ARCHIVE: 2016 HELP DESK: General questions re aircraft equipment, fleet, seat etc.
#691
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 410
American Business Aircraft 763
Is AA's 763 Business Class the aircraft that has an unmoveable partition between the 2 seats in the middle section of Biz Class? I sat there on an AA flight once but don't remember the aircraft. Thank you.
#692
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
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The newer all aisle access seats do have an immovable partition.
See http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...0-zrh-jfk.html.
We will move this to the aircraft help desk thread soon.
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#693
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: ACC
Programs: AAdvantage, MIleagePlus, Skywards
Posts: 395
AA169 - 1-2-1 layout?
aa.com over seatguru.com?
#694
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Alexandria, Longboat Key
Programs: UA Gold Marriott Gold AA Gold Choice Gold Wyndham PLAT IHG PLAT Avis President's Club Amtrak Select
Posts: 2,255
#696
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,587
For the JL flights, go to the JAL website and look up the schedule. It'll show the aircraft type, including the seating configuration, for each flight number. This helped me avoid old versions of their J seat.
#697
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11
ORD-LHR now using 787?
I've tried to find out if this is accurate or published anywhere but have had no luck. I'm flying OTD-LHR in December. Flights were booked months ago and were supposed to be on 777 of some sort. My seats have been changed and it appears, according to the AA website, that this flight is now a 787. Is this accurate? Does anyone know if these are long term changes to the ORD to Europe equipment? It certainly is an upgrade from the 763s I've flown to Europe with them.
#698
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Chicago
Programs: United 1k, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Plat
Posts: 231
I've tried to find out if this is accurate or published anywhere but have had no luck. I'm flying OTD-LHR in December. Flights were booked months ago and were supposed to be on 777 of some sort. My seats have been changed and it appears, according to the AA website, that this flight is now a 787. Is this accurate? Does anyone know if these are long term changes to the ORD to Europe equipment? It certainly is an upgrade from the 763s I've flown to Europe with them.
#699
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 25
Yes. Looks like beginning on the 15th they are flying at least one 787-8, with the 77W and 763s in the mix too
#700
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 39
B767 or A330 Biz?
Planning a trip to Italy and have the option of booking 767 out of Milan or A330 out of Venice in Biz. Any suggestions or experiences of which is better?
#701
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: USA
Programs: Chase Sapphire Reserve, WFBF
Posts: 1,573
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#702
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SFO
Programs: AA EXP, SPG / Marriott GLD, HHonors GLD
Posts: 520
767 is the staggered configuration with the foothole cubbies like you'll find on DL and others. CIP didn't include IFE so you'll get a Samsung tablet that will be collected prior to landing
A330 is legacy US envoy seats- they were one of the first reverse herringbone products. The seats are a little bit older than some of the other AA installations but I think are hands down better - more private, more storage space, built in IFE, no coffin like cubby hole, etc
Service will be hit or miss either way. I'd go A330
A330 is legacy US envoy seats- they were one of the first reverse herringbone products. The seats are a little bit older than some of the other AA installations but I think are hands down better - more private, more storage space, built in IFE, no coffin like cubby hole, etc
Service will be hit or miss either way. I'd go A330
#703
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 25
I believe they retrofitted the 767-300 a bit but its still a cubbyhole angle seat. I'd go with the old US330 biz class seats. Its a long flight and you want to be as rested as possible when you arrive
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#704
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, SC
Programs: AA Plat, SPG/Marriot Gold, HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Expl
Posts: 2,363
A330 -- no question.
#705
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Incorrect. The renovated 767 seats are lie flat all aisle access.