No IFE for an entire plane but not a bad flight!
Dec 17, 2018, 2:19 pm
#16
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Dec 17, 2018, 2:49 pm
#17
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I fail to understand how anyone can get on an airplane without their own IFE.
I bring an iPad with Kindle books and a paper Killer Sudoku book with me every time. Unless there is a movie that I really want to see, I don't bother with the airplane IFE.
I bring an iPad with Kindle books and a paper Killer Sudoku book with me every time. Unless there is a movie that I really want to see, I don't bother with the airplane IFE.
Dec 17, 2018, 3:08 pm
#18
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And lots of people.
I have a lot of recent engineer graduates in my office now working with me ("millenials")
Just recently they were on a gig to ATL. One of them flew AA (for the sake of status) the others DL.
The AA guy was shocked over the lack of IFE on AA and one of the girls told him "You should have picked the DL flight".
(This conversation happened today, interestingly)
Last edited by carlosdca; Dec 17, 2018 at 3:26 pm
Dec 17, 2018, 4:12 pm
#19
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Well, they do.
And lots of people.
I have a lot of recent engineer graduates in my office now working with me ("millenials")
Just recently they were on a gig to ATL. One of them flew AA (for the sake of status) the others DL.
The AA guy was shocked over the lack of IFE on AA and one of the girls told him "You should have picked the DL flight".
(This conversation happened today, interestingly)
And lots of people.
I have a lot of recent engineer graduates in my office now working with me ("millenials")
Just recently they were on a gig to ATL. One of them flew AA (for the sake of status) the others DL.
The AA guy was shocked over the lack of IFE on AA and one of the girls told him "You should have picked the DL flight".
(This conversation happened today, interestingly)
Yes I know, it is all fluid but there are + and - to all programs.
Dec 17, 2018, 4:32 pm
#20
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Well for what it's worth the leg after PHL was to MIA. When I boarded I was faced with a missing screen and an IPAD holder.... now THAT is what I call a complete failure of IFE!
I burst out laughing and drew a few worried expressions!
I burst out laughing and drew a few worried expressions!
Dec 17, 2018, 6:55 pm
#21
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Southern California
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I was on a brand new 77W HKG-DFW without IFE for the entire flight. Not a problem, the crew were excellent. The Captain thanked everyone at the end of the flight also adding "nobody complained".
Never even considered asking for compensation, but then for me personally not having IFE is really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
Never even considered asking for compensation, but then for me personally not having IFE is really quite trivial in the scheme of things.
Dec 17, 2018, 7:24 pm
#22
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Devil's advocate but IFE is a service that's part of the cost of the ticket. It's expected and advertised on certain routes, certainly long hauls. AA didn't fulfill their obligations. (For the record, I rarely use IFE and prefer reading.)
Dec 17, 2018, 8:04 pm
#23
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Well, I prefer there to be an installed IFE screen, but it looks like it's a 767 and AA is pretty clear about the fact that tablets are distributed in J on these flights....I'm just not sure if that applies to the domestic segments you might find these planes on.