JANUARY, 2016
AMERICAN AIRLINES 777 FIRST CLASS
Sao Paulo (Brazil) - Miami (USA)
I was really excited (after several years to do not fly American) to finally fly American’s new first class for the first time.
I’ve been extremely impressed by the new product in pictures and friends comments, so was very excited to try out their new first class.
Keep in mind that long term the 777-300ER is the only longhaul aircraft on which American will have a first class product. Throughout the rest of their longhaul fleet they’ll just have business class as the top cabin.
American 309
Sao Paulo (GRU) – Miami (MIA)
Sunday, January 3
Depart: 9:45PM
Arrive: 3:29AM
Duration: 9hr15min
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Seat: 1-G (First Class)
The 777-300ER first class cabin looks very nice, though completely private. That being said, I do like the minimalist and neutral/understated look of the cabin.
I headed to seat 1G, and noticed just how spacious the area around the seat was. The seat itself isn't very wide, but there was plenty of space around it, presumably to make room for the “swivel” function of the seat.
In terms of the seat’s other amenities, there’s a compartment to the side of the seat, which can store headphones. When opened it has a pop-out mirror. Inside are two power ports, as well as the headphone jacks
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The tray table folds out of the wood side table, and below it are three buttons for turning on the light, and popping out the tray table and TV.
On the wood panel next to the seat was a seat controller, which was also quite easy to use.
Once the seatbelt sign was turned off (about 30 minutes after takeoff) the purser, came around to take dinner orders.
I logged into the inflight internet while watching my favorite movie "THE FAULT OF OUR STARS" (which cost ~$19.00 for a 24 hour pass), and ordered a glass of champagne and a still water to accompany my delicious nuts.
After drinks the table was set. There are two tablecloths — one white one, and then a beige one they place on top of it (which they remove after the main course, so you have a “clean” one for dessert).
I was also offered my choice from the bread basket, and of course selected pretzel bread.
Then dinner was served. :-)
So one of the really cool features of the seat is that you can actually swivel your seat around 90 degrees and turn it into a desk facing the window. Is it necessarily that practical? No, since you also have a tray table and can do the same looking forward. But there is something sort of awesome about having a “real” office in the skies. So I got a bit of work done .. :-)
Arriving at gate in Miami...
American 777-300ER first class bottom line
Several years ago I told all my friend “Why Does American Bother With International First Class?” I flew discounted first /business class American Airlines airplanes in the past, but now that American is just keeping first class on the 777-300ER, and if you’d think that they would want to make it something special. believe me, they DID IT !!
The service was SUPERB. The food was EXCELLENT. The entertainment and wifi are the same GREAT in first and business class.
That being said, I arrived at Miami super relax and had an absolutely LOVELY flight!
Have to admitted, GREAT JOB and congrats to American for this new product!