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AA A321T 3 class Flagship 2x a day BOS-LAX 2 Apr - 5 Sep 2019
Newsroom - American Airlines Introduces Premium A321T Aircraft to Transcontinental Service Between Los Angeles and Boston - American Airlines Group, Inc.
Thoughts? In part: Customers traveling from coast to coast on the A321T in Flagship First and Flagship Business will experience fully lie-flat seats and a chef-curated menu, as well as premium wines and amenity kits. Those traveling in Main Cabin can stay connected with power at every seat, high-speed Wi-Fi and seatback entertainment. And, as part of American’s new collaboration with Zoës Kitchen, Main Cabin customers can purchase new light and healthy menu options. “The Flagship experience on the A321T continues to win awards for best domestic first class travel and provides thoughtful comfort and convenience for customers,” said Vasu Raja, Vice President of Network and Schedule Planning for American. “By introducing the A321T on two daily flights between important business markets like LAX and BOS, we are delivering on our promise to create a world-class customer experience.” The A321T has become the standard for comfort when traveling between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LAX, as well as between JFK and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Flagship First and Flagship Business customers have access to meals designed by chef-partner Sam Choy as well as a lumbar support pillow, duvet, mattress pad and other bedding from sleep experts Casper (NB: uncertain what will be offered BOS-LAX-BOS). The aircraft also offers 36 Main Cabin Extra seats, which include extra leg room and complimentary beer, wine and spirits. All customers enjoy free movies and TV shows with seatback entertainment. High-speed satellite Wi-Fi is available for purchase with bandwidth sufficient to support access to personal subscription video streaming services like Netflix* and Hulu*. Customers at BOS traveling in Flagship First or Flagship Business will have access to the newly renovated Admirals Club, which re-opens in early 2019 after an ongoing colocation project is completed. This will move all American flights to the same terminal with one ticket counter and one baggage claim, and with all gates in the same area, for a seamless customer experience in Terminal B. At LAX, customers flying in Flagship First have exclusive access to the most premium experience, including Flagship First Check-In — a private, dedicated VIP check-in facility — the Flagship Lounge and Flagship First Dining in Terminal 4. Flagship First Dining offers customers an elevated sit-down meal with regionally inspired dishes and locally sourced ingredients including the Flagship Burger, which was called the “best airport burger” by Travel + Leisure. Flagship Business customers enjoy the best amenities and services in the Flagship Lounge at LAX with a range of options, including a robust food offering and a chef action station with fresh, made-to-order dishes, along with the ability to pair meals with premium wine, champagne and spirits or a refreshing drink from the build-your-own-cocktail station. Flights will be available for sale on Monday, Dec. 3. |
A321T flight schedule (subject to change):
LAX–BOS AA156 Departs LAX at 7:45 a.m. AA156 Arrives BOS at 4:16 p.m. AA2455 Departs LAX at 9:55 p.m. AA2455 Arrives BOS at 6:22 a.m. BOS–LAX AA211 Departs BOS at 7:24 a.m. AA211 Arrives LAX at 11:10 a.m. AA2542 Departs BOS at 5:45 p.m. AA2542 Arrives LAX at 9:28 p.m. |
Wish they would have a better eastbound schedule--being BOS based, I strongly prefer the noon or 3-4pm flights to allow me to get half a day in LAX before flying back on a non-redeye, but obviously YMMV depending on your needs!
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Originally Posted by dkc192
(Post 30479631)
Wish they would have a better eastbound schedule--being BOS based, I strongly prefer the noon or 3-4pm flights to allow me to get half a day in LAX before flying back on a non-redeye, but obviously YMMV depending on your needs!
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Wonder if this (hopefully) means the end of BOSJFK on the A321T
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I'll take it!
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Interesting that they won't be providing free meals in Y on this route, as DL does.
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Sounds like they will probably be able to fit this into the existing utlization for the A321T, but I do wonder if there are plans to reconfigure more aircraft.
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I like it. I periodically take that LAX-BOS red-eye to maximize on ZZZZs.
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And sill no PHL-LAX with the A321T. :( I would have thought BOS and PHL have a similar premium demand for the LAX market.
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It's great to see AA launch another premium trans-con route after squashing LAX/MIA. No doubt Mint played a part in this.
No Flagship Lounge/Dining in Boston of course but at least F at LAX would qualify for FFD. |
Originally Posted by bridge29
(Post 30479690)
Sounds like they will probably be able to fit this into the existing utlization for the A321T, but I do wonder if there are plans to reconfigure more aircraft.
This sounds more of a defensive/"let's see if it sticks" move. |
Originally Posted by PHL
(Post 30479850)
And sill no PHL-LAX with the A321T. :( I would have thought BOS and PHL have a similar premium demand for the LAX market.
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I do find it very ironic how in the press release they are promoting seatback entertainment, yet ripping it out of their other domestic fleet.
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Without more planes, they have to come from either LAX-JFK or SFO-JFK.
BOS-LAX and the JFK routes are prone to IRROPS in winter (and sometimes summer). If they fly a mixture of the 2 class and 3 class 321s, it will be pretty miserable to get bounced from a 3 class to a 2 class. The J seat in the 2class sucks. |
Originally Posted by mizzou miles
(Post 30479662)
Wonder if this (hopefully) means the end of BOSJFK on the A321T
If anything, this solidifies the BOSJFK 321Ts I assume for aircraft rotation - it looks like 2x/day glancing at the schedule in June |
Originally Posted by no2chem
(Post 30480004)
Wait, what? Why would you want to end BOSJFK on the 321Ts? Lie flat seat for MCE price? Unless you're talking about delays ex-JFK because of late incoming from LAX/SFO.
If anything, this solidifies the BOSJFK 321Ts I assume for aircraft rotation - it looks like 2x/day glancing at the schedule in June |
Originally Posted by bridge29
(Post 30480023)
I don't think it does at all. Look at the flight times, it looks like the planes originate in LAX and turn around in BOS.
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Originally Posted by PHL
(Post 30479850)
And sill no PHL-LAX with the A321T. :( I would have thought BOS and PHL have a similar premium demand for the LAX market.
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Originally Posted by mizzou miles
(Post 30479662)
Wonder if this (hopefully) means the end of BOSJFK on the A321T
Originally Posted by PHL
(Post 30479850)
And sill no PHL-LAX with the A321T. :( I would have thought BOS and PHL have a similar premium demand for the LAX market.
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
(Post 30480189)
I don't know about premium demand on that route specifically but overall, PHL has 35% less domestic O&D than BOS. It punches way below its weight for metro size.
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Originally Posted by beachfan
(Post 30479971)
Without more planes, they have to come from either LAX-JFK or SFO-JFK.
BOS-LAX and the JFK routes are prone to IRROPS in winter (and sometimes summer). If they fly a mixture of the 2 class and 3 class 321s, it will be pretty miserable to get bounced from a 3 class to a 2 class. The J seat in the 2class sucks. Google flights shows 6 AA nonstops a day LAX to BOS. AA is announcing 2 of them will be 321T in each direction Great, so a 2/3 chance you WON'T be on it, and if you book it and there's an issue, you DEFINITELY won't be on it. It'll be nice when it works though, and better than not having the option at all. Best case scenario they make it more uniform and find a couple more 321Ts to put on it. If it proves profitable, I'm sure they will. Would definitely like to see them do the same on their nonstop long haul routes from LAX to PHL, CLT and RDU (and of course MIA) |
the 10 3-cabin F seats will be a waste - should be using an intl-configured 75W
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Originally Posted by PHL
(Post 30479850)
And sill no PHL-LAX with the A321T. :( I would have thought BOS and PHL have a similar premium demand for the LAX market.
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Originally Posted by Colin
(Post 30480323)
the 10 3-cabin F seats will be a waste - should be using an intl-configured 75W
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Originally Posted by Colin
(Post 30480323)
the 10 3-cabin F seats will be a waste - should be using an intl-configured 75W
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For main cabin and main cabin extra, which would you choose? 321T or 321S (LAA 2 class)
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Originally Posted by Raymond Lu
(Post 30480673)
For main cabin and main cabin extra, which would you choose? 321T or 321S (LAA 2 class)
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Originally Posted by Austin787
(Post 30480198)
AA is responding to Delta, United, and JetBlue who fly flat beds on LAX-BOS. No competitor flies flat beds on LAX-PHL. However, one of AA's LAX-PHL flights is on A330 which has flat beds.
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321S also has personal tv installed, no IFE? thanks
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what is the odds to have op upgrade as oneworld ruby on AA flights? thanks!
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Originally Posted by Raymond Lu
(Post 30480910)
what is the odds to have op upgrade as oneworld ruby on AA flights? thanks!
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It sounds as though they've got the birds to do the two RT's without screwing up other scheduing. That is a way to test the market to see if the premium service cuts it xBOS. If it does, once the fleet is increased, I'd bet AA moves the remainder of the frequencies to the premium service. If not, they'll pull the service.
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Man, I just can't keep up with my scorecard. So the 321T is three-class and the 321S is two-class?
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Originally Posted by DenverBrian
(Post 30481236)
Man, I just can't keep up with my scorecard. So the 321T is three-class and the 321S is two-class?
A321S: 2 class version A321H: Identical to A321S, but with ETOPS. A321: 2 class LUS version with no power/AVOD. When booking flights, the first 3 are coded A32B, the last one is A321
Originally Posted by gateH15
(Post 30481433)
A321S has a lot of bad MCE seats. A321T has all great MCE and more private cabin I too prefer the smaller cabin on the A321T. |
Originally Posted by Djokison
(Post 30481506)
A321T: 3 class version. A321S: 2 class version A321H: Identical to A321S, but with ETOPS. A321: 2 class LUS version with no power/AVOD. When booking flights, the first 3 are coded A32B, the last one is A321 |
Originally Posted by Djokison
(Post 30481506)
A321T: 3 class version. A321S: 2 class version A321H: Identical to A321S, but with ETOPS. A321: 2 class LUS version with no power/AVOD. When booking flights, the first 3 are coded A32B, the last one is A321 I’d argue that the A321S offers more “great” seats than the A321T, but you’re right, it also has some bad MCE seats, of which the A321T has none. I too prefer the smaller cabin on the A321T. |
A321T in MCE is about as good as it can get in coach. Being NYC based we get free fresh meals (LAX/SFO), unlimited wine and cocktails (at least for me), high speed WiFi, roomy seats with so much recline I don’t even need to recline, movies on seatback AVOD etc |
Originally Posted by AANYC1981
(Post 30481578)
A321T in MCE is about as good as it can get in coach. Being NYC based we get free fresh meals (LAX/SFO), unlimited wine and cocktails (at least for me), high speed WiFi, roomy seats with so much recline I don’t even need to recline, movies on seatback AVOD etc |
Pretty poorly written press release to suggest they offer lumbar pillows and mattress pads in Flagship Business. Every time I’ve flown the 321T in J they don’t offer those. In F I’ve gotten the lumbar pillow but never the mattress pad (maybe you have to ask?) Anyone guess what the pricing will be on these routes? |
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