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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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May 7, 2015, 10:23 am

#586

SJC AA

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Those J seats look extremely tight at the shoulders. And if they're less roomy than the A321 F seats, then they are MUCH less roomy than the 77W J seats. Too bad.

May 7, 2015, 10:29 am

#587

MrMan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by arollins

70 people on the upgrade list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at what point you will think that it is not worth it?
Thanks for sharing. I couldn't get the time to be on this due to other travelling commitments this week, but will get a chance to fly on it next weekend. Enjoy.

Pretty standard on DFW-ORD

May 7, 2015, 10:38 am

#588

AlwaysAisle

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmeeker

man, they are really packed in back in the Y cabin

Cool, I am planning to fly on AA’s 787 in few days!

That is the same thought I had when I flew UA’s 787s. Both AA and UA are planning to use 787s on long haul international flights easily lasting 10 hours or longer. But Y cabin looked as packing seats as many as possible and not much of room to stretch around. Y seating was fine for IAH-EWR and IAH-DEN flight on 787, but stuck in that seats for 10 hours plus flights? Wish AA and UA would give such consideration in Y cabin, but I think that is asking too much… 3-4-3 Y cabin seating on 77W and now 772 Y cabin is becoming 3-4-3 also…

May 7, 2015, 10:43 am

#589

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is the entire J(F) cabin forward of the L2 door?

May 7, 2015, 10:49 am

#590

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Cool! I'm looking forward to the 2nd pair of 787 flights this evening!

May 7, 2015, 11:21 am

#591

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer

Thanks for the report SFO777 ^

+1! Should have known SFO777 would come through with a great report! ^

Can't believe I had to cancel

May 7, 2015, 11:36 am

#592

JY1024

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The two concurrent discussions about the inaugural 777 DFW-ORD flight have been merged. I've added links to SFO777's pictures at the top of the thread wiki.

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May 7, 2015, 12:13 pm

#593

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As a monthly plan customer of Gogo's, the fact that the WiFi is T-Mobile discourages me from using it. It sounds more like Southwest's wifi, which I would use when I was an A-List Preferred member because it was free, but I'd only do very basic phone-based email checks and the occasional mobile-optimized web page.

May 7, 2015, 12:43 pm

#594

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Posts: 2,384

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick

As a monthly plan customer of Gogo's, the fact that the WiFi is T-Mobile discourages me from using it.

How are you going to use Gogo if you fly internationally? These planes are destined for international routes with only the odd domestic route for repositioning etc. so far.

You're surely not implying that they should fit these planes with Gogo now, and then change them to T-mobile when they start international flights in a month's time.

I guess for anyone who wants to really use Gogo, they should avoid the 787s.

May 7, 2015, 12:53 pm

#595

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On the ORD-DFW May 7 as I write. Lots of happy people here in F. We got the same swag as the inbound flight passengers, including the coin!

May 7, 2015, 12:57 pm

#596

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Geez they couldn't manage a full PDB even on an inaugural?! Looks like it was just OJ/Water?

May 7, 2015, 1:07 pm

#597

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

...any chance anyone can snag an extra coin?

A guy can wish. They seem very nice!

May 7, 2015, 1:18 pm

#598

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bmchris

I'm more interested in finding out if even 1 person cleared. I would be surprised if there were any "no shows".

There were 81 people on the list at pushback. No one cleared.
There were also tons of folks on anytime awards.

An FA told me that the flight had 78 Executive Platinums.

May 7, 2015, 1:27 pm

#599

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I tried copying my pictures in but they're much too large.

Would be easier to just go here to view...sorry!

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...d.main/265032/

May 7, 2015, 1:35 pm

#600

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My hearty congratulations to each and every one of you!

SFO777, thanks for the photo stream.