788 business seats
Nov 16, 2021, 6:29 pm
#1
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788 business seats
I'm scheduled to fly from NRT-BKK on 12/25 on JL717. Business class seat guide is showing 8 rows of seats. Can some one tell me which hard product I'll be getting? I.E. Apex, angle flat etc. Went to SeatGuru, and I think this is the Apex Suite version. Am I correct?
Last edited by diverg; Nov 16, 2021 at 6:40 pm
Nov 16, 2021, 8:37 pm
#3
Join Date: Feb 2011
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JL717 on Dec 25 is Shell Flat Neo which is the old angle flat. This site has better seat maps: https://www.aerolopa.com/jl-boeing-787-gallery
Nov 17, 2021, 5:48 am
#4
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JL717 on Dec 25 is Shell Flat Neo which is the old angle flat. This site has better seat maps: https://www.aerolopa.com/jl-boeing-787-gallery
Last edited by diverg; Nov 17, 2021 at 6:05 am
Nov 17, 2021, 6:13 am
#5
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Did you check seat details? I chose my seat, and clicked on seat details. Seat details told me fully flat seats. According to the seat configuration link above it should be the neo seats, and probably is. Just confused about JAL wording.
Nov 17, 2021, 10:44 am
#6
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Location: Tampa, FL
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The neo hard shell are actually angle-flat seats. See https://www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/servi...llflatneo.html. If you look at the photo on the page here, it shows it in bed mode and you'll see it's angle-flat.
Old and relatively uncompetitive by today's standards. That said, I flew the old NW with these seats on many trips and slept like a baby!
Old and relatively uncompetitive by today's standards. That said, I flew the old NW with these seats on many trips and slept like a baby!
Last edited by divrdrew; Nov 17, 2021 at 10:52 am
Nov 17, 2021, 3:53 pm
#7
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Just checked the JAL website, JL717 is operated by a 787-8 with the NEO seats on the 25th of December. The booking system clearly shows that.
Seatguru actually shows the wrong versions of the NEO configuration. But I am not surprised that it does.
Seatguru actually shows the wrong versions of the NEO configuration. But I am not surprised that it does.
Nov 18, 2021, 6:32 pm
#8
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand
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i fly fairly often on JAL from the US to thailand and have to say that i much prefer the NEO seats on JL717 for the daytime flight. the apex suites are a nice cocoon for sleeping but for a day time flight i find them rather claustrophobic. YMMV.