ARCHIVE: 2017 HELP DESK: General questions re aircraft equipment, fleet, seats, IFE,
Jan 29, 2017, 5:06 am
#46
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Wifi is spotty at times. There will be overhead tv monitors, but there are also several versions of 738, some that have their own IFE.
Jan 29, 2017, 6:01 am
#47
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Streaming to your own device is also an option. If twiddling your thumbs is scary proposition, you could get really crazy and read a book.
Jan 29, 2017, 7:15 am
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Not to Las Vegas. OP will either have overhead monitors and audio channels or if he/she gets lucky and flies on a 73A (N939NN/3LC+) there will be seat back IFE. No real way to tell until 24-36 hours before hand and it is subject to change.
Jan 29, 2017, 9:28 am
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Fair play! Although i am not an avid reader. It seems as though AA does not have the best offering to LAS. Does anyone have some experience?
Jan 29, 2017, 8:27 pm
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Jan 29, 2017, 11:20 pm
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Implementation of true MCE in the legacy US fleet (aside from designating exit rows and bulkhead rows as MCE) will take time, if it ever happens. I have my doubts. The good news is, premium economy is coming to all widebodies except 767s. I do have confidence that AA will follow through on that. Eventually the 332s will get it.
Jan 30, 2017, 5:42 am
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Jan 30, 2017, 8:34 am
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I think the best combination of comfort and technology would be the 777-200/300 in MCE. Still 3-3-3 with a reasonably wide seat. You *might* get an old 777-200 which is 2-5-2, doesn't have MCE, but does have some exit rows, and does have individual IFE and possibly power ports (easy enough to check).
As others have said with the 763, the interiors are old and bare-boned, but the seats, especially in the MCE mini-cabin are pretty good.
The 332s get favorable reviews, but limited MCE, and I think they only fly from PHL and CLT, which means a longer cross-country trip in a narrowbody. That said, maybe it's better to break up the flight that way since you're in coach. In First/Business you almost always want the international flight to be as long as you can get it.
So there are a lot of pros and cons to weigh!
Jan 30, 2017, 11:26 am
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All the Airbus widebodies (the 332/333s, though I think they're dumping the 333s) are legacy US. There are some narrowbody Airbuses (321 and I think 319) that are legacy AA.
I think the best combination of comfort and technology would be the 777-200/300 in MCE. Still 3-3-3 with a reasonably wide seat. You *might* get an old 777-200 which is 2-5-2, doesn't have MCE, but does have some exit rows, and does have individual IFE and possibly power ports (easy enough to check).
As others have said with the 763, the interiors are old and bare-boned, but the seats, especially in the MCE mini-cabin are pretty good.
The 332s get favorable reviews, but limited MCE, and I think they only fly from PHL and CLT, which means a longer cross-country trip in a narrowbody. That said, maybe it's better to break up the flight that way since you're in coach. In First/Business you almost always want the international flight to be as long as you can get it.
So there are a lot of pros and cons to weigh!
I think the best combination of comfort and technology would be the 777-200/300 in MCE. Still 3-3-3 with a reasonably wide seat. You *might* get an old 777-200 which is 2-5-2, doesn't have MCE, but does have some exit rows, and does have individual IFE and possibly power ports (easy enough to check).
As others have said with the 763, the interiors are old and bare-boned, but the seats, especially in the MCE mini-cabin are pretty good.
The 332s get favorable reviews, but limited MCE, and I think they only fly from PHL and CLT, which means a longer cross-country trip in a narrowbody. That said, maybe it's better to break up the flight that way since you're in coach. In First/Business you almost always want the international flight to be as long as you can get it.
So there are a lot of pros and cons to weigh!
As this is really a general discussion about AA aircraft. We will now merge it into the active HELP DESK thread.
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Last edited by JDiver; Jan 30, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Jan 30, 2017, 1:42 pm
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I think the best combination of comfort and technology would be the 777-200/300 in MCE. Still 3-3-3 with a reasonably wide seat. You *might* get an old 777-200 which is 2-5-2, doesn't have MCE, but does have some exit rows, and does have individual IFE and possibly power ports (easy enough to check).
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I think the best combination of comfort and technology would be the 777-200/300 in MCE. Still 3-3-3 with a reasonably wide seat. You *might* get an old 777-200 which is 2-5-2, doesn't have MCE, but does have some exit rows, and does have individual IFE and possibly power ports (easy enough to check).
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Jan 30, 2017, 4:57 pm
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Added the thread Free WiFi Streaming IFE on Personal Devices (with App) 08/2016, expansion to the Wikipost, as it is an indication that after the remaining 32B and 737-800 are delivered, beginning with the new 787 MAX 8 beginning to arrive later this year, AA will be providing onboard free streaming audio video on narrowbodies going forward.
For discussion, please use the thread linked to above.
For discussion, please use the thread linked to above.
Last edited by JDiver; Feb 8, 2017 at 7:15 am
Feb 14, 2017, 10:31 am
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LAX-LHR - which AA aircraft interiors have been recently updated?
Anyone know whether either AA135 or AA136 have been updated with a recent fit?
Departing Thursday LHR-LAX, returning Sunday LAX-LHR. Flying biz, it's a 3-cabin craft.
Heard somewhere that not all aircraft are of the same interior fit. Hoping someone who goes back and forth a lot might know the ins and outs.
Thanks!
Departing Thursday LHR-LAX, returning Sunday LAX-LHR. Flying biz, it's a 3-cabin craft.
Heard somewhere that not all aircraft are of the same interior fit. Hoping someone who goes back and forth a lot might know the ins and outs.
Thanks!
Feb 14, 2017, 10:39 am
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Look for the 77W as opposed to 772. Those 772's have the "motion over the ocean" seats which are abysmal.