American Airlines' special A321T - TRANSCON Business Class Review
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Date of Travel: 30 JAN 2020
Airline: American Airlines
Livery: American standard livery
Route: JFK-SFO
Aircraft: Airbus A321T
Flight Number: AA 179
Miles: 2584
Airborne time: 6h00m
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What luggage do you use?
Hi Paul. Do you have any advice for someone who has never flown before, who's scared to death to fly and has Anxiety/Panic disorder? Reason I ask is because even though I'm scared I'm also VERY fascinated with flying and planes, etc and would LoVe for one day to get the hell outta the United States!! If you have any advice for this scaredy cat please let me know and if anyone out here has any for me that isn't mean!! PLEASE feel free to reply to me.
TYSVM for your time and Great videos!! Take Care :))
In case anyone doesn’t read the description, this was BEFORE Covid-19 reached the USA.
Thankyou. Was about to question why everything is so relaxed? Lol
@@RaneMP2016 Yeah, that was my first reflex, and then I checked the description lol.
I was going to ask why LATAM was still in Oneworld 🤣
At SFO airport if your spotting from in the terminus some days you can see planes bound for Oakland
sfo and OAK are about 10 miles apart also, with the Bay in between. If the winds are correct, you'll also see San Jose flights (sjc)
You can also see London Heathrow arrivals (and some departures) from London City Airport, just like New York here.
3:30 at DFW u can see traffic arriving/departing at Love Field
I'm having a layover in DFW when I go to Harlingen in December! Never been there before, so I'm very excited. Ofc will keep myself safe and others safe as much as possible with COVID going on, I just wanted to visit my bf for the holidays
@@zimkaseem very nice, it is the best airport (ive been through) for transiting domestic pax
You can see departures if they are on a north bound flow or arrivals on a south flow.
When we are not dealing with pandemics, I’m a transcontinental flyer, leaving from the east coast to visit family in my longtime home of the Bay Area. I miss the relative ease and lower risk of traveling pre-Covid. Thanks for this video. It temporarily eases my need for an airline experience!
No masks, no social distancing, people, i miss those days
It will probably be three or four more years before that is the norm again.
I miss that too! I pray it comes back to the world soon
I prefer the masks, social distancing and no people. Introvert heaven!
@@6yjjk same
@@davidlazarus67 Doubt it considering we don't do that with the different versions of the flu and colds. Once we have the vaccine we will be fine, it just means covid will be normal like the flu.
I've done transcon in First Class 3 times in the last month, and it holds up well still. You get almost full service. Still good value
Out of interest, what’s changed since this video was shot?
The flagship lounge is closed, so you have to go to a reduced admirals club. No hot food most of the time. Your meal is brought on on a tray instead of the normal dish by dish in fc. I'm not sure about in business what's changed. I was in business on my last trip, but when I checked in I was offered an upgrade to FC for $150.
150 USD isn't bad at all, even during a pandemic with reduced service. I'd be seriously tempted!
No ice cream sundaes either. Plus the flight attendants are all ALOT older on these routes. Because A) I assume it one of the highly sought after routes to work. B) They laid off junior FA's October 1st
Personally, as nice as the FC seats are on AA, I much prefer the EWR to LAX on United in their 787-10!! Something about that plane i absolutely love. I don't wanna get off when the flight is over!
Thank you for including the full takeoff - my favourite part of any flight.
I'm sooo with you on the missing sights and sounds of US airports! Thanks for bringing some of it to my screen :)
Great video, can’t wait to experience flights like this again soon!
As ever Paul, thanks for the great video reminding us of fun times!
You can see planes lined for Toronto Pearson airport from Billy Bishop Airport, when YYZ is using 15R/33L and 15L/33R. Bu these runways are only used for only 5% of all landings at YYZ, depending on wind conditions.
Looking forward to watching this tonight, we’re booked on the transcon in business next Summer 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Really appreciate the unedited take off!
Good to see my home airport (SFO) being featured again :)
Been watching for a couple of years now. One of the best videos yet.
It looks very comfortable! Thank you for the video!
Great Trip Report! Keep up the great work. ✈️
Love the landscape.
Great vlog Paul as always
3:35 this is possible at Toronto Pearson Airport, you can see arrivals to Pearson and also Toronto City airport, although if you're looking for really good views of that airport, The CN tower is your best bet.
Spectacular views from your window on America Airlines.👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Very nice service and great video wonderfully presented.
Great video Paul!
As a former frequent flyer who was doing approx. 30 segments per month this time a year ago, these videos are a lovely way to remind me how much I enjoy flying. Sadly I have been reassigned to a desk job thanks to the pandemic so my days of flying weekly and building status are behind me 🙁
You talk about legacy carriers, but the truth is you’re a legacy RUclipsr (in all the good ways!)
Another great video Paul.. Prior to Covid I traveled for work and leisure, not having stepped on a plane this year may seem trivial to most but it’s been tough. Your videos offer somewhat of an escape, I especially miss traveling to the US so enjoyed this Vid.. keep up the good work sir
You were on my favorite flight. I just took it this past Monday. I was in Business Class, too.
My favorite American Airlines logo is the 1960s one and the Astro jet livery was so slick !
I used to stay frequently at a hotel near Love Field in Dallas. I could still see planes from there approaching DFW.
Orlando-Sanford (KSFB), Orlando Executive (KORL), Orlando International (KMCO), and Kissimmee Gateway (KISM) are all extremely close to one another to where you can see aircraft flying into other airports all the time. When the southbound runways are active at MCO, airliners fly right over ORL at like 2,500 feet since the two airports are less than 6 miles apart.
Also, McDilll Air Force Base is like 4 miles south of Tampa (KTPA) and in line with their north/south runways, so you fly over an air force base at like 1,100'
Well done Paul as usual. Good thing I checked to see when you had recorded this because seeing the buffet I figured the Governor of NY was going to have a cow when he saw this. Keep up the good work sir and God bless.
Great video!
3:50 that aircraft flying past "Corona" 😬
First class on A321.. amazimg.. never seen before.
Great video Paul - as always. Not sure if you can catch LHR arrivals while waiting at LCY but I think that is the closest you can get to to LGA/JFK
At sfo you can watch arrivals and departures at Oakland. I think you can also see arrivals and departures at Kobe from Osaka Kansai on a day with good visibility as well.
lovely flight i enjoyed it very much
Never been on AA, but the A321L looks really good. Nice report especially the wind shot after takeoff.
Great video! I love the AA transcons! One slight correction though: All AA A321T Business and First class passengers can access the Flagship Lounge, and then wishing the Flagship Lounge, only First Class passengers have access to Flagship First Dining.
Welldone guys keep up the good work stay safe 🙏
At ohare international in Chicago, it is possible if the winds are right to see southwest aircraft coming out of milwaukee general Mitchell or Chicago midway
I am a retired flight attendant and the Airbus 321 was my favorite plane. I bid on the 321 door 2, facing after. I loved takeoff. Slow,gradual into the air. This bus has a longer body with shorter wing span. Take off too fast,you will have a "tail strike". The tail hits the ground and damages it. AA has not had a tail strike,that I know of! I am retired AA flight attendant.
Don't know how well you can see aircraft movements but you can see the lights to SFO from the western terminal windows at OAK. Did you film the SOF-LHR leg?
Great vlog as always! Where do you want me to start? ARN-BMA, CDG-LBG-ORY, SFO-OAK, MIA-FLL, LGA-TEB, MCO-SBF, ORD-MDW, LAX-LGB etc. When it comes to borders you have SW in TX and Mexico. Two airports next to one another in two countries. Basel, Mulhouse and GVA. Three airports, and three countries. AGP-GIB? Stay safe, and be safe!
When I was at Dallas Love I could see planes landing far away at DFW
Very cool configuration on that A321T 👍 transcon, interesting term. Here in Australia we would call just call it a domestic flight. And great video btw, thanks for sharing
Paul, in the UK, what airports can you see take offs/landings from if you're at Heathrow? Are any of the following possible to spot:
Luton
Stansted
London City
Gatwick?
Interesting this cabin layout, wonder if they will adopt it for their XLRs in the future as well on TATL routes
Great Video👍🏽
1970s to 2013 is also my favorite logo of American Airlines, Great taste Paul!
At 3:37 in Detroit Michigan, at Detroit Willow Run Airport a small, regional cargo based airport(KYIP), you can see planes on Flightradar24 lined up on approach to the main airport for cargo and passenger flights, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport (KDTW) also one of Delta Airlines’ big hub airports. 👍
Great video as always! Just to flag that Transcontinental Flagship Business passengers don't need status to use the Flagship lounges, they can enter based on their ticket.
Thanks! My mistake - forgot that was the case. It’s just Domestic First that can’t enter Flagships unless they’re a non-AA Oneworld Sapphire or Emerald (confusing huh!).
Hi Paul. Great videos... Keeps me going even if working at for a ground handling company @ LHR just keeps my head above the water. Takes my mind off all the stress.
Keep it up.
Have you thought about doing a video about the current situation and domestic flights from LHR but smaller airlines and not BA?
Cheers keep safe
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ❤️
This A321, probably have one of the most unique configurations in the world
I used to work on the tarmac for a couple of different airlines at Oakland International (OAK) and would be able to see the air traffic across the bay at San Francisco (SFO).
Flew this once in business class from LAX/JFK thanks to a 500 mile upgrade. The seat was great. Someone tried to self-upgrade into the empty seat next to me but the keen eyes stewardess soon sorted that out!
London. In City Airport you could def spot planes on the approach to LHR
Can see Pearson traffic from Bishop, Cleveland Hopkins from Lakefront, and LAX from Santa Monica.
When you're at BSL you can watch planes taking off from and arriving at MLH. In fact, they're even closer than the JFK/LGA proximity.
I did a similar very early morning JFK to SFO flight in 2012, it was a 767 though... probably not more than 25 passengers and crew on board... it was fun having such a huge aircraft with so few people on board... the middle seats became beds. Getting into SFO in thick fog was weird though, it’s like nothing, nothing, nothing, RUNWAY!
that makes for a busy sky!!
Both Hayes Heliport and RAF Northolt are within visual range of Heathrow - so you can view take offs and landings to/from there
Looking forward to Delta One in the A321neo in the future.
Did someone say breakfast buffet?! Mmmm food 😂
The best part of any flight!
I have never been but it is possible for the Belfast airports??
Very good video trip
JetBlue Mint is the top of the line when in comes to American transcon service.
Paul, another absolutely class video.
I aspire to travel in the way you do but I am nervous of turbulence and I let it stop me.
Would you consider documenting more of the turbulence you encounter on your journeys or create a turbulence series?
I’d be really keen to see how often you encounter it and to what degree. It would certainly inspire me more to fly!
Turbulence typically isn't too bad, and the majority of the time you get very little to no turbulence. And when you do get turbulence, it's usually just a very small shake, nothing too big. Getting turbulence really bad is usually very rare, so there's no need to worry about it, tho I do understand the anxiety behind it.
I like window seat too where I get a good view outside the airplane.
Rand Airport, FAGM, South Africa. You can see aircraft on approach for runway 03L and 03R for OR Tambo International
There are flights all the time from Raleigh to Charlotte on the a321. They only cruise for about 10 minutes!!
You can see inbound flights from Long Beach at John Wayne in Southern California
On a clear day BWI traffic would be visible on approach @ DCA and possibly vice versa from BWI viewing platform looking south towards DC.
If it still exists you should checkout the United Chicago-Edinburg flight on 757
You can tell this has been edited prior to summer 2020. Latam is leaving one world and the AA 757 is gone! I also got upgrade last winter to fly this same product to LA from JFK. If you fly it sometime again or for the first time, I highly recommend the chocolate chip cookie dough bites! They are so good!
Of course Mutala Mohamed international airport Lagos
Where 2 different airport share the same name and are 0.4 miles away from each other.
Basically they share almost every thing except for the terminal and runway, even though if they wanted they can also share their runway.
The trans con service is called flagship. There is a dedicated check in and flagship lounge is included only on the special transcontinental .
Thank u for trip journey:) & for video :) i havent fly with America airlines :), my first trip 2 america 2 nyc went with virgin :) mostly BA and wasyjet for short haul flights to Spain rome etc :)
You can see aircraft landing at KIX from Kobe Airport. If the flight is landing at KIX from the west, it would fly very low (around 2000 ft) just south of Kobe Airport and then make a right turn to line up to the runways of KIX. Also, I think you can see planes landing at HKG from MFM, if flights are landing from the South China Sea and HKG is busy, so that the flights would be flying north from the Sea at a path fairly close to Macau, and make a right turn just southeast of MFM to line up with HKG's runway, landing from the west. The last one I am not sure: can you see OAK from SFO (and v.v.)? They are just a narrow bay apart.
I agree Paul about missing the 757. I took numerous flights within the US and across the Atlantic and always had a great experience. I don't mind single-aisle planes at all.
I enjoyed American's a300s. It was too bad I couldn't get on one before they were retired. 😥🤦♂️ I almost did but had to change my dates and ended up with a different routing.
Are those F seats more like international business class - and the business class seats are “older” style international J?
My favorite flight ever was a American Dreamliner to London
I'd really like to see the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport be featured on this channel one day. It's a very nice airport, although very small. It made me happy to see SB make a cameo in the Pacific Surfliner video.
Howdy, great review and trip report as always Paul! I’m starting to get worried since Paul missed JFK!😹😸😸
In San Francisco you can see planes to/from Oakland and vice versa!
Thanks !
NICE!
Sorry if I missed it, is this full flat?
You stated the wrong thing about lounge access. AA does allow both first and business class passengers on the transcon to access the flagship lounge, because it is marketed as Flagship First and Flagship Business.
Great video! -from a new yorker haha
I thought all transcon and proper international passengers in business got access to the Flagship lounge as opposed to standard Admirals Club?
my favourite is the present one
I have been on America Airlines to JFK Airport in July 2005, the hottest summer ever in New York then.
The passenger association makes all kinds of money selling "stars" to airlines.
In Moscow Domodedovo you can see landings and take offs from or to Vnukovo airport.
Cheremshanka Airport is right next to Krasnoyarsk International. I guess you could call it a spareport.
Melbourne Essendon and Melbourne Tullamarine flights can be visible from either airport
I believe sfo u can watch Oakland airport across the bay