Narrative:

We were cleared to gate. As we entered; there was a B737 waiting to park [two gates over]. I taxied behind the B737 and got close to its tail to clear the taxiway behind us. While we were stopped; waiting for the B737 to move forward; the ramp controller asked if we could make it around the B737 to our gate. I thought we could; the first officer did not and advocated that very clearly to me. I started moving in a tight right turn then stopped because I wasn't sure that I would safely clear the B737's tail. My stopping caused our nose wheel to straighten as the aircraft moved forward a few more inches. At that point; I really thought we would clear the B737's tail and inched forward. I felt a small bump and realized I had misjudged the distance and hit the B737's APU exhaust with our left wing tip.a short time later; the B737 moved forward and I could see what looked like a dent in its APU exhaust. The B737 proceeded to [its] gate and I decided that the best thing would be for us to proceed to our gate. Just after we set the parking brake; and turned the seat belt signs off; the purser called to let us know that one of the passengers had told her that we might have bumped the B737's tail.after our post-flight flows; and the parking checklist was complete; I made a maintenance entry then contacted the [chief pilot].this was completely my fault. It was wrong of me to ignore the first officer and to even attempt this maneuver; especially at night. My main concern was not getting to our gate but making sure that I had cleared [the] taxiway so we wouldn't be blocking other traffic. That; obviously; should not have been my first concern.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two air carrier flight crew reported aircraft to aircraft contact was made on the airport ramp.

Narrative: We were cleared to gate. As we entered; there was a B737 waiting to park [two gates over]. I taxied behind the B737 and got close to its tail to clear the taxiway behind us. While we were stopped; waiting for the B737 to move forward; the Ramp Controller asked if we could make it around the B737 to our gate. I thought we could; the First Officer did not and advocated that very clearly to me. I started moving in a tight right turn then stopped because I wasn't sure that I would safely clear the B737's tail. My stopping caused our nose wheel to straighten as the aircraft moved forward a few more inches. At that point; I really thought we would clear the B737's tail and inched forward. I felt a small bump and realized I had misjudged the distance and hit the B737's APU exhaust with our left wing tip.A short time later; the B737 moved forward and I could see what looked like a dent in its APU exhaust. The B737 proceeded to [its] gate and I decided that the best thing would be for us to proceed to our gate. Just after we set the parking brake; and turned the seat belt signs off; the Purser called to let us know that one of the passengers had told her that we might have bumped the B737's tail.After our post-flight flows; and the Parking Checklist was complete; I made a maintenance entry then contacted the [Chief Pilot].This was completely my fault. It was wrong of me to ignore the First Officer and to even attempt this maneuver; especially at night. My main concern was not getting to our gate but making sure that I had cleared [the] taxiway so we wouldn't be blocking other traffic. That; obviously; should not have been my first concern.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.