We know that American Airlines is trying to once again become a bit more premium. In the summer of 2025, the airline rolled out pajamas and mattress pads in business class on some ultra long haul flights. There’s now a positive update, as American is now rolling out mattress pads on even more flights, so…
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I did get 2 sets of Nest PJs recently to/from EZE:
outbound : MIA-EZE (Feb 9th) in J , available upload request
inbound : EZE-JFK (Feb 24th) in F , also mattress pad
I don't fly American. How could they not be offering mattress pads on any of their J class flights? That is crazy to me.
You can thank Vasu Raja for all the good things at AA after he left.
Can't get any worse.
No thank you! I’ll stick with flying delta. And my Amex centurion card. AA and shiti bank are for the poors.
Very well put.
It's like once you remove everything that was good about a company and whatever service culture they had, the only thing your replacement can possibly do is additive.
My recent flight back from Australia was the first where I was oferred PJs. As always, I moved the bedding to the overhead and never used it. It was my first time in the 787-9P (and in a bulkhead preferred suite). I found I like the regular 787-9 J better. To be sure. I'd never pay extra for the bulkhead seat on the P. I would pay a little extra for the J bulkhead seats on the newer AF 350s, though.
Oh, BTW, service on my BNE-DFW flight was excellent (though there was no 100th anniversary meals or anything special on that flight). Service was also solid DFW-Home.
I would love to see more airlines have matrass pads in business. Could not care less for the pyamas, but seats tend to be so hard that sleeping is virtually impossible. So on flights to and from europ matrass pads would be great in my opinion.
This look much more premium than UA pajamas.
Also, UA changed away from the 14 hours and is basically now everywhere except Europe. Got some KIX-SFO a few weeks ago.
“Pajamas are available upon request on all flights to Africa, Asia, India, Pacific, and Middle East.”
You don’t need to request, United has only approximately 10 pajamas per flight.
You need to grab one during boarding, otherwise, none will be left before all business class passengers seated.
I never got any pajamas on Tokyo route. After I put my carryon into head bin, all pajamas were gone.
Interesting. The FA's were proactively offering to everyone, including in the smaller cabin. They had well over 10 sets as most people said yes. This was only three weeks ago so maybe a change. Nowhere near Nest quality, assuming the AA PJs are the same or similar material to the Nest AA slipper bag.
This new PJs are flimsy compared to other airlines. They are too tight (they stretch a little) but the legs are tight and hard to change into (even for someone with skinny legs). The previous ones AA had were top knotch - up there with the best FC ones.
Can you cover how ITA’s Volare is being ended rather than merged into LH M&M? This is the first time I can recall that an airline is being acquired and the FF program isn’t merging 1-for-1. My guess it’s because Volare was too generous with giving away status.
You are correct. I wear small medium on any other airline. The AA pants are so tight at the ankle that I need to ask for a large xl set for the pants and s/m for the top. A waste.
Mattress pad is great and good to see everyone gets one now. So silly that it was only the bulkhead.
I agree. The AA PJs are not even branded as AA. Yeah, there is something on the inside of the collar but what a miss. But considering how thin they are, maybe best not to advertise the corner cutting.
I'm shocked TravelinPenis did NOT blame trump for AA's woes. Shocked. It shows he can muster more than two brain cells if the need arises.
There was this guy who used the subject of PJ's as an excuse for giving his latest trip report, which nobody was actually asking for....
I chatted with a purser who said my guess of 30% of J seats would not be far off their standard provisioning. UA's new PJs are nothing to write home about either, almost unbreathable.
I really don't get what's so great about United's bedding. To me their materials feel incredibly plastic, I mean, they are made with 100% polyester albeit recycled. You get a lot of static shocks with those polyester materials, especially in the dry aircraft cabin. People are so easily swayed by branding - "Saks", "Missoni", but take a closer look and you see lots of snags and loose threads on those cheaply made materials. I have to defend AA here as I genuinely think they have some of the best blankets and pillows in the sky now, they actually feel like cotton and good to the touch. I've only experienced the mattress pad twice on their long haul F, and they are very good. If it's going to be the same mattress pad, then I'd definitely say, AA's bedding will be leagues ahead of Delta's/United. As for the pajamas, they're too thin and tight, I feel naked wearing those on the plane, not cute. AA should correct the pajamas' fabric and fit.
I feel the Polaris bedding became overrated. The mattress pads are not as plush as AA's. The blankets (both the linen and the filling) do not stand out either, albeit carrying S5A's brand. Add that to the de facto 2-4-2 layout and it became much more crowded in the seats. On balance, AA's bedding is no worse than either UA or DL imo, having flown all multiple times.
Well, that decides it, no more Cathay, JAL or Qatar, AAmerican all the time now!
Best way to deal with jammies? I wear under my clothing. I strip on flight and sm ready for beddy bye. Nice to know all these high flying businessmen have solid opinions about airplane jammies!
As AA languishes well below Ryanair in the World Rankings, who believes that a few frills on the dead donkey will change anything?
There was a guy who didn't found a post didn't interest him, but took the time to comment on it anyway....
Your article contradicts itself:
American will roll out mattress pads on all international Flagship branded business class flights, as well as Flagship branded business class flights to Hawaii.
> important word FLAGSHIP
Then you state:
However, this soft product improvement is unrelated to which aircraft a flight is operated by. So you’ll get these amenities regardless of whether your flight features American’s new or old business class seats.
> old seats (i.e. 77w) are not branded Flagship Business they are showing as Business on the AA website
Interesting… United and American still do pajamas… yet, Delta is ‘too good’ for that. Hmm….