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Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

Domestically, the planes have gotten smaller. Regional Jetss are in use by most airlines for many flights across the country. I always used to take a 737 to visit my parents in the early 2000s and now it's on an RJ every time. I flew to Chicago last December on United and it was also an RJ. The only time I am ever on a 777 is internationally from IAD to Europe or somewhere else. There are certainly bigger planes in use (the A380, etc), but they are not flying domestically in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

Domestically, the planes have gotten smaller. Regional Jetss are in use by most airlines for many flights across the country. I always used to take a 737 to visit my parents in the early 2000s and now it's on an RJ every time. I flew to Chicago last December on United and it was also an RJ. The only time I am ever on a 777 is internationally from IAD to Europe or somewhere else. There are certainly bigger planes in use (the A380, etc), but they are not flying domestically in the U.S.

It's the airline you're flying. That's not the case for every airline.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

Domestically, the planes have gotten smaller. Regional Jetss are in use by most airlines for many flights across the country. I always used to take a 737 to visit my parents in the early 2000s and now it's on an RJ every time. I flew to Chicago last December on United and it was also an RJ. The only time I am ever on a 777 is internationally from IAD to Europe or somewhere else. There are certainly bigger planes in use (the A380, etc), but they are not flying domestically in the U.S.

It's the airline you're flying. That's not the case for every airline.

OK, which airline besides Southwest doesn't use RJs for domestic flights? I am genuinely curious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, if the OP's flight is to Hawaii, it isn't a 777.

United is the only airline from the DC area that goes to Honolulu nonstop, and the plane they use is Boeing 767-400ER.

And my husband who flies UAL all the time says there are no 777s on domestic flights - only international.

Your husband is wrong.

--UAL Global services flyer


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-01/elbow-room-coming-to-u-s-skies-as-united-shifts-wide-body-jets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, if the OP's flight is to Hawaii, it isn't a 777.

United is the only airline from the DC area that goes to Honolulu nonstop, and the plane they use is Boeing 767-400ER.

And my husband who flies UAL all the time says there are no 777s on domestic flights - only international.

Your husband is wrong.

--UAL Global services flyer


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-01/elbow-room-coming-to-u-s-skies-as-united-shifts-wide-body-jets

I (and he) stand corrected. But as of May, he was correct!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Since you directed at me......

I had no rush to get back to DC, but when I saw a 777 was on the list of flights and there was no price difference, I figured, why not. I sat in Chicago for an extra 3 hours just to get on that type of plane (I do not have a passport to this day, so I wasn't sure if the opportunity would come up again). O'Hare is a fun airport to me, so I had a lot of time to explore.

It was worth every penny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

Domestically, the planes have gotten smaller. Regional Jetss are in use by most airlines for many flights across the country. I always used to take a 737 to visit my parents in the early 2000s and now it's on an RJ every time. I flew to Chicago last December on United and it was also an RJ. The only time I am ever on a 777 is internationally from IAD to Europe or somewhere else. There are certainly bigger planes in use (the A380, etc), but they are not flying domestically in the U.S.

It's the airline you're flying. That's not the case for every airline.

The regional jets don't fly from east to west coast non-stop. Jet blue-Frontier-Spirit-SW don't use regional jets. American and United have widebodies, narrowbodies, regionals, plus turboprops [fly short hops like to Newark or Philly].

[Anonymous]

in this thread: rich people complain about other rich people in first class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in this thread: rich people complain about other rich people in first class

Actually it's rich people complaining about poor lady trying to score a first class lap baby spot for her working DH (whose ticket is paid for by his company).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Since you directed at me......

I had no rush to get back to DC, but when I saw a 777 was on the list of flights and there was no price difference, I figured, why not. I sat in Chicago for an extra 3 hours just to get on that type of plane (I do not have a passport to this day, so I wasn't sure if the opportunity would come up again). O'Hare is a fun airport to me, so I had a lot of time to explore.

It was worth every penny.

There was no price difference and it was worth every penny. Good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in this thread: rich people complain about other rich people in first class

welcome to dcum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in this thread: rich people complain about other rich people in first class

I'm not rich ($60K a year). I fly in first class solely from upgrades that I earn during business travel. And mostly I use them on more business travel, because even coach tickets are expensive when you're talking vacation.

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Anonymous wrote:So 15 years ago you took a short afternoon flight and yet recall the particular aircraft you flew and you're now/still ruminating on the plane's possible itinerary? Must have been some special flight.. . .

Not PP, but I remember my first 777 flight. Don't you?

A good friend of mine knows EVERYTHING about the various planes/configurations. Some people like planes.

I also like planes and find them interesting, but it was a weird comment to say that United flies 777s domestically when referring to a flight that happened 15 years ago. Lots of changes in aircraft have happened since then and most aircraft in use by airlines have gotten much smaller.

Not smaller. Newer.

Domestically, the planes have gotten smaller. Regional Jetss are in use by most airlines for many flights across the country. I always used to take a 737 to visit my parents in the early 2000s and now it's on an RJ every time. I flew to Chicago last December on United and it was also an RJ. The only time I am ever on a 777 is internationally from IAD to Europe or somewhere else. There are certainly bigger planes in use (the A380, etc), but they are not flying domestically in the U.S.

It's the airline you're flying. That's not the case for every airline.

The regional jets don't fly from east to west coast non-stop. Jet blue-Frontier-Spirit-SW don't use regional jets. American and United have widebodies, narrowbodies, regionals, plus turboprops [fly short hops like to Newark or Philly].

Jet Blue does use regional jets.

I never said that airlines don't use bigger planes ever, just that many of the routes that used to be flown with bigger planes (i.e. 777s) now use smaller planes. Not necessarily RJs, but maybe A320s or 737s. Case in point - the flights to ORD from here no longer use the 777 the PP remembers so fondly - they use RJs and 737s.