777 MCE middle or standard aisle?
Sep 4, 2018, 12:48 pm
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777 MCE middle or standard aisle?
At JAX for a small flight to Miami then a 777 to LAX. I got assigned freely an MCE middle seat in the middle of the plane... but I can change for free to an aisle (non MCE). My main question is... would you... and my other question is... do I still get free wine as a non paying MCE sitter? its a domestic flight.
Obviously I will ask the gate agent in Miami to upgrade me (JAX said they cannot) to an aisle or exit row MCE but no guarantees those still exist.
Thoughts ? Limited experience on American. Thanks in advance !
Obviously I will ask the gate agent in Miami to upgrade me (JAX said they cannot) to an aisle or exit row MCE but no guarantees those still exist.
Thoughts ? Limited experience on American. Thanks in advance !
Sep 4, 2018, 1:01 pm
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At JAX for a small flight to Miami then a 777 to LAX. I got assigned freely an MCE middle seat in the middle of the plane... but I can change for free to an aisle (non MCE). My main question is... would you... and my other question is... do I still get free wine as a non paying MCE sitter? its a domestic flight.
Obviously I will ask the gate agent in Miami to upgrade me (JAX said they cannot) to an aisle or exit row MCE but no guarantees those still exist.
Thoughts ? Limited experience on American. Thanks in advance !
Obviously I will ask the gate agent in Miami to upgrade me (JAX said they cannot) to an aisle or exit row MCE but no guarantees those still exist.
Thoughts ? Limited experience on American. Thanks in advance !
Sep 4, 2018, 1:10 pm
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To me it comes down to this - are you in an MCE "middle" seat in the Premium Economy section (seating layout 2-4-2) or are you in an MCE "middle" seat in the Economy section (seating layout 3-4-3)? I'd take a middle seat in 2-4-2, otherwise if it is in the regular economy section I'd take an aisle seat and pay the $7 for a drink.
Sep 4, 2018, 1:15 pm
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Thanks. I’ve been assigned for free an MCE middle seat on a 3-4-3. But it might not matter anymore. The free economy economy aisle seat seems gone. Fingers crossed the extra legroom is worth being stuck in between two people.
Sep 4, 2018, 1:45 pm
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I'd choose MCE for the legroom (I'm 6'). The aisle in a standard seat isn't much of an upgrade in the now 10 across seating, so that the aisles are very narrow, and you will be bumped by FAs, people and carts while sitting there.
Sep 20, 2018, 9:39 am
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Sorry, no. that's not how the MCE free drinks benefit works. There's an entire thread on here where that very issue (of paying vs not paying getting free drinks ) is discussed.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...iquor-mce.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...iquor-mce.html
Sep 26, 2018, 11:00 am
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