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Boeing 787-9 Main Cabin and Main Cabin Extra Seats and Service
The 787-9 stretched version of the Dreamliner entered service October 6, 2016.
The aircraft accommodates 207 Main Cabin seats plus 27 Main Cabin Extra seats (for a total of 234 Economy seats)

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Boeing 787-9 / 789: Coach, MCE & Premium Economy Seat, Service (master thd) ...

Old Sep 11, 2016, 1:58 pm
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Originally Posted by econometrics
I just did some looking at a May 22 DFW-MAD on the 789 for a trip to TLV. AA is blocking out the PE seats for that flight, now.

Looks like they might want to start selling PE for the summer season?

Our DFW-MAD on April 22nd has the option to select PE seats.
I don't think AA will start selling W with just six 787-9s in fleet. The remaining eight 787-9s scheduled for 2017 will be delivered from May 2017 onward. It's possible an equipment switch may happen in May. Starting later this month, AA will have four 777s at HAECO undergoing CIP, drastically accelerating the CIP in order to finish by the end of next summer. Long term, I'd be very surprised if AA uses the 787-9 on routes such as DFW-MAD, which are much better for DFW-PVG due to the range, whereas the 772s will be doing mostly TATL/Deep South America runs.
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 2:33 pm
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Both DFW-MAD and DFW-GRU on 04/01/2017 PE seats are available to select but on 04/02/2017 forward the PE seats are blocked for the misc. dates that I looked at.
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 8:00 pm
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I got the bulkhead (footrest) PE seats DFW-CDG in Feb but wasn't book able for MAD-DFW in June.
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 8:13 pm
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Since these flights were loaded, it was only possible to get seats assignments in PE through March.
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Old Sep 11, 2016, 9:56 pm
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Flying it Oct 28th DFW-LAX in the PE seats right now; feel free to message me if anyone else will be on this flight. Maybe we could make a wiki for the domestic flights (not counting or counting the inaugural)?
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Old Sep 14, 2016, 4:26 pm
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That looks like a nice PE cabin. Good separation between seats.
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Old Sep 15, 2016, 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by gwade
That looks like a nice PE cabin. Good separation between seats.
Agreed.....really nice P/E-----although without getting a video tour not quite as good as CX which has some nice "user friendly" features that might make it a nicer place to be, but nevertheless, great product I think.

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Old Sep 15, 2016, 7:35 pm
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PE bulkhead looks tight, given it is supposed to have a footrest.
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Old Sep 17, 2016, 4:16 pm
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Originally Posted by oysterhead43
PE bulkhead looks tight, given it is supposed to have a footrest.
Weird. I seem to have found the same photo less cropped and it looks to have decent room. Oddity of perspective perhaps?

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Old Sep 17, 2016, 4:37 pm
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There are a couple versions of the photo of W/Y. The fullest version of the photo shows the first row of W with two full windows, which with the Dreamliner, is plenty of space. I imagine the two window seats won't be a major issue in order to get in and out without disturbing the aisle passenger.
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Old Sep 17, 2016, 6:38 pm
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Originally Posted by gwade
Weird. I seem to have found the same photo less cropped and it looks to have decent room. Oddity of perspective perhaps?

Now that DOES look better. Excited to hear reports, I have the two right side bulkhead seats booked DFW-CDG next February (sAAvers).
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Old Sep 18, 2016, 1:21 pm
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Can't wait to try out the PE seats next month.
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Old Sep 21, 2016, 7:54 am
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Bulkhead for W looks roomy!
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Old Oct 24, 2016, 10:26 am
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Flew these seats last Wednesday with my dad. Seats 10 K and J. I really liked them way better than the WT+ seats I have flown in the past. The IFE screen was bigger. The Tray table was more than adequate. Good pitch and recline. I wouldn't hesitate at all to fly to Europe and back in these seats. I didn't utilize the footrest at all but my dad who is about 6'1" slept almost the entire flight with his feet on the footrest and he indicated he really appreciated it being there. The bulkhead seats have TONS of room.
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Old Oct 25, 2016, 7:37 pm
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Yuck....

I noticed that the seats in Y on the 789 now have leather seat covers.

I truly hope this is a 789-exclusive thing rather than AA following UA's and DL's lead by adding leather in Y on widebody aircraft. It looks so cheap and tacky-plus IMHO, it's incredibly uncomfortable.
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