Red Eye on 757 LAX to BOS, upgrade worth it?
Sep 9, 2009, 2:42 am
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Red Eye choices on LAX-BOS/IAD have been a choice of:
+Cheese/Cracker/Fruit Plate
+Cold Salad with Chicken or other protein on top
+Bowl of Soup (Sometimes you have to ask for this, as the FA's either don't want to offer/bother with it, or possibly are wanting it for themselves)
Usually a PDB is offered, regular beverage choice after take off, and coffee/juice before arrival.
+Cheese/Cracker/Fruit Plate
+Cold Salad with Chicken or other protein on top
+Bowl of Soup (Sometimes you have to ask for this, as the FA's either don't want to offer/bother with it, or possibly are wanting it for themselves)
Usually a PDB is offered, regular beverage choice after take off, and coffee/juice before arrival.
Side note, I didn't think SEA/SAN-JFK was AFS service, but fairly close, but I could be wrong, I've never taken either flight.
Sep 9, 2009, 6:24 am
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It depends on your mission, if you have nothing to do once you arrive, coach is fine. If u need to be rested upon arrival, upgrade would be cool. Back in the day when I was Plat, I would ask for an empty row and block the 2 seats next to me. A few pillows and blankets would make me sleep like a baby.
Sep 9, 2009, 6:49 am
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LAS-MIA is not an AFS routes.
AFS routes - those between SEA/SFO/LAX/SAN-BOS/NYC/WAS/MIA - have meal service on redeyes, although its not at all a "meal," more of a snack. Typically a cheese/fruit plate, and maybe something else. I haven't been on a redeye in forever. Whats the AFS food on redeyes nowadays?
AFS routes - those between SEA/SFO/LAX/SAN-BOS/NYC/WAS/MIA - have meal service on redeyes, although its not at all a "meal," more of a snack. Typically a cheese/fruit plate, and maybe something else. I haven't been on a redeye in forever. Whats the AFS food on redeyes nowadays?
Strangely, the two westbound flights - even the 3:55 p.m. departure are snack and not meals. Probably a function of low-revenue travelers.
Sep 9, 2009, 7:00 am
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Even as I was a PLT headed to EXP, I was saving my stickers for a few purposes:
1) I know that one unfortunate day in the future, I will drop back down to PLT and need stickers. (They're like a security blanket for me...)
2) There will probably also come a time while I am EXP that I would like to upgrade a companion using my stickers. Having a few in the "bank" would be handy...
Sep 9, 2009, 7:04 am
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Then I must already be asleep when they come around because I don't remember ever seeing it.
By the way what does AFS stand for?
By the way what does AFS stand for?
Sep 9, 2009, 7:14 am
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(IFS = International Flagship Service)
(A good place to check is the AA Forum glossary: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/6629120-post5.html)
Sep 9, 2009, 7:40 am
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AFS = American Flagship Service
(IFS = International Flagship Service)
(A good place to check is the AA Forum glossary: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/6629120-post5.html)
(IFS = International Flagship Service)
(A good place to check is the AA Forum glossary: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/6629120-post5.html)
The full list of premium cabin meal services:
AFS = American Flagship Service (2-class or 3-class nonstop transcon service)
IFS = International Flagship Service (to/from Europe, Asia, India, and Deep South America [Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile])
HFS = Hawaiian Flagship Service
LFS = Latin Flagship Service (South America short-haul: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru)
Other premium cabin meal services are considered "basic" or "basic plus" depending on market, including domestic [non-transcon], Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and Central America. LFS is not much different from "basic plus" in that it includes typical domestic setup/entree, with the addition of a very minimal pre-arrival snack--usually fruit/cheese or some kind of muffin for redeyes.
(Bolivia is technically IFS, along with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, but I wouldn't fork over an eVIP or miles+copay to upgrade to J unless the equipment is the 75L.)
Sep 9, 2009, 8:46 am
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Of course you can look at them for the same flight a few days earlier, just use the procedure FWAAA described. However, it will tell you absolutely nothing about the flight you are on a few days later.
Sep 9, 2009, 1:02 pm
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On aa.com, go to Reservations -> View Available Seats and enter the flight number, date and class of service, etc. You'll get to see the front cabin and the configuration. I can live with an exit row window on LAX-BOS redeye with an eyeshade, foam earplugs and BOSE headphones and iPod soft music (foam earplugs block noise - without them, no way for me to sleep).
It depends on your mission, if you have nothing to do once you arrive, coach is fine. If u need to be rested upon arrival, upgrade would be cool. Back in the day when I was Plat, I would ask for an empty row and block the 2 seats next to me. A few pillows and blankets would make me sleep like a baby.
I would prefer to be a bit more rested upon arrival, but, doubt it'll make a huge difference between exit row and 5F, and I am not really sitting on many stickers these days anyway.
Sep 9, 2009, 3:41 pm
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LAS-MIA is not an AFS routes.
AFS routes - those between SEA/SFO/LAX/SAN-BOS/NYC/WAS/MIA - have meal service on redeyes, although its not at all a "meal," more of a snack. Typically a cheese/fruit plate, and maybe something else. I haven't been on a redeye in forever. Whats the AFS food on redeyes nowadays?
AFS routes - those between SEA/SFO/LAX/SAN-BOS/NYC/WAS/MIA - have meal service on redeyes, although its not at all a "meal," more of a snack. Typically a cheese/fruit plate, and maybe something else. I haven't been on a redeye in forever. Whats the AFS food on redeyes nowadays?
Sep 9, 2009, 5:24 pm
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Sep 9, 2009, 5:27 pm
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Sep 9, 2009, 9:59 pm
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Hmmm....I can't imagine AA serves its tuna steak anything less than fully cooked. Which means, IMHO, that it can't possibly be "really good" or even just plain ol' good. But since I haven't tasted it, I guess I'll have to defer judgment...
Sep 9, 2009, 10:08 pm
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OK, I suppose I should have said 'really good for airline food'---and the side dishes went well with fully cooked fish! If given the choice (like JL or SQ F), I'll take my tuna as sashimi, thank you! I just really appreciate AA taking the effort to cater these red-eyes, as opposed to some of the competition...
