The question remains, which 321s? Not the LUS ones, certainly.

Only LAA 321s have AVOD.

It's not hard to figure out, the 32B's have it, and the original question was regarding streaming entertainment which.

So if all mainline jets have streaming entertainment, how come so many people complain about NO entertainment on long mainline flights?

There is a big difference between no option and the less preferable option of streaming vs seatback.

Because the vast majority do not have or can't afford a tablet or a laptop (those who have a company laptop often can't install the gogo flash plugin due to administrative limitations - you will be surprised some companies do not install flash) and a smartphone screen isn't big enough to really enjoy a full feature film.

Personally - I like streaming option, but I have an iPad Pro (and 3 other iPads) so I am biased.

I really hope AA will install AVOD on the LUS 321s as the A321 will be the backbone of their domestic fleet and that way they can easily provide AVOD on all transcontinental, Hawaii, and high yielding Caribbean routes with their A321s and AVOD 737s/319s. AVODs are great, but a bit of a waste on short flights given its cost and weight plus the fact the flight is too short to really put the AVOD to full use. So does not make sense to put them on the legacy LUS 319s and 320s, but the 321s are a different story IMHO.

I wish AVOD is installed on all narrow body planes, since LUS 319/A320's have the legs to make PHX-CLT it can be subbed if necessary.

my understanding is that AVOD can't be economically added to these planes unless they are ordered with certain wiring options. I doubt DP would have paid a $1 more than he had to so i'd guess the chances of getting it are pretty slim. I recently flew BOS-LAX on a 738 that didn't even have it. I just bring my own tablet with my own content and be happy with what I got.

Fire tablets are like $50 these days.

My thinking is get all A321s wired up with AVOD then reshuffle equipment where LAA 319s and handful 738s will be re-allocated to non-LUS 321 transcon flights and the 320s will move over to DFW/ORD covering the midcons. This way all 4.5+ hours flights will have AVOD. To achieve that they have to install AVOD on all LUS 321s, but odds are slim based on how cheap they have been going with the other retrofits - or even when it comes to fleet harmonization.

Didn't realize they are that cheap...

Speaking of go go I was flying phx-msp on Saturday and I was able to watch movies for free via the AA app using go go wifi. I didn't know AA offered free streaming (like UA does) for movies. Is this new?

Been a month or so, they offered because both UA and DL are.

The hd8 is $89.99 and claims a 12hr battery life, there is $49.99 model as well but I don't think I'd buy it unless you were really trying to save money.

Just purchased a iPad 4 64 gig wifi (refurbished) for $269 on groupon.

LUS 321 coming to an airport near you...
 

Hi all- I wanted to point out that here in DFW-land the cross-fleeting has taken off with a vengence:eek: With the battle of scheduling vs OPS over, one of the most frequented routes I fly, DFW-SAN has been taken over by LUS321's. 7 of the 10 round-trips per day! Only 3 flights are on LAA planes/crews. My last experience on Nov. 10 was just about the one that "broke the camel's back" only it was my back. Upgrade to 1st came through(even before arrival at the airport!) Had seat 3D- the most broken down cushions I have ever experienced. Not just the bottom-- the seat back was so bad that I could feel the beam that runs through the middle of the back on my spine the entire way. I even had the blanket folded up and it didn't even help! I was almost paralyzed from sitting. I had tried to book away from those planes, but the most recent schedule change undid my efforts. I will not fly on another one until AA refurbishes every last one.

A321 clt - lax
 

I'm pretty sure these are the old US Airways planes. I'm flying this route with the wife and 3 kids. Any TV screens in the back of seats in first class? Any TV drop downs at all?

Thanks

You're 100% correct, fly these CLT-LAX and CLT-SFO often

No power; no TVs (not even overhead I don't think). You can bring your own device and watch over the wifi for free.

It's a shame on a 6 hour hub to major WC city transcon they can't at least provide power esp when compared to Delta (tvs at every seat and even some lie flats in first ATL-LAX and ATL-SFO)