Originally Posted by
susiesan
I'm in the planning stages of a trip to Argentina for fall of 2013. I have enough miles on AA for business or first. I also can get enough into UA from my Chase UR accounts for business. It will be my husband and I traveling. I'd prefer to fly J and use less miles up.
Which airline has the better lie flat seats for the long overnight flights? One note about AA is that they almost never have 2 J seats for award travel on the same flight but usually there are 2 award seats in first. I've done a few dummy booking just to see availability 11 months out.
Can't comment on UA J seats to EZE but if you fly AA, I'd recommend that you use the necessary miles to get into first class. AA's business seats are nominally lie flat but they achieve this by stuffing your feet under the seat in front of you, in order to cram as many seats into the cabin as possible. As a result, the J cabin is very cramped.
For me, a good business class offers space, not just a flat slab to sleep on. AA's first class cabins on the three-service 777s that they fly to EZE are nice and roomy. Pay up and enjoy!