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Old May 16, 2017 | 7:00 pm
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Adelphos
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About 2 hours from SFO. A few thoughts

1. The service is really attentive. The two FAs assigned to Mint do a good job of refilling drinks, asking for all needs, picking things up

2. The seat is a bit more spacious than AA J

3. The food was slightly better than AA J/F, but honestly it probably depends on what AA is serving that month. The B6 Meal is less filling.

4. Wines were good

5. The overall cabin (with the mix of suites and doubles) feels less "cramped" than the AA J cabin. I'm in a double seat and I fee like the cabin is spacious and I'm not in my seat mates business.

6. Airport experience at JFK T5 was fine, but nothing special. Lounge access would be good

7. I believe I'm earning 3,000 TruBlue miles for this flight (it would have been 6,000 if I booked on JetBlue.com instead of my corporate portal). I would have earned 5,000 AA EQM and around 7,900 RDM.

Overall I think this product is very competitive with AA J on an onboard product basis. I think the main advantages are a more spacious feeling cabin and more attentive FA service. However I dont know if it is different enough for me to choose B6 over AA J when I get a good AA fare/time from my corporate portal or online. Not really factoring AA F into this as its pretty clearly better IMO
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