American Lie Flat Business Class Seats Coming To 757

Agree these are positive (though much was already announced) - interesting that they made the announcement of these changes, which will really make a positive difference for passengers, on the same day that Delta announced a lot of "old wine in new bottles" - the one significant change Delta is actually making is negative for customers (Gold Medallions' losing the ability to pre-select Economy Comfort, until 72 hours before departure). I know where my travel dollars will be going.

Do you know if US is keeping 12 F on the 319 or dropping to 8F like UA when they add Main Cabin Extra?

Ben,

Any idea when the 757's will be upgraded? I'm flying one of them in April!

There are actually only two possible seats for the 757, because the FAA has only certified two lie-flat models for that type, the Diamond seat (used on the A321T business) and British Airways' reverse herringbone seats (used on OpenSkies). And since the latter is a BA propriety design, it's a given the 757s are getting the Diamond seat.

Yeah soup! Glad to see the clubs will not be downgraded to pmAA norms regarding free snacks.

Hopefully the US norms for work carrells will also win out over AA cube farms.

Ben, do you know what American use for SEA-JFK and whether they plan to upgrade that route to the premium transcon offering used to SFO/LAX (i.e. lie-flat business seats, etc?).

@Simon I wouldn't dismiss the BA design yet, because of the close relationship they share with American..

@ Paul -- They use a 737 on the route, and have no plan to use anything other than the standard domestic configuration.

@ TheRealBabushka -- Unfortunately don't yet have a timeframe. I'll post again if/when I do.

@ John -- Not sure, that's a great question. Let me try to find out.

I don't thing will be great having coach class passengers using first/business class lavatories and allowing visits/chats to family/friends flying first/ business class.

There are the changes of the NEW AMERICAN going great !!!!!

this is the response I got from a Concierge Key Manager about that complaint

I spoke with our manager for inflight policies and procedures earlier today, and I was advised that customers may visit with traveling companions, friends or family – or use the lavatory in another cabin – as long as the customers don’t interfere with the service delivery, violate the Fasten Seatbelt Sign, block the aisles or congregate in large groups. If the Flight Attendant or Purser is not comfortable with a congregation of customers or feels the customers are lingering for an extended period of time, the Flight Attendant should ask the customers to return to their assigned seat. If the customers do not comply, the Flight Attendant may notify the Captain. That’s the overview of the policies. Our inflight policies cover a variety of scenarios, but that should answer your question with more information.

As you can read protecting the quietness and privacy of those who spend thousand of dollars is never mentioned.

How can "coach class" mentality inflight product managers can be in charge of premium cabins?

The sanctity of business and first class cabins should be protected at any cost but sadly is something US airlines don't understand

I hope they upgrade the 757 soon. My flight from jfk to cdg in December 2015 was downgraded from the new 767 cabin to a 757 and right now its still showing the old seat map when i go into seat sselection.

I don't see why they are upgrading the 757s considering how old they are. They need to be taken out of service soon. It would only make sense to keep those planes on the Bolivia , Paraguay, and Uruguay routes because those routes are out of range for the 737s. American should create a South American hub in São Paulo to serve these routes with Embraers.