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Chicago757 From United States of America, joined May 2003, 374 posts, RR: 1
Posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2022 times:

I finally booked my ORD - MCO trip for July the other day. Fares kept fluctuating between DL and US. I booked US Airways and I'm going to be on the ERJ175 from ORD - CLT first which I've never been on a regional jet before. I hear these are nice are they? Also, from CLT - MCO is a 757-200. I noticed that US Airways has blended winglets on their 757s. Do all of them have winglets? One more thing...... I got row 22A/B for seats. Is this good for the flap views?

Thanks,
Kevin

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B6fll From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2001 times:

You should enjoy the ERJ-175. I have flown on them a few times and I personally like them. Not all of the 757-200 have the winglets, actually very few of them do as of right now!

Bok269 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 2105 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2001 times:

Quoting Chicago757 (Thread starter):
I'm going to be on the ERJ175 from ORD - CLT first which I've never been on a regional jet before. I hear these are nice are they?

The consensus has been that people like the E-Jets from a comfort point of view.

Quoting Chicago757 (Thread starter):
Do all of them have winglets?

Only the ETOPS aircraft, which I believe are restricted to international and Hawaii ops. I could be wrong about that though.

Quoting Chicago757 (Thread starter):
I got row 22A/B for seats. Is this good for the flap views?

Check out www.seatguru.com. Per the site, it depends on the configuration. On some aircraft you will be behind the wing, on others you will be just ahead of the trailing edge. Either way you should have a decent view of the flaps.

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IliriBDL From Germany, joined May 2007, 1205 posts, RR: 15
Reply 3, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1983 times:

The E-Jets are very comfortable, not that much space of course but compared to the CRJs its much better.

Quoting B6fll (Reply 1):
Not all of the 757-200 have the winglets

You're right, not all of them, except the ones that are used for Europe and Hawaii. (not sure about Caribbean)

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Whappeh From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1560 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1805 times:

Quoting Bok269 (Reply 2):
restricted to international and Hawaii ops

They pop up in Orlando and other airports around FL from time to time. Odds of getting one are fairly low, but its not unheard of.

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Rscaife1682 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 319 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1713 times:

The 75's with winglets are doing most of the trans atlantic routes as far as I know

Have fun

RYAN

Bok269 From United States of America, joined May 2007, 2105 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1583 times:

Quoting Whappeh (Reply 4):

They pop up in Orlando and other airports around FL from time to time. Odds of getting one are fairly low, but its not unheard of.

Thanks for the info. Smile

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Apodino From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3652 posts, RR: 6
Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1573 times:

I wouldn't think that one would pop up on this route though. Assuming this is operated by an East crew (Given its CLT), most of the ETOPS 757s out east are in PHL because thats where all the Intl flying is out of. They would like to keep them in this market, so you might see one in MCO from PHL, but CLT is highly unlikely.

Ian1121 From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 16 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1573 times:

Try flying Jetblue from ORD to MCO with a stop at JFK. Even though it's not non-stop, what's better than having DirectTV and XM satelite radio and leather seats. JetBlue is a low fare carrier and I totally recommend flying with them.

COERJ145 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1420 posts, RR: 1
Reply 9, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1452 times:

Quoting Ian1121 (Reply 8):
Try flying Jetblue from ORD to MCO with a stop at JFK. Even though it's not non-stop, what's better than having DirectTV and XM satelite radio and leather seats. JetBlue is a low fare carrier and I totally recommend flying with them.

That is, if the TV actually works. I was on a jetBlue flight from MCO-BOS last february and the TV and the XM radio were broken. Looking back, I wish I had chosen Southwest which was cheaper, but I paid more to try out jetBlue, which failed to satisfy me; they didn't even compensate me after I wrote them about the broken TV.

Ian1121 From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 16 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1428 times:

Quoting COERJ145 (Reply 9):
That is, if the TV actually works. I was on a jetBlue flight from MCO-BOS last february and the TV and the XM radio were broken. Looking back, I wish I had chosen Southwest which was cheaper, but I paid more to try out jetBlue, which failed to satisfy me; they didn't even compensate me after I wrote them about the broken TV.

Well most of the time the TV's usually work. The only times they didn't work for me were MCO-EWR last March and NAS-JFK last week. I got compensated for it though; if you call JetBlue and give them your confirmation number they will give you a voucher.

UPSMD11 From United States of America, joined May 2003, 799 posts, RR: 4
Reply 11, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1400 times:

Or better yet, stay on US and collect miles in an international airline. If you collect Miles with JetBlue you end up flying just where you've already gone and where it doesn't cost much to go anyway.

Once you get plenty of miles on US or any of the legacy carriers, you'll be off to Europe, Asia and many other fun places. The actual cost of a business class ticket that you get for your hard-flown miles is a much better reward than flying coach for free on JetBlue, Southwest or Frontier.

John

PHLapproach From Philippines, joined Mar 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 22
Reply 12, posted (5 years 1 month 1 week 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1275 times:

If you were flying about a month ago. Then you would have had a 90% chance of getting on an ETOPS bird. But we'll be in full swing at INTL when you fly so the chances are slim to none now.

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