through cities

Agreed. My DFW-ORD-RIC was $218.

Feb 19, 2015, 12:48 pm

#231

869

Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: DFW

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Posts: 1,590

I see 2320 has been zeroed out again in Y. Still hoping I get a chance to fix my mistake here.

Feb 19, 2015, 1:44 pm

#232

imapilotaz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by paranoiatx

Exactly. Hub-to-hub tends to be most expensive, but continuing on to somewhere "small" often has a huge impact. Also works if you start somewhere not DFW. For instance AUS-DFW-ORD that morning (5:05a

) is $259.

I know you put "Small" in parenthesis, but just to clarify that its more about to a 3rd destination. I would imagine that if you actually chose a "small" market like TVC, FWA, AZO, LSE, DBQ, etc... the fare would not go down

Feb 19, 2015, 9:36 pm

#233

paranoiatx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by imapilotaz

You're absolutely right. I guess it applies to 3rd destinations of all sizes; it depends a lot more on the competitive landscape of the particular market.

Feb 19, 2015, 9:51 pm

#234

AA-Flyer-SAN

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 869

I see 2320 has been zeroed out again in Y. Still hoping I get a chance to fix my mistake here.

Currently shows oversold by 2 in Y and 28/28 in F

Feb 20, 2015, 1:05 am

#235

DWFI

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: NYC, SLC, LAX

Programs: AA EXP, UA Plat

Posts: 3,951

20A/B and 20K/L are open in case anyone wants a window. They are preferred seats ($14 without status).

Feb 20, 2015, 6:18 am

#236

farrish11

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: PDK/ATL/TNG (ex-MIA)

Programs: DL Platinum, AA Platinum, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Gold

Posts: 664

4 window seats in Y opened up this morning, probably from award 5-day holds expiring last night. In the time it's taken me to get the computer 3 have disappeared. 27L is there for the taking though.

Feb 20, 2015, 8:45 am

#237

tycoon1980

Join Date: Sep 2013

Programs: Hilton Diamond, AA EXP, Hyatt Plat

Posts: 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSPGabe

Got my ticket purchased last night. Had to use my CC, as PayPal didn't work. Not an issue...

Also, my fare went down $3. $204 for DFW-ORD-DSM on the inaugural isn't bad at all! Very excited!

Great price. My CID DFW ORD CID was a bit more then your price. CID always makes the price higher.

Feb 20, 2015, 10:07 am

#238

PJV33

Join Date: Mar 2013

Posts: 90

Hey all. Wish I could be joining you on the inaugural flight but I live way too far away.

I was in Charleston yesterday visiting some family and I noticed on my arrival into CHS 5 new 787's on the tarmac outside the Boeing facility. (UA,AC,AA,HU,AI) I had my brother drive me around the plant so I could take some pictures. (yes, Boeing security chased me down and requested I delete all my photos, obviously I did not comply)

On our way from lunch I look up from the car and lo and behold, there's the AA 787 coming back from it's test flight (pic 4).

I hope you enjoy the pics, like I said I had to work fast due to security so I apologize for the quality and or angles/lighting.

http://imgur.com/zeQX4h1
http://imgur.com/QRchPhY
http://imgur.com/oIgl5zc
http://imgur.com/GRMFR8x
http://imgur.com/bAnqHbn

Feb 20, 2015, 1:09 pm

#239

farrish11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PJV33

http://imgur.com/zeQX4h1
http://imgur.com/QRchPhY
http://imgur.com/oIgl5zc
http://imgur.com/GRMFR8x
http://imgur.com/bAnqHbn

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Feb 20, 2015, 3:47 pm

#240

chrisremo

Join Date: Jan 2015

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Posts: 773

Quote:

Originally Posted by PJV33

Looking great! Thanks!