LA J cabin on 787
 

Hi all, I've researched all the trip reports I can find and seat-selection websites, but I'm still not too sure about how the 787 J cabin is set-up, so I hope you can help me. All I've been able to infer is from the photos posted in the reviews I've seen.

From what I can see, there are 5 rows with the 2L "hallway" between rows 3 and 4, creating a 2-row "mini-cabin" of rows 4 and 5. Is this correct?

It also looks like there's no galley between J and Y, so logic tells me that rows 4 and 5 would most likely be the quietest for flight 533 (JFK-SCL), although I wonder how much congestion happens in that open area between rows 3 and 4... This will be my first time on the 787, so any insight you have into the quirks of this cabin versus the 767 would be appreciated!

I think rows 2, 3 and 4 are best. In row 1 you are close to the lavatories/galley and in row 5 you may be close to crying babies in Y ... It's not really two mini cabins, since there is no full "wall" behind row 3 and in front of row 4. The cabin devider ends at about 1m40cm from the floor, which means you can look through.

LA J cabin on 787
 

IIRC, boarding is done throug door 2L, meaning that rows 1, 2 and 3 don't have to struggle through Economy boarding and staring...

"Boarding and staring" and bumping (my personal pet peeve!). In fact, I got bumped by people and backpacks so many times that I changed my lifelong aisle preference to always choosing a window.

Thanks all, you've confirmed what I thought. Seat changed, and I'm happy.

This should give you a good idea of what the cabin looks like:

http://www.lan.com/sitio_personas/minisitios/boeing787/

So Seatguru layout of the J cabin has the door in the wrong place or missing?

http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/LAN...Dreamliner.php

Just have in mind that row 3 is lacking a window! Definitely go for row 2 :)

BTW, that plane is incredible! I was in 4 whatever-the-left-middle-seat-is and loved it. While the economy pax did file by, there was no bumping, and I loved having the very high ceiling right in front and almost over me, so it really felt like a wide-open space when I reclined and looked up.

The food was absolutely inedible, though. On a positive note, this was my first flight on LAN where the FAs proactively came around the cabin multiple times and offered wine top-ups.