LAX - DFW Red eye recommendations
May 20, 2015, 10:01 pm
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LAX - DFW Red eye recommendations
Seeking advice. I need to fly LAX to DFW on either the 1215a or 1255a redeye flight. Which one should i choose to have a better chance of getting an upgrade to first class?
i am PLT on AA, and will be flying on a discounted Y fare.
The 1215a flight is a 763, the 1255a flight is a 32B.
My flight will be on a Thursday night in August. And both first classes look empty. Should i assume the later flight will be more empty by the time my flight comes around? However the earlier flight is a 767.
i am PLT on AA, and will be flying on a discounted Y fare.
The 1215a flight is a 763, the 1255a flight is a 32B.
My flight will be on a Thursday night in August. And both first classes look empty. Should i assume the later flight will be more empty by the time my flight comes around? However the earlier flight is a 767.
May 20, 2015, 11:12 pm
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The 767 has 30 F seats while the 32B has 16. That would point me to the 767.
May 21, 2015, 12:26 am
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That, and an upgrade on the 767 means you have a seat that you've got some chance of a decent nap on.
May 21, 2015, 12:51 am
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767, easy choice.
May 21, 2015, 2:01 am
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I assume you are using sticker (x class) upgrades? Should be SWU and mile space now to book, no?
May 21, 2015, 7:01 am
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Incidentally, those flights are truly horrible if you want to hit the ground running the following day. You really can't get enough sleep to feel refreshed - or at least I can't.
May 21, 2015, 7:11 am
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May 21, 2015, 7:23 am
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I dunno... ANC-SEA is about the worst red-eye I've ever taken.
May 21, 2015, 8:24 am
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May 21, 2015, 9:52 am
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May 21, 2015, 10:04 am
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What a choice! "Take me out and shoot me" or "shoot me and take me out". 
But the 763 still has the older, more comfy seats, so I'd go for MCE / Exit (no, I'd really try hard for the crew rest seats in row 17!) rather than the relatively unpadded, slidey seats in the 32B.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
But the 763 still has the older, more comfy seats, so I'd go for MCE / Exit (no, I'd really try hard for the crew rest seats in row 17!) rather than the relatively unpadded, slidey seats in the 32B.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
May 21, 2015, 11:17 am
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Thanks for the feedback. The 767 wins.
The reason i'm doing it is I promised my 6 year old son and his friends i would take him camping that day, and then a business trip came up. Put the two together and you get a red eye flight. Now that does sound like a prefect AA commercial, doesn't it.
Anyone in marketing listening?
The reason i'm doing it is I promised my 6 year old son and his friends i would take him camping that day, and then a business trip came up. Put the two together and you get a red eye flight. Now that does sound like a prefect AA commercial, doesn't it.
Anyone in marketing listening?
May 21, 2015, 11:25 am
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What a choice! "Take me out and shoot me" or "shoot me and take me out".
But the 763 still has the older, more comfy seats, so I'd go for MCE / Exit (no, I'd really try hard for the crew rest seats in row 17!) rather than the relatively unpadded, slidey seats in the 32B.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
But the 763 still has the older, more comfy seats, so I'd go for MCE / Exit (no, I'd really try hard for the crew rest seats in row 17!) rather than the relatively unpadded, slidey seats in the 32B.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...solidated.html
all the row 17 seats were booked.
Got the first row instead.
May 21, 2015, 11:34 am
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If you don't get your upgrade, perhaps someone in those seats will. Keep your eye on 'em; I had some decent sleep in one of those on, iirc, a SFO-ORD (or was it ORD-SFO?) good luck; it's heartening, IMO, that you're doing this and teaching your son some great values. ^
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