Originally Posted by
ptownca
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To the contrary, I did a few flights on AA recently and was completely unimpressed, although I do not have status. No IFE on SFO > BOS or SFO > ORD. I did a run on legacy US from PHX which was even less impressive. They wanted $68 for a middle seat on an exit row !?
- OP was writing about flying with status on VX vs AA rather than no status experience. I (EXP) just flew with my son (PLT) PHX-ORD-RDU. PHX-ORD did not clear but GA proactively put us on the best Y exit row seats on A320 (no middle seats). You only pay for better seats in Y if you are not elite on AA. Snacks and alcoholic drinks for EXP at no charge without asking. We got to ORD earlier and decided to do standby for an earlier flight. Got to the gate <30 min before departure and were given 2 MCE seats in front with no one in the middle seat between us. For sure, no IFE on both flights but I do not care about IFE at all: I either sleep of work on the planes.