Background
Over Thanksgiving, I flew roundtrip from New York to Los Angeles on American Airways. I flew in Flagship First on the outbound, and Flagship Enterprise on the inbound, all on the A321 Transcon (A321T). I’ve reviewed these merchandise fairly a couple of events sooner than, so I decided to do a head-to-head comparability put up this time in its place. Should you want to see a couple of of my earlier critiques styled additional like a product consider, listed below are a couple of of my present posts beneath:
Should you want to fly on the A321T, you greater obtain this rapidly as will in all probability be retrofitted as quickly as American takes provide of the model new A321XLRs, which ought to start occurring in 2025.
Flight Particulars
American Airways Flight 341
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX)
Scheduled Size: 6 hours and 20 minutes
Standing: On Time (quarter-hour early)
Cabin: Flagship First
Seat: 5F
American Airways Flight 32
Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK)
Scheduled Size: 5 hours and 26 minutes
Standing: On Time (5 minutes late)
Cabin: Flagship Enterprise
Seat: 8A (Window)
Date of Flights: November 2024
Lounges
- Flagship First has a pleasing sweet spot in New York (JFK). You’ll get admission to the worldwide First Lounge (Chelsea Lounge), which I’ve reviewed proper right here. It is pretty cool you might entry this lounge on a house ticket and have an upscale restaurant-style meal. Sadly at LAX, Flagship First Consuming is closed, so that you just’ll have entry to the similar Flagship Enterprise Lounge at LAXwhich continues to be a powerful business-class lounge. At JFK, Flagship Enterprise will get admission to the Greenwich Loungewhich is an efficient business-class lounge, nonetheless not as luxurious as a result of the Chelsea First Class Lounge.
- On this journey, I had Krug on the First Class Chelsea Lounge which was good.
Seating
- I really feel the Flagship First Seat is good for solo vacationers because it’s in a 1-1 configuration. The seat is 21 inches enormous and in lie-flat mode, the seat is 82.5 inches prolonged.
- Flagship Enterprise is good for {{couples}} or pairs as a result of it’s a 2-2 configuration. The seat is 20.6 inches enormous and in lie-flat mode, the seat is between 75 & 78 inches prolonged.
- Every are lie flat, and that makes me a contented camper each method!
Amenity Tools
- You get the Worldwide Flagship Enterprise Tools in Flagship First on these premium house routes, and the Worldwide Premium Monetary system Tools in Flagship Enterprise.
- The contents are exactly the similar (eyemask, lotion, lip balm, dental tools, earplugs), merely the bag is completely totally different. In spite of everything, the Flagship First tools is nicer.
- Though, they provide slippers in Flagship First, and by no means in Enterprise.
Bedding
- In Flagship First, you get an extra physique pillow and an extra blanket on excessive of the pillow and canopy. Regardless, the pillow and duvets are the similar and are pretty good. I nonetheless acquired the outdated Casper bedding on every flights which I like. Nonetheless, American is rolling out new bedding from John Horsfall’s Re-Thread assortment in its new duvets and pillows, which is perhaps in a reusable zipper product bag made with recycled fibers.
In-Flight Leisure
- WiFi is analogous price all via, no perks proper right here, and the IFE show display is analogous 15.4 inches in every cabins. There are movies, TV reveals, and video video games to pick from. Every cabins get to utilize noise-canceling Bang and Olufsen headphones.
Welcome Drink
- In Flagship First, you presumably can have one thing.
- Nonetheless in Flagship Enterprise, you’re restricted to champagne, orange juice, or water.
Consuming
- The Flagship First meal is sort of identical to enterprise class, merely supplied a bit fancier with glass salt and pepper shakers, an extra soup selection, and the great and comfortable nuts served with olives.
- There is a bit completely totally different alcohol selection in Flagship First. Completely totally different bubbles and a singular dessert wine selection had been offered nonetheless the whites and reds had been the similar as Enterprise.
- Every major applications weren’t tasty this time spherical. Not United unhealthy, but it surely certainly’s been slipping. The smoked salmon appetizer in Flagship First was the precept highlight of the meal.
Sundae, Cookies, and Snacks
- I just like the Haagen Dazs sundae served in Flagship First & Enterprise.
- The chocolate chip cookie sooner than landing is good too and served in every cabins. Nonetheless, on my Flagship First flight, it was served lukewarm…luckily on the return flight,t it was once more to warmth.
- The snack basket is analogous in every cabins and left on the first row via the flight. Snack decisions included chickpea chips, cookies, popcorn, path mix, chocolate-covered raspberries, and further.
Bogs
- Flagship First has 1 rest room for 10 passengers, whereas Flagship Enterprise has 1 rest room for 20. The one distinction I seen is that First has computerized sinks whereas Enterprise doesn’t.
Some Factors
- The Flagship First audio jack has been free on my last few flights so everytime you plug inside the B & O Headphones, it should get chopped off or has muted sounds.
- My handset distant in Flagship Enterprise was cracked and inoperable. I did submit a grievance and they also did award me some miles for the issue which was appreciated.
Service on the Flights
The service on my Flagship First flight was high-quality, nonetheless nothing explicit. Apparently, on my Flagship Enterprise flight, the service was pretty good all through. The captain was great informative and saved us updated all via our small delay and thru the flight. We had a small delay on account of FA coms not working inside the mid-cabin but it surely certainly was solely a 20-minute delay on departure and we made up time inside the air and solely arrived 5 minutes late. This was a breath of latest air as my American Airways pilots on my Chicago to New York flight solely per week prior had been so uncommunicative.
The flight attendant serving the enterprise class cabin was moreover very attentive and even acquired right here by the cabin sooner than landing with the snack basket and requested if anyone wanted snacks for the freeway. I’ve on no account had that happen in Flagship Enterprise or First sooner than.
The Verdict
Whole, there truly isn’t an extreme quantity of of a distinction between Flagship First and Flagship Enterprise on the American Airways A321T. For me, if I’m flying with a companion, enterprise sounds good for me. If I fly solo, I wish to have no neighbors subsequent to me, so first is enticing. In spite of everything, price is a gigantic concern on this decision-making. An important plus of Flagship First for me is not the onboard experience, nonetheless reasonably the First Class Chelsea Lounge entry at New York (JFK).
What are your concepts on the comparability between American Airways Flagship First Versus Enterprise on the A321T? Be pleased to share beneath!
Cheers,
Ty
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