Luxury Travel Diary’s flown with American Airlines a number of times and reviewed their long-haul First Class flights. Trip reports can be found below. We’ve also reviewed many American Airlines flights in Business Class.
We’ve experienced First Class On American Airlines’s largest wide-body plane, the Boeing 777-300ER or B77W, which is their Flagship First Class cabin. AA owns 27 of these planes. While AA’s B77W has one of the best longhaul Business Class products in the world (and is your best airline and business choice for a transatlantic trip), I was less impressed by their First Class product. The difference between First Class and AA’s excellent Business Class is only very marginal. In fact, I would argue that it is not worth spending the money or the miles to upgrade from Business to First. Yes, the suite has more space, the seat can be turned into an office desk, there is turndown service (with a duvet and an extra pillow), and you get an extra course (soup) with your meal. But I really could not find any other differences. This is not the case with all airlines. As an example, I can’t sleep on British Airways thin and uncomfortable Business Class seats but sleep like a baby in their First Class cabin.
If you fly out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, AA offers their AA flagship lounge which we’ve reviewed.
Below you will find our most recent flight reviews on American Airlines in First Class:
American Airlines First Class Reviews
Flight Review: American Airlines Flagship First On Boeing 777-300ER
I flew and reviewed American Airlines Flagship First Class flight from Dallas DFW Airport to Hong Kong HKG on their Boeing 777-300ER at the end of August 2017. The First Class section was in the front cabin of the plane, taking up 2 rows in a 1-2-1 configuration. For this flight, I was seated at 1G, which is a bulkhead seat. The seat was 30 inches wide and had a pitch of 64 inches. The seat also reclined into a fully flat bed measuring 78". After being seated and waiting for the flight to fill up, I was offered a glass of pre-departure champagne and a bowl of warm almonds.
Review: American Airlines B777-300ER First Class
I flew in a Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) of American Airlines (AA) transatlantic overnight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) in the First Class cabin. As a comparison, read our report of Business Class on the B777 on the same route. I booked a Business Class ticket for this flight and used an AAdvantage (AA’s loyalty program) systemwide upgrade to get a seat in AA’s First Class cabin. The Boeing 777-300ER or B77W is currently AA’s largest wide-body plane, and AA owns 27 of these planes.
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta are the three main North American airlines and all three have all recently launched a new, upgraded Business Class soft and hard product, with improved seats, food and service. We have discussed in more detail which of these new Business Class suites is best. We’ve also compared American Airlines with British Airways and American with United.
Find out what the best airlines to fly to Europe in Business Class are and our top 10 Business Class Airlines.
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