{"id":153360,"date":"2016-03-30T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=153360"},"modified":"2016-07-13T23:08:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:08:32","slug":"american-airlines-b777-300er-first-class-new-york-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2016\/03\/30\/american-airlines-b777-300er-first-class-new-york-to-london\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines B777-300ER First Class New York to London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature a\u00a0hotel<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0flight<\/a>\u00a0review.<\/p>\n

Today (March 30, 2016): Trip report: American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER (77W) First Class overnight New York (JFK) to London (LHR).<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On November 4th\u00a02015,\u00a0I flew in a Boeing 777-300ER (B77W) of American Airlines<\/a>\u00a0(AA) overnight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) in the First Class cabin (click here<\/a> to read my trip report of a day flight on the same route).\u00a0For this particular flight, I had booked a Business Class ticket and used one of my\u00a0AAdvantage<\/a>\u00a0systemwide upgrades to get a seat into AA’s First Class cabin.\u00a0AAdvantage is AA’s loyalty program, which I still consider to be\u00a0the best in the world (read here<\/a>\u00a0why), despite the fact that it devaluated last week.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0B77W<\/a>\u00a0is currently AA’s largest wide-body plane. As of today, AA owns\u00a027 of these planes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0operates them on selected\u00a0routes\u00a0to and from the United States. While AA’s B77W has one of the best\u00a0longhaul Business Class<\/a>\u00a0products\u00a0in the world (and is your best choice for a transatlantic crossing), I was less impressed by their First Class product. It’s still a comfortable ride of course, but the difference with AA’s excellent Business Class is only very marginal: the suite has more space, the seat can be turned into an office desk, there is turndown service (with a duvet and an extra pillow), and you get an extra course (soup) with your meal. I could not find any other differences, so IMHO, AA’s First Class is\u00a0not worth the thousands of extra dollars that it costs (unless you can use an upgrade of course). You can read my detailed trip report of a flight onboard AA’s B77W\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(Los Angeles to London).<\/p>\n