I want to fly on a 747
Mar 18, 2013, 11:41 am
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Mar 18, 2013, 1:36 pm
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Just adding another "me too" to the chorus. 
I had never flown in a 747 until last year, when I managed to score an upper deck seat on QF from LAX-SYD. UD is all J on the QF 747. It was so quiet and private compared to any other J seats I've had, including the return flight on the UD of their A380.
It's still the "Queen of the Skies" in my limited experience.
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I had never flown in a 747 until last year, when I managed to score an upper deck seat on QF from LAX-SYD. UD is all J on the QF 747. It was so quiet and private compared to any other J seats I've had, including the return flight on the UD of their A380.It's still the "Queen of the Skies" in my limited experience.
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Mar 18, 2013, 3:29 pm
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i actually almost made this thread the other day. ive always had a fascination with airplanes since i was a youngster. My dad is a big airplane enthusiast and thats where i get it from. i flew a lot growing up but nothing crazy. Mostly to florida, the west coast and new york. All from CVG. I grew up flying delta and try to fly it whenever I can. Live in columbus ohio now and my options are limited. I fly about twice a month (2 separate trips) to the east coast for work. I never have a reason to go anyplace overseas unless its for vacation. But never have had the opportunity to get on a 747. I am always looking for a way to get on! Its on the bucket list. Im always looking for a random flight domestically that i could get on! But to the OP, good luck on your adventure, if you ever find something please let me know!
Mar 18, 2013, 4:12 pm
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That might be a problem as both US and UK passports need Indian visas.
Then again, I have not connected in India before although I have been there.
If a transit protocol exists, I would also expect it to not be very easy.
Then again, I have not connected in India before although I have been there.
If a transit protocol exists, I would also expect it to not be very easy.
Mar 18, 2013, 7:54 pm
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One of my strange 747 memories was on a domestic JAL flight in a blizzard. I was scheduled to fly NW TPAC into the old Osaka airport, shortly before KIX was built, in order to connect to Sendai without needing to do the NRT to HND transfer in Tokyo. Sendai got about fourteen inches of snow that day in March and the airport closed. I was frantically paged in Osaka, given a refund in cash for the fare difference and rebooked on a flight to HND, with instructions to go to Tokyo Station and take the bullet train to Sendai. The locals were very impressed that I managed to arrive.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
Mar 18, 2013, 8:19 pm
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Been on 747 twice on NW. Not with new BE seats. Both upper deck. It felt like we would never take off going down the runway. Going to be on A380 upper deck in July so will see if it feels any different.
Dragging my carry on up those stairs was not fun and deplaning you feel like you are the back of the plane when you get down fighting the crowds.
You do feel like you have the plane to yourself in the upper deck though
Dragging my carry on up those stairs was not fun and deplaning you feel like you are the back of the plane when you get down fighting the crowds.
You do feel like you have the plane to yourself in the upper deck though
One of those to-each-his-own things I guess. Personally don't care for row 80 because it is closest to the galley and some pax periodically walk back there for whatever. Also closest to the steps, not that many pax take walks on these flts. Of course, don't care to be close to the lav either. My personal pref is row 77, the 'exit row' that give a lot of room away from the row in front.
Mar 18, 2013, 11:19 pm
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I once flew from OAK - SFO. We were on a JAL 747 from NRT - SFO that was diverted because of fog and had to sit for 2 hours until SFO reopened - then waited forever to clear customs because 6 wide bodies arrived at about the same time.
Mar 19, 2013, 6:47 am
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One of my strange 747 memories was on a domestic JAL flight in a blizzard. I was scheduled to fly NW TPAC into the old Osaka airport, shortly before KIX was built, in order to connect to Sendai without needing to do the NRT to HND transfer in Tokyo. Sendai got about fourteen inches of snow that day in March and the airport closed. I was frantically paged in Osaka, given a refund in cash for the fare difference and rebooked on a flight to HND, with instructions to go to Tokyo Station and take the bullet train to Sendai. The locals were very impressed that I managed to arrive.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
Mar 19, 2013, 9:23 pm
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One of my strange 747 memories was on a domestic JAL flight in a blizzard. I was scheduled to fly NW TPAC into the old Osaka airport, shortly before KIX was built, in order to connect to Sendai without needing to do the NRT to HND transfer in Tokyo. Sendai got about fourteen inches of snow that day in March and the airport closed. I was frantically paged in Osaka, given a refund in cash for the fare difference and rebooked on a flight to HND, with instructions to go to Tokyo Station and take the bullet train to Sendai. The locals were very impressed that I managed to arrive.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
The JAL 747 flight was about an hour long in a coach only configuration where it looked like I was the only foreigner. The main deck wasn't divided into cabins, there were no galleys, and there weren't lavatories located in the center to divide the space. When you boarded, it looked like a huge hanger filled with five hundred identical and tightly packed coach seats. I was given an exit row seat at the boarding door so that the crew, who spoke only minimal English, could look after me. During the flight, the purser brought me a cash register receipt size piece of thermal paper printed in Japanese characters with instructions how to get from HND to Tokyo station using trains and subways and then the schedule for bullet trains to Sendai. This had been printed in the cockpit for me during the flight. It was an amazing experience.
Jun 24, 2014, 12:58 pm
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Well it was not worth starting a new thread so I bumped this one. It is also a bit of a cheat. Decided to make a quick trip to see my mother late August. So booked using miles to go to Manchester UK using miles. It was 95,000 and 260$ copay.
August 22nd - MCI-ATL-MAN DL1250/64
August 25th MAN-MCO-ATL-MCI VS75/DL1980/DL2363
So using DL Skymiles on a DL itinerary but on leg on VS- VS75 is operated using a 747-400 YEAH
August 22nd - MCI-ATL-MAN DL1250/64
August 25th MAN-MCO-ATL-MCI VS75/DL1980/DL2363
So using DL Skymiles on a DL itinerary but on leg on VS- VS75 is operated using a 747-400 YEAH
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Jun 24, 2014, 1:12 pm
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I burned virtually all my CO miles to bring my wife and then-17-year-old son with me on a conference trip to Europe a few years back ... managed to score two Upper Class award seats (and, amazingly, an upgrade for myself) on VS 45, LHR-JFK ... appropriately enough, the registry was G-VWOW
