British Airways Boeing 757

MarkY91

when i google my flight info (BA2323) it comes up as a Boeing 757 and it seems like there is only 1 aisle and very cramped. its my first trip out of europe and always figured transatlantic flights were bigger and slightly more leg room(im 6"3)

8 hours in what looks like a ryanair type tube doesnt seem appealing to me lol anyone have experience on this plane?

Dublin to Philadelphia then another plane to Las Vegas

endofrainbow

sounds like it's a code share with American Airlines operated by US Airways. Their configuration on the Dub/Phl route is 757 3+3 - it's cheap for a reason ! Most other carriers that operation transatlantic use a 767.

All the information is on the airline's website

killbillvol2

There was an issue with 757s diverting to refuel on transatlantic flights earlier in the year. Link

coylemj

The only time I found myself flying to the US on a single-aisle plane was with Continental to Newark in 2004, would that have been a 757 as well?

killbillvol2

coylemj wrote: »

The only time I found myself flying to the US on a single-aisle plane was with Continental to Newark in 2004, would that have been a 757 as well?

Probably - United still fly 757s on that route.

MarkY91

Longest flight I done was to ayia napa 5.5 hours. They're horrible for tall people. As long as I have better leg room than usual, I'll settle for that..and a sleeping pill lol

novarock

When we fly to the US we try to get the United 757. It is a longer 737 essentially, but transatlantic it I think it is great. Less crowded, less people bothering you queuing for the toilets, less baggage to fight through afterwards. Has its benefits.

In reality all economy classes are the same. Even if it has two aisles its not as if you benefit from it. http://www.seatguru.com will tell you the exact inches in legroom - you'll notice its no different.

novarock

In fact you get an extra inch of legroom on the 757 relative to a 747

http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/British_Airways/British_Airways_Boeing_747-400_C.php

http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/US_Airways/US_Airways_Boeing_757-200_D.php

Rackstar

Have done trans-Atlantic on 757s. Not a great experience in the 3-3 configuration. You really miss the 2nd aisle, the single one is too busy with passengers, staff, and trollies.

zagmund

I found the single aisle better as mentioned above - less people queueing to get on, less people queueing to get off, etc . . .

Getting up and down the aisle isn't a problem at all unless you absolutely have to go to the loo at the exact time the cabin attendants are coming up with the trolley. Funny enough, this is exactly the same on two aisle aircraft unless you are in one of the crappy rows anyway.

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MarkY91

I hear the drink and food is free. In gonna be fat by the inr I get back from 'murica

mikedublin

I flew US airways from Dublin to Philadelphia a couple of years ago on the 757 and it was grand. They didn't have any seat back Tv's (there was just a TV screen on the ceiling but the seats were comfortable and I slept a lot).

One advantage of this particualar flight for you is that you should get to do us customs and passport control here in Dublin before you depart which makes the arrival in America a lot easier.

MarkY91

mikedublin wrote: »

I flew US airways from Dublin to Philadelphia a couple of years ago on the 757 and it was grand. They didn't have any seat back Tv's (there was just a TV screen on the ceiling but the seats were comfortable and I slept a lot).

One advantage of this particualar flight for you is that you should get to do us customs and passport control here in Dublin before you depart which makes the arrival in America a lot easier.

That's true. I've been told that about the customs. Apparently mc carran airport is so slowcat customs do I'm delighted

rainbow kirby

novarock wrote: »

When we fly to the US we try to get the United 757. It is a longer 737 essentially, but transatlantic it I think it is great. Less crowded, less people bothering you queuing for the toilets, less baggage to fight through afterwards. Has its benefits.

That's what we've got for our transatlantic leg (SNN-ORD-SFO) in May.

MarkY91

i found an app called "seatguru" it shows a seat map of my flight as having 2 aisles. i was led to believe from a few google searches that it was 1 aisle..

US Airways
Airbus A330-200 (322)

is what is says at the top of the page so ive no idea who im actualy flying with or what kinda plane it is. ah well...as long as i have my own tv and an charge devices via usb slot then ill be fine

endofrainbow

if it says US Airways Airbus A330 I would imagine that's what it is.....

yew_tree

Ive flown Dublin to Newark with United on 757. No problem and I am 6'3. Its technically a long haul flight but is it really...? if you compare to some of the long haul flights you might be down eastward and down to oz. Some Ryanair flight within Europe (to the Canaries) are nearly as long a east coast US flights.

IrishPhoenix

MarkY91 wrote:

i found an app called "seatguru" it shows a seat map of my flight as having 2 aisles. i was led to believe from a few google searches that it was 1 aisle..

MarkY91 wrote:

is what is says at the top of the page so ive no idea who im actualy flying with or what kinda plane it is. ah well...as long as i have my own tv and an charge devices via usb slot then ill be fine

I don't think any of the American airlines fly a330s out of Dublin. Delta uses Boeing 767s for the summer and the rest use 757s I think. Whatever plane is showing up on your airline's website is the one you'll most likely have. If you do a search on expedia for the same flight they usually tell you what type of plane it is if you need to clarify. If your BA flight is leaving at the exact same time as an American Airlines flight, its not 2 flights it's 1 and you'll be flying American Airlines.

billie1b

MarkY91 wrote: »

That's true. I've been told that about the customs. Apparently mc carran airport is so slowcat customs do I'm delighted

25 minutes from walking off the plane into arrivals in McCarran a couple of weeks ago, i've been held in Dublin longer

elastico

MarkY91 wrote: »

That's true. I've been told that about the customs. Apparently mc carran airport is so slowcat customs do I'm delighted

CBP stateside is often not that bad. In the past I've been through CBP before my bags were on the carousel.

MarkY91

Oh really? Just I seen people mention it took ages in McCarran airport on TripAdvisor.

Its going to be torture going to Philly then to Vegas. So much traveling!

billie1b

McCarran airport was grand, as said above by another poster, I was waiting at the carousel for my bags for about 5 minutes before they started to come out, luckily enough they were in the first 20 out so we were gone, could have been a few minutes longer waiting if that wasn't the case

jjbrien

Why would the OP be doing CBP in Vegas if hes flying DUB to PHL then onward to LAS he will clear CBP in Dublin

billie1b

jjbrien wrote: »

Why would the OP be doing CBP in Vegas if hes flying DUB to PHL then onward to LAS he will clear CBP in Dublin

He knows he's doing it in DUB, we just started talking about CBP in the USA

jjbrien

billie1b wrote: »

He knows he's doing it in DUB, we just started talking about CBP in the USA

Ah well never really had much of an issue with CBP state side either and I live there now. Only time we had to wait a long time was at EWR thye only had 2 officers on at 10pm at night to process 3 transatlantic flights.

One bad CBP experience I had was at PHL found the staff there to be rude but for the most part they are ok in most places.