Hah: American Airlines' New At-Home Wine Experience

IDK lol. In Chicago I have been able to get great deals from local restaurants on wines. A lot of steakhouses have surpluses of wine they are trying to get rid of. It’s not uncommon for them to sell the wine to go right above their cost (which is much lower than retail) since they are sitting on so much of it and indoor dinning here has been closed for almost 90 days. Don’t think I would participate in this. Also it’s interesting because airlines pick wines that are allegedly “better” at altitude. There was a pretty cool video awhile back explaining how they chose them.

This is targeted marketing by that wine company, with the AA brand slapped on top, it’s not inventory reduction.

Yes. If I’m going to buy a bottle of champagne in the near future i value AA miles over BevMo / totalwine points. But on the other hand at the $40 price point here in texas we’re already talking Perrier Jouet, Piper Hiedsek, Tattinger, etc.

maybe this will benefit someone buying in bulk and entertaining.

Prices are good, not amazing. However, it seems like shipping cost is around $10/bottle, which makes it decidedly not a good deal.

New customers wanting a bunch of not-bad wine would be better off trying the intro offer for nakedwines.com. Not a wine snob but I drink a fair bit, thought their stuff was pretty good. Full disclosure: no affiliation with nakedwine, not gonna give you a referral code. I did their intro offer, ordered $200 of stuff in a subsequent order, ended up cancelling the subscription when they failed to deliver that second order to me in a timely fashion. The intro offer is a good deal assuming it reaches your doorstep.

I think Vinesse often has amex offers, so there is that.

These wine clubs are so disappointing. Vinesse, Naked Wines, Wine Insiders, Winc. They are all the same - thin, uninspiring wines that are a decent price but not a decent value. A trip to your local wine store or even Trader Joes will result in better wines and a better value. I lost all respect for American Airlines wine on 2019 business class flight to LHR and the options were a "peenot neer" and a "coats du rones". I understand that some Greek wines are tough to pronounce but knowing a pinot and a Côtes du Rhône shouldn't be too big a stretch for a flight attendant in international business class.

What?? $27 for shipping a bottle of champagne to FL? Forget it..I'm doing curbside pickup at ABC or TotalWine!

would love if this qualifies for my Amex plat $200 credit.

Hmmm... I've seen similar deals (not identical, roughly similar) from United's shopping portal, as well. The thing is, I can just drive over to my local Total Wines and More, TRader Joe's (a very underappreciated wine seller), or to High Times in Costa Mesa, Southern California, and get the same wines for a lot less. I applaud airlines and wineries and distributors trying to be creative and drum up business, but unless the wines are very special or very inexpensively priced, I just don't see this as being a long-term buy for the average consumer. I say this as a wine club member of two Temecula wineries and a bit of a wino myself. Its a nice idea, a nice try, but just that... Nice.

Random AA Marketing VP: "Step lively, people! Any minute now and these web orders are going to start pouring in!"

*(inebriated) crickets chirping*

American selling wine .
Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways selling airline food in little restaurants at airport for those who are missing airline meals
Eva offering 2 hour trips around Taiwan and the sea and back home
BA selling upmarket travel luggage containing a piece of their dismantled 747

Any more I have missed ???

It requires a 21 years old or older to sign for the purchase. My husband and I will be at work. Now, we do not know what they will do with our purchase. We were so used to of having our products left on the porch. We were so excited at first, but it is now a hassle. We should have thought through.