I fly to RIC through CLT on AA every couple of months in FC (most recently last week as it happens).
The A321s that AA has vary from ropey to rather new and nice! It's somewhat potluck though and varies on day of travel. Between RIC and CLT I've flown a mixture of E175s, CRJ-900s and on all my flights in the last year it's been the newly fitted out 8 F seat A319s with in seat power.
RIC is a nice little airport with TSA Pre. The Delta side has a bit more to offer than the AA side but there's now a restaurant/bar with reasonable beer/cocktail options on the AA side.
It's been a few years since I've flown DL F between PHX and RIC but personally I'd be more swayed towards AA. CLT is a lot easier to connect through than ATL, IMO. However, it's not as if you're making a huge rookie mistake by picking one airline over the other.
I find the legacy US routes to be much better at open bar guaranteed PDBs, I must be close to 100% hit rate over the last few years. It's the legacy AA routes where you're more likely to be offered water or juice or if you get unlucky, nothing.
Originally Posted by
TravelerMSY
The high-level view is that theyre more or less identical. Everyone has their opinion though. I like the food on AA better but DL usually has Woodford.
AA has had Woodford in domestic F for almost a year now.