American Airlines B787-9 Main Cabin Extra - Anchorage to Chicago
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Sadly, the Alaska Arctic Adventure (of 2021) had come to an end and it was time to head back down to the Lower 48 with a flight aboard American Airlines' B787-9 Dreamliner to Chicago from Anchorage. Due to my status with AA, I was able to upgrade to Main Cabin Extra and got extremely lucky due to extenuating circumstances with a whole row for myself, really letting me have an excellent red-eye experience on the 5 1/2 ride. Sure it always can be better and maybe a business class seat would've allowed me some additional real sleep, but I can't complain, especially with all the passengers moving over to our plane from the cancelled DFW flight. This video probably shows American when things go perfectly right for once. Hope you guys enjoy!
Flight Info:
Airline: American Airlines
Aircraft/Registration: Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (N837AN)
Seat: 14A
Flight Time: 5 hr 29 min
Flight #: AA 1488
Takeoff: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Landing: Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Filmed: June 11, 2021
Camera(s) Used: Canon Powershot G7X Mark II, GoPro HERO7 Black
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I flew the 787 for the first time last year to Chicago on Premium Economy. It was the 8. Such a nice and comfortable aircraft but the 767 will still be my favorite wide-body!
Congratulations on 25K subscribers. You definitely earned them.
Agreed
love your vid
The best thing about approaching into Chicago is the 180 over Lake Michigan then seeing downtown Chicago at your window.
I agree, I've been on those flights also.
There's some great scenery from overhead during the first part of the flight from Anchorage, the snowcapped mountain ranges off the south coast of Alaska and the Northern Rockies in British Columbia
I did the 787 internationally around the same time last year (8/1/21) from GYE to MIA - also a red eye. It honestly was about the same as experience as your trip, except the FAs ghosted us after the drink service. At the time, they weren't serving food on shorter routes (this one being only 4). It was my 1st trip on a 787, so I enjoyed it. However any longer than 4 hours with no service would have been a bit tougher. Good video!
Ever since you changed your video format to the voiceover etc. These videos are honestly really good. Great work my guy!
Thx man really appreciate it 🤙🏻
I look forward to your next video, with excitement 🤣
LMAO until you see what I'm flying...😵
lucky, the flight from DFW-ANC is a a321neo, and AA’s cost cutting cabin kinda sucks. i would fly on a 787 instead of a American Airlines a321neo any day.
Empty row, let’s go!
Ive never been to Alaska.Good job
Best channel ever!
I love your videos and you do a great job on them and way to go by getting 33.3k subscribers on your channel
Great video presentation, Chris! Keep up the good work!
Love the wide body planes
Definitely agree that AA should add IFE screens to more aircraft, especially the new A321neos. Got stuck in a middle seat on one earlier this year from PHX to DCA and would have literally died of boredom without the wifi lol.
Agreed! Still wondering why they thought that they would “harmonize” the fleet….because they didn’t!
I actually like using my own device. That way I can use my bluetooth headset and I don't need to worry about the screen not working.
@@guitarcatlind6075 That’s true
LUS fleet never had IFE. So it was cheaper to rip them out of AA fleet than add it to LUS. Doug Parker could care less if passengers are happy. Would not be surprised if AA removed them from 787 and 777 fleet. AA actually ranks below Spirit airlines
@@aa777flyer Exactly why United is greater than American lol
Love ur videos!!!
My experience on the 787 international is limited. In 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019 we flew from OKC to either Paris, London, Dublin or Shannon with most of the flights so bad I swore I would never do it again. Except the one trip we flew on a 787. I recall thinking this is nice, I can do this every year. We were deep in economy but it was great. Last November were were scheduled into Paris and out of Munich via 787s in Business class. I scored a pair of seats for less than half the points needed today. Weeks before our trip, AA dropped the DFW to CDG route and no longer served Munich. We ended up in business from JFK to CDG on a 777-200 and London to DFW in business on a 777-300. I really enjoyed BC, so did my wife. I had enough points to get us back to Paris this September and back from Dublin. We will be in main cabin extra, as she has status that allows us to pick at time of booking, on a 787-8 and 787-9. We play the odds of picking the isle and window and leaving the center open. So far, both flights look good. I hope that AA does not cancel this route again and dump us on another flight. It will be interesting to see if we can handle the coach seats after flying business.
I flew the 787 from Heathrow to Chicago O,Hare in 2019 great aircraft very comfortable would definitely fly American again
At least you were on a widebody for a red eye
Something you can’t afford
Fantastic trip report Chris!😸
Hey Life's Ups and Downs!
that was a good class !
9:42 - just south of Kluane National Park and Reserve, somewhere near Mt Vancouver, around the border of Yukon and southeastern Alaska
9:56 - the mountains just west of Takhini Peak in northern British Columbia
10:22 - the Halfway River in eastern British Columbia
10:56 - (as shown) just north of Edmonton, Alberta
And then he slept until Appleton, Wisconsin
I live in Chicago so I get the opportunity to fly on All these amazing planes Nonstop thanks Chicago O,Hare
Thanks for the video!
Awesome I be flying with them I May from London to Chicago 787/9
I can’t believe United sends 737s on this flight & most of their Alaska routes
Is that good or bad? Haha
I flew it from DFW to Philly, and from Mia to DFW , I CAN NOT DO , economy it’s was to tight back there ! 🤣🤣🤣 , but love the plane ✈️, definitely a smoothy ride
The 797 Dreamliner was great on British Airways London Heathrow to Baltimore Washington International. Totally full but the greatest care from the staff at British Airways. Honestly from 1 to 10 they got 9 plus.
Great place for drinks.
Coat houok? Sounds a lot like oneworldflyer. Great review, haven’t been on AA since 2016.
Hahaha someone finally noticed that :D And thx man!
Cool hope you had a good time
I flew 787 Dreamliner. Few months
AGO AMERCAN.- DFW-OGG -7hours , 42 min. Pretty nice ride
Just like you been lucky whole roll
myself, informative flight deck crew,
FA crew was B+ maybe,
I am going to have a diffrent airplane
In 2 weeks , - MCO-HNL , airbus 330-LR ,3rd longest run in US
Clocking in at approximately
9 hours 38 minutes , depart mid morning , arrival HNL early afternoon, taking flt, before. Just
Know if i have seat mate they will not be happy , my Window shade
Is not comiing down for whole flight . Will be traveling against the rotation of earth , the sun Will be
Very plentyful. Rest asure..
Love your Alaska Airlines coverage.
Former employée with Alaska 7 years , based : KTN, OME, ANC,OTZ.
I flew DFW-ANC on an American 787-8 back in 2019 in Main Cabin Extra back then alcohol was complimentary
11:28 at this moment, you were basically directly over my hometown. That plane is right over north central WI (Wausau/Stevens Point), so right through my home skies. I lucked out in that so many flights to and from chicago use a similar path across the state, so I'd always be able to look up and, on a clear day, see a 747 Freighter bound for China via ANC or a Widebody Passenger jet like the 787 you flew. I would always pull up FR24 to see what it was.
It felt weird once Chris was in Pittsburgh when he finally saw darkness for the first time in 6 days
Anchorage isn't quite in the land of the midnight sun. But wait, he was in Barrow, wasn't he? That is north of the Arctic circle
I actually like using my own device. That way I can use my bluetooth headset and I don't need to worry about the screen not working.
Not 1st
I remember taking AA1488 on my own trip up there. Great crew sucks the windows got locked but great service minus nothing except a single biscoff the entire flight which is kinda messed up for a flight that long.
American had to release a Memo to inflight crews demanding them to not dim-lock the windows. Yet, some crew still ignore it. Worst feature ever was to add that dim-lock!
@@sju_planespotter yeah it was after too and was dim locked anyway. I believe only the 9s and 10s have that feature because never had an issue on the 787-8
No food meals? Just snacks... mmm
I like the video so much its very good
Can't believe you went to Alaska without even trying to pan some gold...
Funny that moose is still there at ANC!
- Red
Our 319 sharklet birds have PTVs. Sadly they took them out of the 321 sharklet birds and not installed on the NEOs. Wish they would bring them back on at least the bigger narrow body fleets.
I love all of your videos and love traveling
I flew on American 787-8 premium economy from ORD to LHR in 2017…the leg room was great, but the seat width was pretty tight & at times uncomfortable IMO.
Some transatlantic and transpacific flights are like that too night flights but bright 100% of the time. I have seen flights from Fairbanks to Minneapolis and Anchorage to Minneapolis same thing flight never gets dark in the summertime
No one cares
Anchorage needs to expand their terminals because of the widebodies coming into their airport
Yeah, a flight from Anchorage to somewhere as far as Atlanta, or Houston or Miami may need a widebody to carry enough fuel to go the complete route non-stop.
At 2:07, (and in other videos) I noticed that Alaskan Airlines only carries the Embraer-175s in their fleet. I saw on the Departures that there's an Alaskan Airlines flight from Anchorage to Chicago O'Hare, can an Embraer-175 carry enough fuel for that route? I'd also thought there'd be more passengers for that route than what an E175 carries
They use a 737 for flights to Chicago from anchorage
2021 was a mess with air travel with cancelled flights etc. with everything reopening back up again
Hey Chris. coming back to this video, what was the song at 14:03? Its amazing
A very nice report, really liked it. What´s the name of the song played at ORD approach? It´s awesome
Thx a lot bro...Love is No Game would be the song 👍🏻
Next flight up will be from Chicago to Pittsburgh on a Skywest CRJ-700
Stop spoiling future videos
Cool … just dealt with LAS and the shut down this morning sheesh
I purchased the premium but I am really thinking of changing it main extra (plus) After speaking to AMEX customer service, she basically made me feel like it was the same..It was a difference of 700 . This my first long haul from MIA to VCE (Venice). (with one stop)
From past travelers who have traveled a long haul. What do you recommend? The premium economy (PE) has the same leg room as the Main Cabin Extra which I did not know. I thought the PE recliner had a few more inches than the Main Cabin Extra.. and the space is 6 inches for both PE and Main Cabin Extra.
I don’t understand why American Airlines can spare some of their finances on ire screens I flew on a 5 30 min flight HNL to LAX and if I was in the aisle or middle row I would have lost my mind considering I like aviation luckily I was able to stare outside in the window
I was on that flight June 11 2021
Nice video..
What are your thoughts on being dead center over the wing? It's a huge wing..personally feels claustrophobic to me..so it's wierd the premium seats have the worst view? Safe travels
The premium economy is like narrow body first class
It is! The seat found on AAs Premium Economy on their wide bodies are the same MiQ seats from their narrow body first class, only difference is no footrest and screen! Still, I find them more comfortable on their wide bodies than narrow bodies.
you did not do the flight to jamaica and vlog for 10k likes and 1mil viwes i am telling you it will work
Summer 2021 short staffed and long lines at airport restaurants of people waiting to order food at Chicago Midway took like 15-20 minutes just to order
Thanks Brandon
@@liflyer0413 totally agree
Have not flown AA since the MD-80 days--doing an Alaska trip is on my bucket list, would include a RT on the Alaska RR Anchorage-Fairbanks--have zero experience with the 787 but found it odd that for a flight leaving just after 11pm local time, there was a fair amount of daylight! Does Justin have a YT channel ? Noticed you changed out your face mask midflight--seems like ancient history to see folks at ANC and ORD wearing face masks now that the federal mandate has been scrapped
Let me guess, your last flight was on a Bombardier CRJ100/200?!?
Aren’t alcoholic drinks complimentary in main cabin extra?
I may be dumb for not knowing this but what is a red eye flight?
What kind of carry on luggage do you use?
I think Samsonite 🤔
Swim? Swammi? Slippy? Slappy? Swenson? Swanson? Samonite! I was way off!
They failed me. Left me stranded at the airport in Las Vegas even after I had checked in 5 hours prior to the departure, getting my bag tagged and loaded, and through TSA. I had to purchase another ticket $313 from another airline, fly to Dallas, have someone drive 4 hours to pick me up then drive to another 4 hours to get home. It’s unacceptable and this mistreatment needs to be rectified. (Short cut version)
hi
meu sonho é conhecer o alaska barrow
K15 your deplanement gate darn, I wish you deplaned from the Home Alone 2 Movie Gate K13 where Kevin McCallister boards the wrong flight to New York Kennedy instead of Miami
Who cares?
The only possible issue with a 787 is the legroom the airline offers
Hopefully the last time I will say this rip The American Way Magazine
Hopefully it is!
I don’t like flying on aircraft where the windows can be disabled
How did you like Barrow?
I hate how the FAs sometimes lock the windows on the Boeing 787s
And I hate how you leave 20 comments on every video
Agreed! Worst decision ever to add that lock feature.
I love your videos, aside from your seizure inducing intro
"An F.A. who questioned my GoPro usage"
so close, American. So close... one day I'll watch a JazzGuy13 AA Flight trip report video where all the F.A.s are fine with you filming and say nothing.
Buddy as a aircraft technician word of advise never drink the tea or coffee on a plane
I am an airline fan myself. I have a bunch of video I need to edit and upload. Hit me up if you ever want to take a plane trip together. My next trip is labor day weekend...to Minneapolis (with a special hotel room that has two windows, at different angles, facing the runway), then to Chicago, and finally to Ironwood, Michigan. I went to Barrow fore 4 hours last May, and I may spend a couple of days there next year.
Lots of wildfires in 2021 meaning poor scenery and hazy skies
What’s that have to do with anything?
392nd like (my favorite number)