Brag It Out: How Many Times have you 1A'd this year, and other unimportant topics.
May 5, 2019, 11:26 am
#16
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Awesome. If it's brag-worthy for you, it's brag-worthy for me, and thus it's brag-worthy for this thread!
May 5, 2019, 12:08 pm
#18
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I'm a 1A person. Just bought DCA-SFO for a business trip in mid. I was semi-panicking about the availability a couple weeks back as AA's booking engine would show "1 seat left" or "2 seats left". Of course when I looked at the seat map, not a single seat would be blocked off. At the time fares were $1300. Snagged F class for $1000 yesterday - and I fly via CLT which maximizes EQMs (best EQMs are realistically out of PHL or MIA but AA wanted nearly $2000 for C class there).
I consider that a good deal as coach is $620. So for $380 more, I save on one hotel night (plus meals and hotel) and I get F class both ways.
1A on every leg.
I consider that a good deal as coach is $620. So for $380 more, I save on one hotel night (plus meals and hotel) and I get F class both ways.
1A on every leg.
May 5, 2019, 12:10 pm
#19
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On the domestics, having to throw everything up top just kills bulkhead for me. Even on the 77W, the light bleed from the forward galley on red eyes doesn’t make row 1 attractive over 2.
May 5, 2019, 1:21 pm
#22
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I agree, 1A / 1K on the 747 is truly special. On AA domestic I would prefer an economy exit row to any F bulkhead and I have declined gate upgrades for this reason. Simply not enough legroom at the bulkhead for a tall person.
May 5, 2019, 1:52 pm
#23
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May 5, 2019, 2:04 pm
#24
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Safe Travels
May 5, 2019, 3:03 pm
#25
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Longhaul 2-2-2 Formation, Has To Be 1G
For long haul in a 2-2-2 formation I normally pick 1G. I prefer not having to potentially wake up a fellow pasenger to get to the loo, or have a fellow passenger step over me. This is nornally by a bulkhead, and there is slightly longer room for your feet on the shelf if you've tall like I am.
I'm right handed so I've probably booked the right side of the middle 2 sub-consiously. Easier to pass or receive items with my right hand.
The exception woild be the private angled cubicle seats on a 789 Dreamliner, where I'm not too fussed.
On a short haul flight on an Embraer, 1 hour and a wee bit, 1A is perfectly adequate.
I'm right handed so I've probably booked the right side of the middle 2 sub-consiously. Easier to pass or receive items with my right hand.
The exception woild be the private angled cubicle seats on a 789 Dreamliner, where I'm not too fussed.
On a short haul flight on an Embraer, 1 hour and a wee bit, 1A is perfectly adequate.
May 5, 2019, 3:03 pm
#26
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Longhaul 2-2-2 Formation, Has To Be 1G
For long haul in a 2-2-2 formation I normally pick 1G. I prefer not having to potentially wake up a fellow pasenger to get to the loo, or have a fellow passenger step over me. This is nornally by a bulkhead, and there is slightly longer room for your feet on the shelf if you've tall like I am.
I'm right handed so I've probably booked the right side of the middle 2 sub-consiously. Easier to pass or receive items with my right hand.
The exception woild be the private angled cubicle seats on a 789 Dreamliner, where I'm not too fussed.
On a short haul flight on an Embraer, 1 hour and a wee bit, 1A is perfectly adequate.
I'm right handed so I've probably booked the right side of the middle 2 sub-consiously. Easier to pass or receive items with my right hand.
The exception woild be the private angled cubicle seats on a 789 Dreamliner, where I'm not too fussed.
On a short haul flight on an Embraer, 1 hour and a wee bit, 1A is perfectly adequate.
May 6, 2019, 6:44 am
#29
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1A/K are great on QR 388s, 2A all the way on CX 77Ws except when booked as AA codeshares then 1A is the best one can do, 2/3/4A on QF 388s, and yesterday I was in 1K on BA 744 whose seats and soft product are rubbish compared to the others. My current trip I have six of these plus a couple inter-Asia business class seats and one domestic F seat (2A) on an E75 RJ. On domestic mainline AA I like 2/3/4/6D (last row, right aisle) except on 32B I like 2A/F.
May 6, 2019, 6:51 am
#30
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Yes, and also was a very enjoyable seat on Cathay, Quantas, and Fiji 747s. On a AA domestic mainline, I like non bulkhead MCE over and row 1 bulkhead. Being able to place my bag and feet under the seat in front of me is huge.