I'd agree with AA over BA in J, especially on the AA 77W (and especially over anything on BA other than Upper Deck on a 747...).


To those recommending AA Westbound and BA on the overnight return - I'm not sure that makes much sense for a routing through DFW or MIA. On the short East Coast route (e.g. JFK, ORD, IAD etc.) it makes sense to choose BA for the "sleeper service" (i.e. proper meal in the lounge and lights out to sleep ASAP once on board). But neither MIA nor DFW offer "sleeper service" on BA. On AA out of MIA, the "express meal" had me fully fed and lying down to sleep within an hour of take-off, which is as quick (probably quicker) than anything BA will manage in Club World. And, for my money, the AA seat is much more comfortable for sleeping than BA (I like Club World for lounging, but for a night sleeping it's not ideal whereas I slept really well on AA from MIA to LHR recently).