American Airlines 77w

You can find the newly refit 77W operating on American Airlines’ signature routes from hubs in Los Angeles (LAX), Dallas (DFW), Miami (MIA), and New York (JFK) to destinations such as Hong Kong (HKG), London (LHR), and Sao Paulo (GRU). Steven Ganeles is a contributing writer for The Points Guy UK. View all available seats on your next American Airlines flight. Our comprehensive seat maps and seating charts on AA.com display seat availability for every aircraft type. Airplane Boeing 777-300ER (77W) American Airlines with 5 classes and 304 seats on board. Use airplane seat map to find which ones are more comfortable and which should be avoided. Tap the seat on the map to see the details. All in all, American's new 77W is a big disappointment. I think the old 772 First Class seats and cabin is a better hard product. American could have done so much more with this plane and cabin. In the end, it's still American and a North American service attitude.

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American Airlines flyers can rejoice, as flying on the 777-300ER (77W) just got a little more comfortable — the last 77W is headed for premium economy refurbishment as of Tuesday.

The plane, N734AR, operated its last revenue flight from London (LHR) to Dallas (DFW) on May 22, 2018, before heading to Everett (PAE) to be refit with premium economy seats. As of May 23, 2018, all 77Ws in service have a true premium economy cabin. N734AR should be back in service in 7-10 days.

Under the old configuration there were 310 seats, set up in the following arrangement:

After the refit, the 77W aircraft now have 304 seats, set up in the following arrangement:

The front of the plane has largely remained the same. The premium economy cabin is set up with eight seats across in a 2-4-2 seating arrangement. Passengers traveling in premium economy will enjoy wider seats, pre-ordered meals, complimentary alcoholic beverages, amenity kits, and Casper bedding. Each seat is about 19 inches wide between armrests, and they should feature a similar amount of pitch as the seats on the 772 (38 inches), but we’ve reached out to AA to confirm. Also on the newly reconfigured 77W, Row 16 is an exit row. Seats 16A and 16L do not have a window although they do come with virtually unlimited leg room and a physical leg rest. Check out this review of an AA premium economy experience on board the 777-200.

With this refit, American Airlines is getting closer toward its goal of refitting all of its long-haul aircraft with the new cabin. All work was originally planned to be complete by Q2 2018, but it is slightly behind schedule. There are still 12 777-200 aircraft mostly with Zodiac forward/backward seating, and 20 787-8 aircraft, also with the same Zodiac seating, that still need to be refit.

“The remaining 772s should be completed in the fall/winter timeframe,” an AA spokesperson said. “More details on the 788s will come later in the year.”

American Airlines 77w Seatguru

You can find the newly refit 77W operating on American Airlines’ signature routes from hubs in Los Angeles (LAX), Dallas (DFW), Miami (MIA), and New York (JFK) to destinations such as Hong Kong (HKG), London (LHR), and Sao Paulo (GRU).

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American Airlines 77W Business Class

American Airlines 77w Routes

44 Passenger Large Cabin vs. 8 Passenger “Mini”-Cabin

American Airlines has a fantastic product for crossing the pond, and probably the best domestic product, especially flying from LAX to MIA. Most of American’s 77Ws fly internationally, LAX, DFW, MIA, and JFK to LHR, and a few other international destinations, but AA offers a daily roundtrip on the 77W from LAX to MIA.

American Airlines 77W at LHR July 4, 2016

FACTS:

• First Class – 8 Seats
• Business Class – 52 Seats (44 Business Cabin and 8 “Mini” Cabin)
• Economy – 244 Seats

THE CABINS

Large Business Class Cabin

“Mini” Cabin

The business class seats are the same in the Large and “Mini” Cabins; the seats are spacious, comfortable, have power ports (universal AC power outlet and USB port), lots of storage compartments, and extend into fully lie-flat beds.

SeatGuru has the seats in row 4 highlighted yellow, siting the proximity to the galley and lavatories as possible distractions. This may be the case on the day flights from London to Los Angeles, but on our overnight flight from Los Angeles to London, most passengers were settled and sleep 2-3 hours into the flight, which allowed for an uninterrupted night’s sleep. There is a constant blowing noise in the “Mini”-Cabin that is rather loud; however, there are 36 more people in the Large Cabin, which balances out the noises between the two cabins. In the “Mini”-Cabin, seats 3A and 3J align more with seats 4D and 4G than with 3D and 3G, seats 4A and 4J are more closely aligned with the galley, and very close to the lavatories, so these two seats would probably be the least desired of the 8 “Mini”-Cabin seats.

American Airlines 77w Premium Economy

SERVICE

Service in the “Mini”-Cabin seemed to be a little better than service in the Large Cabin. There was always a flight attendant or two coming by to check on us in the “Mini”-Cabin; in the Large Cabin we had to call the attendants to get service a couple times, but overall the service in business class was very good.

MEALS

Both meals were served within one hour of takeoff. I had the fish on both flights, which were good choices. My wife had steak on the eastbound flight; she likes her steak well done, she picked around it trying to find the parts that were “most done”. Her steak was cooked “medium-ish. If you like your steak medium well to well done, you may want to select a different entrée. The breakfast was pretty good, as was the walkup bar for snacks. It would be nice if AA offered different choices for breakfast, as they do for dinner and lunch.

IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (IFE)

American Airlines 77w Seating

The in-flight entertainment was ok, a number of ABC TV shows were available, some new release movies, and plenty of interesting documentaries. I was slightly disappointed, as Untied 787’s, had all 7 episodes of Star Wars available.

LAVATORIES

Part of the business class experience is having more space and being comfortable, that should be reflected thru your entire experience in business class. Three of the lavatories are just slightly larger than those found in economy. The 4^th lavatory located on the right side of the aircraft, between the two business class cabins is significantly larger than the others, but all 4 lavatories are nice and offer premium toiletries.

RECOMMENDATION

American Airlines 77w Premium Economy

I highly recommend AA’s 77W, whether you’re flying internationally, from LAX to MIA, or vice versa. You can experience spacious, comfortable seats, be served by attentive flight attendants, and enjoy decent meals. If you want a more First Class feel, travel in the “Mini” Cabin.