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Jul 26, 2009, 6:51 pm

#46

ijgordon

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Originally Posted by troyb

Thanks for all the responses. I'm surprised to hear that the catering is basically the same between J and F on AA.

It is and it isn't. The main course choices will be the same, but presentation is much nicer and portion sizes are larger in F. The starters are nicer in F too, a smoked salmon cart and a salad cart. And desert in F is a made-to-order ice cream sundae with choice of toppings; I think they're still just doing a prepared ice cream scoop in a glass in J.

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I guess I should be a little more clear in my posting, I am comparing CO J and AA F. I know that the F seat will be better. I guess the question is - is the AA F worth possibly missing DL Platinum (or the new fourth tier) this year? The 14,000 or so elite miles might be the difference to me.

Well that's a personal question. Is a somewhat better experience for 16 or so hours of you life worth sacrificing a better experience for the next 12 months? I'd probably stick with CO as elite status is very important to me, and I find CO J on the 777 to be a very good product. However, if you just can't sleep on the lie-flat slanted seats, then you might be better off on AA.

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One more question - how is the IFE on AA in F? Did I see that they still use tapes up front??

No, the tapes are long gone. It's touch screen AVOD. So is CO, but the CO system is better, IMHO. I think they have like 250 movies (although a lot of them are "classics" like Casablanca or Godfather).

Jul 26, 2009, 7:03 pm

#47

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No one can tell the OP how important maintaining status is to him/her, compared to getting a better seat. All I can say is that on such a long flight the seat counts for a lot. In particular, coming back (1am-5am), I would love to be able to stretch out and sleep for a long time, and AA's slantboard J seats just don't do the job. I have not flown CO so can't compare.

Jul 26, 2009, 7:09 pm

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troyb

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Thanks again for all the responses, very helpful.

Jul 26, 2009, 9:27 pm

#49

billgrates3

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Originally Posted by JohnFortWorth

Yup. It books into A. ExpertFlyer lists the fare as DLXRTUP. The base fare is 8756.00. It looks like it's only offered Sun to Thurs.

Wow! I feel like a real schnook, having only spent $1496 for SFO-ORD-DEL r/t, then using 2 eVIPs to get what someone wants to spend $4500 to $8k for. As for Mrs.G, it cost 200k RDMs for her award ticket, incl. the F segments back from India. Are we cheapskates or what?

Jul 27, 2009, 7:03 pm

#50

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Originally Posted by billgrates3

If you are a cheapskate, then I'm a double cheapskate!

I've upgraded twice in this year on that exact itinerary (SFO-ORD-DEL r/t). Capacity on the DEL flights in J and F are generally light from my experience.

Jul 27, 2009, 7:17 pm

#51

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Originally Posted by mvedda

If you are a cheapskate, then I'm a double cheapskate!

I've upgraded twice in this year on that exact itinerary (SFO-ORD-DEL r/t). Capacity on the DEL flights in J and F are generally light from my experience.

Solidarity of the cheapskates, right on!

... agreed about the capacity issue, J was not full either way - in fact coming back DEL-ORD, J was only about 2/3 full.

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