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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 8, 2015, 3:22 pm

#676

JY1024

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Let's please stay on-topic and discuss the travel-related aspects of this inaugural flight.

Commentary and discussion about passengers (both on-board and in lounges) have been removed. As per the FlyerTalk Rules, please respect the privacy of members and non-members.

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May 8, 2015, 5:03 pm

#677

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bthotugigem05

Not having a window eats into your shoulder room in 19A and the exit door juts out into your footspace. It felt really cramped.

Out of curiosity how tall are you? I'd imagine the exit row would have more space than the other MCE rows (except the bulkhead in front, probably).

May 8, 2015, 6:27 pm

#678

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Didn't get a chance to comment on the Y seats yet, overall the flight was amazing and a great experience, (first inaugural

), however the seats definitely felt narrow, at least compared to the usual Y seat. Great pics posted by many of you and great meeting you all!

May 8, 2015, 7:26 pm

#679

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisremo

Didn't know I missed a coin! Would have preferred that over the other swag we were handed out for sure.

Great report!

There is a "plain" coin in the side pocket of the regular swag bag. The color coins were only given out up front.

Quote:

Originally Posted by diburning

Wow, when United had their first flight, there wasn't this much fanfare. I was on one of the first flights on United for the 787-9 (the stretched version).

Y is exactly what it looks like, barely wide enough for 3-3-3 seating, with two aisles that are barely wide enough to fit a backpack through. The seats are 17 inches wide, with 31 inches of pitch, essentially a 737 seat.

It also looks like AA put slimlines in Y. Yuck. Even United didn't go that far!

The AA & UA seats are comparably comfortable IMO, and I've been on both of UA's types and AA's now. None are great but none are awful. And UA did throw a huge party for the 788 introduction. It did nothing for the 789 launch, though I was on board.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisremo

There were actually more than that, haha. I was 74 on the list and there were still a number of people after me.

A few were non-revs, FWIW.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Debonaire

Does the exit row have a window? (What percentage of the window does it have?)

Not really. If you recline there is part of one but you mostly have wall.

Quote:

Originally Posted by farrish11

All in all it was good. The arm rests were oddly low - I'm only 5'7" but had to "reach down" to put my arms on them. Very unnatural. PTV was incredibly wonky. Seats were much like the new seats on the A319s and A321s, except the 787 has no equipment boxes underneath the seats so it felt like there was twice as much foot room.

The seats are higher off the ground and the arm rests lower IMO. I definitely felt "taller" looking out the window than I did on the ANA or UA 787s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Debonaire

Out of curiosity how tall are you? I'd imagine the exit row would have more space than the other MCE rows (except the bulkhead in front, probably).

Exit row has "infinite" leg room for B/C/J/K. A and L have the door but it is pretty far away. I'd say anything shorter than 6' 4" should be fine for legs, though there may be shoulder squeeze issues because of no window.

The IFE/C was not working properly in a few ways. Hopefully they get that sorted out soon.

Timelapse of the full flight as seen from 28A.

Short clip of takeoff roll.

Short clip of landing.

Some links go to my blog; disclosing such here per FT rules.

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May 8, 2015, 8:34 pm

#680

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bthotugigem05

On approach to ORD

Wow! Great shot of Chicago!

May 8, 2015, 8:53 pm

#681

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ButIsItArt

Some very nice pics and especially the vids!

In the Flickr album, do you recall the seat row and # where you took pictures of the lie-flats? I am guessing it was the mini-cabin (rows 6 and 7).

It was, on the right side of the jet.

May 8, 2015, 9:01 pm

#682

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Thanks for the information on coach, all!

Did anybody happen to notice which row[s] in Y lack windows, other than the exit?

May 8, 2015, 9:31 pm

#683

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stuart83

Did anybody happen to notice which row[s] in Y lack windows, other than the exit?

looks like row 26 and 27 has the misaligned window. simular to united 787 on seat guru

May 8, 2015, 10:01 pm

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Re the bulkhead row/seats....can those seated in the window and middles get by without disturbing the person sitting in the aisle seat?

May 8, 2015, 10:14 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by stuart83

If I may intrude, what were people's experiences of Y seats (granted that they look pretty rough in the photo)? Thanks!

Stuart83, from my perspective, I didn't care much for my coach seat on the aisle on the right side of the aircraft. It was remarkable how often I was bumped throughout the flight. I also found it odd that while noise from the outside was remarkably quiet, the overhead fittings were terribly creaky during turbulence. With that said, the 787 Y seat beat my connecting flight seat, #32E on an MD-80, by a country mile.

May 9, 2015, 12:13 am

#686

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So, I decided to start blogging. I'm no "One Mile at a Time" or "Points Guy" but if anyone's interested in my photos/experience. Check it out: https://chicagocollegetraveler.wordp.../787inaugural/

May 9, 2015, 12:19 am

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Originally Posted by sbm12

There is a "plain" coin in the side pocket of the regular swag bag. The color coins were only given out up front.
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This F class flyer on the ord-Dfw leg didn't get the colorful coin!

May 9, 2015, 1:40 am

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Originally Posted by zrs70

This F class flyer on the ord-Dfw leg didn't get the colorful coin!

I gather the colored coins were handed out by a pilot for DFW-ORD. While he came around the business/first cabin for ORD-DFW he wasn't handing anything out AFAIK.

May 9, 2015, 7:29 am

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UPG list for today's ORD-DFW flight is 23 deep so far....I'll be up front and can't wait

May 9, 2015, 7:59 am

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For those considering the useless Panasonic T-Mobile Wifi, beware:

Unlike Gogo, the system is too stupid to price according to flight distance. Yes, by all means, let's offer a 2 hour, 4 hour and Entire flight duration option on a 1:50 flight.

Oh yeah, love the language options: English or Portugese. LOL. GRU anyone?

When you click on Sign In, you may get a lot of this...

And even when you get to the sign in page, you'll get a lot of this...

And if you lucky enough to wade thru the multi page sign in and get to the payment page and Accept charges, you could get this...

The only time I actually got a payment accepted was on the return flight. After that however, I was unable to load a single web page. The only thing that worked, at glacial speed of course, was email. The interesting thing about the receipt is that it is a German receipt and there is NO CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT NUMBER. Just a head office number in Germany and bank account info.

Even my LH T-Mobile receipts are more user friendly.

The only option to complain and get a refund is email.
What if you only speak Portugese?

I think I'll let Amex deal with these turkeys.

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