Long story short I’m having a bit of an argument with a mob on the internet. I know, stay away from mobs and stay away from arguing on the interwebs — nothing good ever comes of either!
But here’s the deal. Someone made the statement in a certain Facebook group that no American 757s have Wi-Fi. I used to think that was the case, but a few weeks ago I flew an American 757 with Wi-Fi. I was in absolute shock, since I too was of the belief that no American 757s had Wi-Fi. But that one did, and I was pleasantly surprised. I haven’t seen another 757 with Wi-Fi since (even though I’ve been on many that have been reconfigured with the new seats), but I’m absolutely positive it happened.
It’s probably just one or two planes out there with it right now, but here’s the problem: the people on the interwebs don’t believe me, and they’re basically calling me crazy. Someone even asked Gogo on Facebook, and Gogo confirmed no American 757s have Wi-Fi. But that’s not true, and it wouldn’t be the first time someone got wrong information from social media.
Anyway, can anyone help prove me right here? I know for a fact I flew on an American 757 with Wi-Fi, and it even showed on the flight status page as having Wi-Fi. So anyone know the tail number of the 757(s) with Wi-Fi, or otherwise know of a flight that’s operating with it, so I can show the flight status page with the Wi-Fi logo?
Yes, I’m totally embarrassed I’m getting you guys involved in an internet fight but you’re the smartest bunch I know. 😀
I promise to make up for it tomorrow with a useful post about how much I love the weather in Seattle. 😉
A friend of mine at AA's maintenance facility in Tulsa said that it's been installed on 13 aircraft.
I was on AA1017 MIA-AUA on 21OCT on a 757 aircraft with Gogo wifi (which didn't work given that we flew out of the USA but the wifi signal was clearly available, I tried it myself)
Sorry, that was me running a fake wireless access point. Thanks for all the passwords!
@ Mike -- ROFL!
@ TonySCV -- Thanks for the link!
@ David -- Fair enough. :p
Lets be honest ... you had your own posse in the fight, too. Lol. It was a bit like West Side Story. Sharks vs Jets!
There's been at least one 757 with WiFi enabled since August: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage/1000585-boeing-757-752-refurb-domestic-config-new-seats-oct-2009-consolidated-7.html#post19195224
I think is only one 757 equipped with WiFi and Entertainment on Demand, at least I only know of one.
http://xkcd.com/386/
I wish previews showed up here...
FlightAware confirms N602AN
@ oleg -- WOOOHOOO! Awesome! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
@ KateFromCA -- LOL, only in this regard.
The knowledge level in that particular group varies in accuracy. There's been one particular member that swears up and down that it is a published benefit that AA EXPs get unlimited free upgrades on AS. It's ironic that they're calling you crazy :P
N602AN
Yea, if you look at flightaware you can see that it's a 757 and if you look at the status on AA's website (can't link it) it says WiFi.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL2155/history/20121022/1550Z/KSEA/KDFW
As per tha post by Will Fagundes here:
http://boardingarea.com/aadvantagegeek/2012/08/05/video-installing-wi-fi-on-an-american-airlines-737/
Is it nose 5CC? Reg# N655AA?
N655AA 223 24613/402 5CC 10/91
Would finding that plane necessarily disprove their assertion that you are crazy though? ;-)
Or, actually, here's an easier way :). You can use aa.com to check sea-dfw 2155 on Monday 10/22. Flight status will show WiFi. Any other website such as flightaware will show that flight as 752.
There aren't that many places from SEA where it could've gone, so finding next flight was easy.
Not sure if there's any good way to check tail numbers on FlightAware. Maybe can reach out to twitter team.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1087/history/20121022/0030Z/KMIA/KSEA
I can send you the BP showing Wifi for that flight if you want.
@ oleg -- Woohoo, now where do we get the tail number for that plane?
I was just on it this weekend - MIA-SEA on sunday.
@ Sak -- The plane was wifi equipped, though only worked for the last 100 miles as we approached the coast.
Once BTS publishes September data, you can check the reg number here: http://www.bts.gov/xml/ontimesummarystatistics/src/ddisp/OntimeSummarySelect.xml?tname=OntimeSummaryOrigData
I've gotten wifi over Mexico when flying in/out of Central America, so I believe if you got wifi on SJU-MIA
Are you sure? Over water? We don't even get satellite tv until we are close to the FL coast.
Not true. Drugs are bad.
@ Chris -- AA535 from SJU to MIA on 09/19 definitely had wifi and was a 757.
Date, city pair, flight number?