Some great legroom to be found in a 3-3-3 config

On my way to the antarctic cruise that never was (more on that in another post!) I got locked into a situation where there were no good award tickets for two people from the US to South America, given that it was high season and we had very specific dates we needed to fly. That meant buying an econ revenue fare, but fortunately we found a good deal on Expedia.com. This particular flight was the second of three legs down to Punta Arenas, and ended up being a last-minute equipment change to a LAN/LATAM 787-8 — a welcome change as it meant everyone on the plane had more space to spread out! To that end, check out my “turn down service” in the gallery below 🙂

The Rewards Card Points That Get You Here:

While this flight was not part of an award redemption, I do know that American and British Airways are two good ways to book these seats on LAN. The British Airways Visa Signature® Card, which as of the posting is offering a 50,000 Avios signup bonus (after spending $3k in the first 3 months of having the card) and a further 25,000 bonus after spending $10k in the first year. Citi now has three cobranded credit cards with American Airlines, and those are:

• the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard®
• the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ Mastercard®
• and the Citi® / AAdvantage® Gold World Elite™ Mastercard®

How Was The Flight?

The Gallery:

Legroom at non-exit bulkhead

Turn down service 😉

Looking towards the forward economy cabin

Three seats at the exit row

Veggie Meal

IFE screen at exit row

Exit row

Standard set of 3 middle seats

The door at the exit row

Power at every seat

Looking across economy row

IFE controls

IFE/seatback at a regular seat

The Bottom Line:

I would not hesitate to fly the LAN/LATAM 787 again, and would certainly try hard to redeem points to get into business class as their updated product looks far superior to their old business class. The cabin crew was great, the veggie meal was actually quite decent, and the seats/IFE were very good, and only in a 3-3-3 config, not a 3-4-3.

What else?

Did I miss anything? What’s your experience been like while flying on LAN/LATAM? Let us know in your comment below!

The verdict

Reviewed by

Seatlink

Date

2016-03-09

Airline/cabin

LAN LATAM 787-800 Economy Seats

Rating

5