I don't fly so I guess I'll never have the experience of a 747, but my dad had an interesting one. At one point AT&T sent him to Saudi Arabia to help with establishing their new phone system (or something; that's the best I can recall) and he was flown there on a 747 - as the only passenger...
Yes, I've heard the coach seats are fairly roomy. We were in a sleeper car, staying in a bedroom, and both of us found everything about it to be cramped.
Thoughts on the bedroom Superliners following our first LD trip recently on the CZ:
The tray tables seemed fine to me. The foldout flaps were useful, though we mostly kept them folded up. I found that the table gave my crossed leg a place to rest against, which made the uncomfortable...
So, our big first Amtrak trip. For the most part it went well: the 5 train westbound departed CHI on time and arrived at SLC about an hour and a half late, while the 6 train eastbound arrived at SLC about 40 minutes late and at CHI about an hour and a half late. We had anticipated possibly much...
Now moving, 2 hrs 15 mins late. The mechanical delay will cause us to conflict with a freight, so another delay for that coming up, and a heat restriction on the rails will add another hour.
CZ 5 stuck in Denver. They added a loco for the Rockies pull and apparently the new and the old aren't talking to each other. They have IT people working on it. Showing as 1 hr 39 min late, but that was before the problem.
Our first LD trip together, very excited, SCA super nice, train departed on time - but the engine on one of the locos broke almost as soon as we left Union Station. Stopped while they try to fix it. Good times. Already 50 minutes late.
Here's how the 6 train of the CZ has done arriving in CHI since mid July. Had my gal and I known of all this madness we would never have attempted this Yellowstone bucket-list trip by Amtrak! We'd have worked out some way to drive it or ride buses or something. And from what I'm reading in these...
We're on 532 in late August on the 5 train. Fingers crossed! And 632 on the 6 train a few days into September, back to CHI - that one has me very nervous now. Flying is not an option.