American Airlines

Not Verified | The Boeing 787 has horrible seats for a long haul flight. I'm six feet tall and the headrest didn't come up beyond my upper back. 9 hours with no place to rest my head. I've never had that probably on a Delta flight.

✅ Trip Verified | The seat shapes do not work well with the average body. It forces you into a semi-hunched position that really hurts your back. The height of the seat back is way too short; I’m 5-8” and my head is above the seat. The head back doesn’t raise enough to meet my head. I’ve had to put a coat behind my back to sit me upright correctly. The seat is also so high, you can’t see out of the windows. The only saving grace is the padding is nice. Just a poor all around design.

✅ Trip Verified | The First Class seat on American Airlines Boeing 777-300 is unique in that it swivels and has a device for maneuvering the seat with pre-set setting or you can choose. The armrests can be lowered which makes the seat in the lie flat position (prepared by the flight attendants) very comfortable and wide - easy for sleeping. A very good and comfortable design.

✅ Trip Verified | Terrible, fully upright, little padding. Plan to rub elbows with your neighbors, literally. And if the back row is open, but occupied by flight attendants, do not expect that they will be willing to share their own little piece of breathing space - they won’t.

✅ Trip Verified | The photo speaks for itself. That is seat 31A. To add insult upon injury when American Airlines sells a ticket to a family unit that a single reservation they say the rule is “we will assign seats at check in” but they actually mean (but do not tell you before you buy the fare) “we will intentionally seat family members as apart from each other as we can on for no reason other than to create an artificial demand for extra cost seats to sit with your husband or elderly parent at the gate and we may but do not really have to make an exception for kids.” My husband was assigned 20B. Appalling that they can get away with that. Service mediocre as usual otherwise.

Not Verified | Terrible seats. Middle and window seats have a metal panel under the seats that is about the width of a shoe and thus reduces foot space by that amount. Passengers are forced to cram their feet into the remaining tiny space, which is difficult or impossible, depending on the size of your personal item. I could not fit my small bag under the seat unless it was on my feet or my feet were on it. I strongly recommend against American whenever another option is available unless there is a very large price difference.

Not Verified | Flew Dallas to Rome in Premium Economy. Huge difference compare to main cabin. Wider seats, ample leg room, foot rest. Meals were served 3 times, on real plates with silverware, alcohol included. Nice Cole Haan pack with toothpaste, toothbrush, socks, eye mask, lotion, lip balm and ear plugs. Good earphones. Nice size tv screen, with nice selection. Food was def better than main cabin. Seat reclined nicely, pillow was bigger (first time ever i fell asleep on the plane).toilets are in the main cabin, no toilets for premium. Overall, very good experience.

✅ Trip Verified | I flew from Portland Oregon to Dallas Texas on May 15th, 2018. The airline offered free entertainment if I used my own electronic device (cell phone or tablet). However, I was not able to download American Airlines in-flight Entertainment app on the airplane, and I was left with no option for entertainment on a 4-Hour flight. The stewardess also was unable to access the entertainment option on her device. I was very frustrated and American Airlines needs to fix this for all passengers. It seems those with iPhones have an easy ride, but those Android devices are stuck with no options. Also, I was disgusted to see the stewardess serve the three ladies seated in front of me 2 full bottles of wine (750 ml each) They were able to purchase each large bottle of wine for $8 each, and they got pretty drunk on the plane. They were loud and obnoxious. I don't understand how they can sell individual size bottles of wine for $8, and yet these ladies were able to purchase 2 entire bottles for the same price. The stewardess should be reprimanded for this, as it was very irresponsible on her part and unfair to all the other passengers who paid a fair price for individual drinks.

✅ Trip Verified | Sat all the way in the back. Seats were the worst I have ever sat in on any flight. They didn’t recline back but rather leaned your body uncomfortably forward. Never will fly with American again.

✅ Trip Verified | Sat in row 22 seat A. Luckily there was only two seats taken on our row because it would have been unbearable for 8 hours flying from LHR to ORD with 3 people in a row that cramped! I can honestly say that it is the most cramped economy class I’ve flown in to date (and I fly a lot) The food was ok, cabin crew were rude and officious on that particular flight, I think some cabin crew forget they are just waitresses and waiters and develop a heightened sense of self importance and they seem to forget that the passengers on that plane have paid a contribution into their pay packets. The 787 is a beautiful plane though, you do notice the difference when you land, as there is more humidity in the cabin you don’t dry out, and it’s pressurised to a lower altitude. It’s the quietist plane I’ve been on (quieter than an A380) we had very strong turbulence over Greenland but the flex in the wings soak up most of the upwards and downward shift in air flow. I’ve flown with AA about 8 times now and I’ve not had a bad landing. All in it was a good flight and I would recommend them but try the 787 by all means but be prepared for a smaller amount of leg space than all the other long haul planes in the AA fleet.