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I’ve recently taken the new BA Club Suite from LHR to BOS, and was impressed. Much better than the previous BA Club World seats. The airport lounge, however, at T5 still mediocre. Especially food selection.
I’m flying out to Boston again. This time, I have a choice of an American Airline flight, and I checked, the flight I can take has the new flagship business seats.
Anyone have any thoughts which I should take? Presume I’ll be getting similar Avios and Tier Points, so that is not a consideration.
How do the two seats compare? Especially for sleeping (will be taking red eye).
Is the inflight service and food better on one?
And lounge quality at Heathrow… which is better?Your BA aircraft could switch and you end up in old CW seat. I’d always choose AA; you’ll do no worse than a 1-2-1 layout.
I’d choose AA over BA in a flash.
Not just because of the seat – which I find better than CS even without a door – but the on board service is much better as well
They have the shocking idea of serving meals as separate courses and even allowing you to pre book mains!
And the lounge offering at T3 is much better than T5 as well. QANTAS and Cathay lounges are excellent.
Always worth bearing in mind that you’ll lose EU delay protection eastbound on AA but, that aside, I’d take them over BA pretty much every time.
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There’s not a great deal to choose between the seats, they feel all but identical, assuming you’re on one of the more modern fitted planes, such as the 789. The ice cream sundaes are great on AA! I’d still choose BA in preference, overall prefer the lounges and service, but I have GGL/CCR. Without that it may well swing to AA as the Cathay and Qantas lounges at T3 are good.
I’d pick a BA A380 flight to BOS.
I’d pick a BA A380 flight to BOS.
Why? Aren’t the A380s still with the old CW seats?
I’d choose AA over BA in a flash.
Not just because of the seat – which I find better than CS even without a door – but the on board service is much better as well
They have the shocking idea of serving meals as separate courses and even allowing you to pre book mains!
And the lounge offering at T3 is much better than T5 as well. QANTAS and Cathay lounges are excellent.
Good point in the lounge! Forgot about that. Cathy and Qantas at T3 are definitely way superior. That’s swung the decision for me.
AA Flagship First lounges are great quality, too – much prefer them to Galleries, and they’re on-par with the First Lounge (at least at DFW and ORD).
AA Flagship First lounges are great quality, too – much prefer them to Galleries, and they’re on-par with the First Lounge (at least at DFW and ORD).
Agreed, but on a business flight without status you’ll be in the Admiral’s Club.
I’d pick a BA A380 flight to BOS.
Why? Aren’t the A380s still with the old CW seats?
Yes seat 53A or K, or 59A or K suit me fine.
Yes seat 53A or K, or 59A or K suit me fine.
Yes. If you have status and get the better CW seats there’s still much about it I prefer. Storage in the fuselage wall, rear facing, no foot box, maybe a minority but I’ll miss it when it’s gone.
Not that there’s a flagship lounge in BOS so it’ll be the the admirals club anyway
You will get more Avios flying BA, if you have status, although it depends if the AA flights are booked with a BA flight code.
Both airlines have a rubbish soft product in business. Club suite is probably the better seat.
You will get more Avios flying BA, if you have status, although it depends if the AA flights are booked with a BA flight code.
Both airlines have a rubbish soft product in business. Club suite is probably the better seat.
Just had a gander at the AA Flagship business seats. Seem like they might be identical to the CS ones? Minus the “door”?
Huh, and I just realised the AA lounge in T3 still isn’t re-opened? I read T3 was meant to get a Flagship lounge… Is that still happening this year?
You will get more Avios flying BA, if you have status, although it depends if the AA flights are booked with a BA flight code.
Both airlines have a rubbish soft product in business. Club suite is probably the better seat.
I think they’re aligned now, No differences on Avios.
I have recently flown the club suite to LAX and the AA flagship business from JFK both on a 777.
Seat wise there was no significant difference except BA had a sliding door.
I found the onboard experience was significantly better on the AA flight than on BA –
Pre order of main course. Personally addressed by name when drinks order taken, hot nuts served in a bowl with drinks order, hot towels before meal service, excellent Bang and Oulufson noise cancelling headphones, meal service by course, a great ice cream sundae, Large cheese plate with grapes. drinkable coffee, several further rounds of drinks service, selection of snacks in galley.
The BA crew were personable but the service was mediocre. Cheap looking headphones. Drinks order taken then served with a small prepackaged and unappetising bah of very hard nuts. Menu lacked any real choice. Meal served in one go on one tray. Meal tray taken away and crew disappeared. No further service until 90 mins out of LAX when another one tray meal arrived and a drink offered. Shortbread fingers in galley.
In my opinion the AA service felt like I was in business class. The BA service felt like I was in premium economy.
Hope this assists in your choice of flight.
Huh, and I just realised the AA lounge in T3 still isn’t re-opened? I read T3 was meant to get a Flagship lounge… Is that still happening this year?
I don’t think think even AA knows.
It was off and on and off and on whether it was going to be refurbished to Flagship standards even before the pandemic and then the covid terminal shift to T5 then partially back to T3 and then the rest back to T3 months before the original plan so who knows what they are doing.
We know that AA wants to operate from T5 so why invest in a lounge in T3 if that’s still the shirt-medium term plan?
You will get more Avios flying BA, if you have status, although it depends if the AA flights are booked with a BA flight code.
Both airlines have a rubbish soft product in business. Club suite is probably the better seat.
I think they’re aligned now, No differences on Avios.
Indeed they are aligned.
Just checked and got the same avios on a BA codeshare 125 ticket booking for LHR-ORD as I did on the AA prime number on the return (originally booked as BA code but last minute flight switch put me on the AA prime code on an 001 ticked)
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