I've flown American's A321 first class between New York and Los Angeles over a dozen times, though I've never flown business class on this flight before. So I was excited to see how business class compared to first class. My flight was scheduled to depart at 2:30PM, meaning boarding was scheduled for 2PM. While flying…
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Good review as always, thank you for giving me some reading this Sunday afternoon!
Wow -- that is not at all different than First on AA's A321s. Not worth the money/miles/SWU for the upgrade, in my opinion.
Lucky, that is NOT a heritage kit pictured. Heritage is only offered on transcon F (three-cabin) and int'l J. You were given a modified smaller kit appears to be of same material, but different (fewer) contents and no legacy carrier theme.
Off topic about seats -
the footwell and small storage space above it resemble the ones on United PS
Lucky,
Please post the Oman Air trip report ASAP, dying to hear about your trip! 🙂
Lovely report as usual. But is there a reason to include the color of the flight attendant's hair? I was sort of waiting for the blonde joke. Also, it's not a good idea to be making public guesses about ladies ages. Just saying. 🙂
Why the hate on Prosecco? It's less pretentious and often much more drinkable. Perfectly acceptable, even preferable, for domestic business.
Nice to see the water bottles preset before boarding, I think that's relatively new?
Lucky, sure about the second door being to close to the wing? I have boarded through it several times with Lufthansa A321's.
While I think even the (finally) improved UA catering is still only at par with the current AA setup...UA has really stepped it up with my three daily essential beverages - coffee (Illy), beer (Goose Island IPA), and bourbon (Buffalo Trace). AA's offerings are pretty weak across the board by comparison.
Would be more than happy if had just on board wifi, and forget the IFE screens altogether. Less weight and maintenance on AA's end, and less interruptions.
Had to laugh about the menu touting "exceptional wines" when an internet search turned up retail prices of @ $9 a bottle. Then again, maybe AA meant 'exceptionally cheap' for a premium J flight.
Other than the wines, it sounds like the A321 Transcons are far superior to their FC International long hauls. While I do my best to avoid the later, this has me very encouraged to experience the former. Thanks for this report.
Ben, the amenity kit in Biz isn't quite the same as the one in F. As someone above has said, the F one is the same as the (current) int'l J one (i.e. the heritage kits). The Biz one is similar in design (the felt fabric) but much smaller, has a few less items (although I can't remember exactly how it differs) and no heritage theme. (Sorry to be a pedant! Amazing report - I love the A321 Biz product. Because I'm usually travelling with my partner, I actually way prefer it to the F product, because we can sit next to each other).
Would you ever consider including the dollars and/or points paid for the flight at the top of the review along with the other stats? I always think this would be generally insightful especially when you tell us you got a good/poor deal. If you're not used to a particular route it would be great to be able to compare the price you're about to pay (whether in cash/points/both) with that paid by a pro traveler.
Dear Lucky,
I like your blog very much, but on one issue I have to agree with Jason. You are too much into the name snd reputation of champagne. While there are a lot of very drinkable proseccos with a value much better than champagne, in the last years champagne also lost against some creamonts at blind tastings. So chsmpagne is a nice drink, but served in the air for reputations, only. I like the idea, that Alitalia as an italian airline serves italian prosecco instead.
Why is it when Ben does a post about the 321T people have to challenge him, when it comes to boarding in L2, no North American Airline will board through that door with an air bridge, period. Some European Airlines have in the past but I believe that Airbus has warned against it.
The catering looked right on target for a J product, Ben your flight in F was horrible, but then again, the galley space on the A321 is 1/3 the size it was on the 767, AA needs to ditch F and just have a great J product.. If they would increase the size of the salad that would be a wonderful product.
What an ignorant review. Do seats lay fat? Do they recline? I could care less what you had to drink. Learn how to write and stop working for AA.