Flagship Business Class on American’s A321T: SFO-JFK

My first trip out of SF saw me fly aboard a red-eye transcontinental flight aboard American Airlines' A321T in Flagship Business Class. It's a truly unique experience getting to fly in the seat I flew in on a narrowbody jet, so highly enjoyed it all and would definitely recommend it. Nowadays, with international travel almost back to full operations again, American hardly ever puts their widebody planes on domestic flights anymore...only the most premium cross-country routes get these A321T's with Flagship First and Flagship Business...AA's "best" offering. While it's not as good as their 777s and 787s, it's still a huge improvement over flying a regular old 737 or A321 and if you can get yourself on one of these planes...DO IT. The A321T is worth it...just look for A321 with sharklets. Hope you guys enjoy!
Flight Info:
Airline: American Airlines
Aircraft/Registration: Airbus A321T (N115NN)
Seat: 10F
Flight Time: 5 hr 5 min
Flight #: AA 276
Takeoff: San Francisco International Airport
Landing: John F. Kennedy International Airport
Filmed:
Camera(s) Used: Canon Powershot G7X Mark II, GoPro HERO7 Black
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[@lmandrewlake]

Jazz guy, one of my favorite channels ever! You deserve way more likes and subs for a very underrated channel! Keep it up!

[@tpajay]

A couple notes about the meal service. Warmed mixed nuts isn't particularly an AA thing. We served them in F/C 40 years ago. Also, the menu items printed aren't what you got. I know you were calling it Prime Rib but the menu showed Short Rib with asparagus & twice baked potatoes but it looked more like potato wedges & broccolini & a leek stem across the plate. The salad you showed was a caprese salad (tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil leaves) & not what AA listed.

[@allenwilliams7055]

Just reporting that I had warmed, mixed nuts in F on literally every segment (all 4) over the weekend going CMH-DFW-SAN and back

[@KeemBeckford]

That suitcase throw was aggressive 😅😅😅

[@tadeuszlufik]

Starting to think AA is starting turn the page and deliver the product they used to. Thanks for sharing!

[@alexcrail6729]

As someone who has flown now 70 times on this plane with 68 of which being in first and biz, the armrest closest to the window does go down and makes the bed a lot wider.

[@TodosLados]

Great report. Loving the update on your channel. Great job, Chris!

[@dennisdaniels2992]

Chris, thank you for uploading your video! Keep up the good work!

[@JorDonJordy_.]

@thejazzguy13 I'm glad you are enjoying San Fran so far Chris, and I hope you have a lot of fun and overall great experience living there. Hence, SFO is one of my fav US Airports tbh. Great video coverage and perfect overall view as always. Keep up the great work bud 👏🏽, but the food choices got me feeling a bit hungry man not gonna lie 😆. Nonetheless, wish you the best in whatever you put your mind & talents to especially you're work ethics. #AvGeekMyself😊 #nicelittleamenkit US TALL FOLKS HAVE IT ROUGH WHEN IT COMES TO LIEFLAT SEATS ABOARD AIRPLANES, ESPECIALLY IF THE AREA ARE TIGHT. To note: I'm yet to experience AAs Business Class, so I'm glad for this insight.

[@sethguardado8178]

The opening has me in tears 😂😂😂

[@JxLx2022]

I like the lounge....especially the food!!!

[@RayMclaughlin-ff2rn]

keep on, I love your videos! TY bro

[@crazycoollady]

As someone who flew out of SFO in May and rides on BART on a regular basis, this video definitely hits home for me personally. Out of curiosity, what do you think of BART?

[@chromebomb]

I take bart to SFO and OAK all the time! I love BART

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Fantastic trip report Chris, I think this is my new favorite video of yours!

[@lawrenceakini7278]

Thanks for this vlog. Fly safe. Ciao.

[@pacotalamantesrivera4318]

Awesome job as alway keep up the good work , and hello from Mexico

[@BDMassachusetts]

Liked the dyalla mix, great video.

[@westregent66]

Love the video opening 😆

[@chumbucket5827]

I recently went to San Francisco via EWR. I was there to visit some relatives and until now, I would sometimes cry at night due to not seeing them anymore. Im back now in Asia and I would want to visit back but because of the lack of money and time, my parents and I would have to save up more

[@NovaDeb]

I enjoyed your report video.

[@barbmitchell7368]

Really enjoyed the flight.

[@keith2005]

I’ve never flown domestic long-haul flagship. Good review.

[@markgoecke2323]

The green veggie is Broccolini, a fancy form of broccoli. It is very good if you like broccoli!

[@j2simpso]

Key for lounge access is to have frequent flyer status, that way you can access the flagship lounges when travelling domestically regardless of we’ve you’re seated in business or just plain economy!

[@hectorcruz127]

Great video great job I my self am a flight crew and a aviation fanatic

[@ZGamingofficial889]

i love ur videos

[@RJ-luci]

Hey Chris! As usual👏👍

[@dennisdaniels2992]

Hi Chris, I hope you enjoy your flight from San Francisco to New York!

[@skiparkcityut]

Haha I love watching your videos but I would hate to be sitting next to you when filming that much especially on a redeye lol

[@tmreed]

This is the aircraft I fly on the most and I enjoyed Business Class a lot.

[@jonathanlovo7391]

I like the video so much thejazzguy13 it is a good video

[@YasinNabi]

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.” Maya Angelou.....

[@peteradaniel]

The food isn’t free, it’s complimentary with the ticket.

[@yogib37]

what was that jazz piece that you were playing towards the end. I liked it very much.

[@jtrains310]

Nice

[@colin042371]

Sadly, you never got a chance to ride the L-1011 or the DC-10 from coast to coast. These new single isle planes are somewhat of a joke. Thank you for the good report!

[@sadman68]

Love the landing music. What is the song?

[@joeydurborow3695]

Which out of the two airlines - American and southwest - do you put at one and two?

[@michaelespinosa9168]

If only you had tried that green pyramid broccoli, aka Romanesco, it would have been the greatest flight of your life :) haha. I love those things. Anyway thanks again for the great vids/commentary as they are very comforting to someone with a massive fear of flying like myself. Are these a321T any relation to the a321 Neo? I'm flying to Hawaii in a couple weeks in the latter and am still pretty scared but your videos are helping a lot! Thanks!

[@Leonardo-cs9ij]

Just booked a United flight on the new 787-10 Dreamliner with United!!! You got a video coming up flying on that one jazz guy?

[@zanderdrivescars]

He’s from Baltimore, of course he’s cool!

[@paulstein916]

I enjoy your videos. It’s sad that AA is flying narrow bodies on trans on flights. For a while they redeployed the wide bodies for transcon because international travel was curtailed due to COVID. What was the piano music playing on the video?

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

I miss the Otis Spunkmyer chocolate chip cookies they used to serve... my folks used to have a lot of miles on AA, so in the early -mid 2000s we flew JFK-LAX and JFK-SAN in business a number of times, and recall one time where my brother decided to be an ass, and eat my cookies whilst I dozed off. 😂😂

[@lui4220]

Cool

[@PNZTX]

Huh? @12:48. that's not the salted caramel tartlet. Looks like a miss-sync with menu. Instead, that is the chocolate mouse tartlet which tends to be on the dry and bland side - glad you enjoyed! Serving food at incorrect temperatures? Wow! That could be a health and safety issue. Glad you requested proper temperatures. Question, so AA no longer serves beverages in real glassware for its premium cabins? Noted plastic/paper drinking cups through out.

[@97nelsn]

You gotta have Sam Chui levels of money and press connections to get first class flights and service that’s catered to you along with access to the cockpit. Still, I’d love to fly with a lie-flat bed on a cross continental or international flight.

[@jefuryo]

Doing Flagship First in December on JFK-SFO route, so excited :)

[@marthaquinonez379]

How was it?

[@jefuryo]

@@marthaquinonez379 It was actually great!!! Got to try the new British Airways Lounges Chelsea, and SoHo. Flight was good. Wish the seat was truly flat, but it's a minor critique.

[@eduardotorrado950]

@@jefuryo tried that Chelsea lounge in JFK, I can’t believe how amazing it is o my god

[@jefuryo]

@@eduardotorrado950 I agree. They even let me use the Soho because it was too early (6 am) and I was vlogging :)

[@tmreed]

I went to the Greenwich Lounge.

[@noahlarson]

1:52 I’m normally in Terminal #3, when I fly out of SFO on United, which is happening tomorrow.

[@mhplays6341]

Hey jazz guy I just started an aviation channel but what do you edit on

[@sju_planespotter]

Sadly American is set to cramp those A321T with the hideous de-harmonized Oasis/Kodiak

[@johniii8147]

No actually they are being retrofitted with the new flagship business product.

[@mrtank2010]

15:28 I think that is three mile island by my home airport Harrisburg International Airport!

[@mrtank2010]

nah you tryin to scam me

[@LoganAviation]

I had the short rib as well! It’s too bad that AA decided to retrofit these planes in 2024.

[@avgjoeavglife]

Yeah, that's unfortunate.

[@johniii8147]

I don't know why you say that. They just released details and pics of the new flagship product and it's fabulous. Big upgrade from the current product

[@LoganAviation]

@@johniii8147 This fleet was special. Of course it’s not going to be better than the new Flagship Suites (Which are the same as JetBlue’s new Mint Suites) but this plane has one of the most premium heavy layouts on any commercial narrowbody jet. It doesn’t matter because their fate is sealed, these jets are going to be retrofitted with the crappy Oasis/Kodiak cabin to blend in with the rest of the A321 fleet.

[@phillip6408]

You struck lucky with access to the lounge after being upgraded. A number of years ago I was upgraded to business from economy when flying Dubai to the UK but the airline wouldn't''t let me into the business lounge. (Plastic cutlery in a Business Class Lounge?)

[@marthaquinonez379]

How do you get upgraded? Do you ask?

[@AustralianConsultancy]

Emirates does not included lounge access on ultra discounted fares nor for upgrades.

[@ctbt1832]

I can’t find none of the songs on Apple Music

[@laksi0505]

👍👍👍

[@MrLaneHere]

What camera are you using?

[@sportsMike87]

You can only go in the lounge if you're flying to New York? Thought that was odd.

[@canyonoverlook9937]

How long does it take you to get the narration right? How do you time it out? Do you write script then try to fit it in the video after the editing?

[@canyonoverlook9937]

Did your seat mate tell you what he did for a living?

[@zacks0117]

No glass drinkware on this flight? Or did you film this before they were brought back?

[@Coincidenceright]

We’re did you get the money

[@jonpatterson]

Do you think they didn't turn the lights on for meal service and waited until people were asleep before starting because of the issus with the ovens? Saving them a potential disaster of a meal service?

[@FireAlarmHowTooGuy]

Going to try out Delta or JetBlue. Starting to not like American much anymore.

[@marthaquinonez379]

I'm a new traveler...how do you get a free upgrade?

[@larellmi3_yt916]

2021?

[@michaelsharp3615]

San Francisco is one of those airports where you take metro train to the airport train which takes you straight to the terminal. Common thing in the United States while in Europe metro trains go right to the airport which a few airports in the U.S. are like as well

[@BrianWebb0222]

Can't speak for other airports but I know the BART to SFO was an after thought. The service started as part of an overall BART extension maybe 20 years ago. I will say that the service to the San Francisco airport is much better than what the Oakland airport got - which was a peoplemover type of service between the coliseum station and the airport terminal which requires a second charge to ride. The OAK trains replaced the "AirBart" bus service. I will agree that most European airports get it right when it comes to trains to and from the airport.

[@marioimori]

I flew AA for the first time in May. The "econopoor" of AA is really crap! The food was the worst airplane food I'd ever experienced! The food must be good only in their "execurich"! On the flight back to GRU, for the first time in my life, I saw a plane landing with most of the FAs standing up and collecting trash! That was a bit scary for my taste! Thanks for sharing.

[@daledonaldson3672]

FAs do not stand during landing. It’s quite frankly impossible. During final descent and approach, yes-but not during landing. Educate yourself in aviation before making such ridiculous comments.

[@marioimori]

@@daledonaldson3672 I saw it educated Dale! I've been flying for a long time! That's why I said NEVER HAD I SEEN THAT BEFORE! Does I look educated enough for you Mr Know-it-all? Ass

[@MqLei]

lol I don't like watching lounge parts of trip report just like you

[@michaelsharp3615]

First and Business Class Passengers mostly have access to airport lounges depending on the flight as well as status with the airline

[@df446]

Yeah. We know.

[@michaelsharp3615]

I wish San Francisco has more Chickfila's

[@michaelsharp3615]

Did you tell your seatmate that you use to live in Pittsburgh

[@aa777flyer]

The AA Admirals Club is pretty much the worst of the worst. Southwest lounge is better and they dont even have one, so that tells you something. The food in UA and DL lounge is much better. AA is scrapping the 321T next year and reconfiguring them to standard 20F 176Y. Yea AA race to the bottom, they win!

[@michaelsharp3615]

At least your meal was good unlike other meals I have seen with trip reporters recently

[@michaelsharp3615]

American Airlines with no crew base at SFO see what happens there now if they still have the JFK to SFO flight, the lounge, etc.

[@skiparkcityut]

Yeah no crew base could definitely add some reliability issues. I bet they rely on JetBlue and abandon the route when the A321T is retired

[@alephl1]

That will not affect anything, AA only fly from sfo to other hubs. I was surprise that they didn’t close that base earlier.

[@df446]

Stop posting.

[@michaelsharp3615]

@@df446 lol

[@michaelsharp3615]

In the Fall of 2021 social distancing varied college campuses and airport still enforced social distancing and select restaurants did but other places did not such as sports venues, most restaurants, public transit, etc. and operating at 100% capacity with mask mandates

[@janellek21]

Hope you had a nice visit to San Franshitsco and managed to avoid stepping on a dirty needle or a pile of human feces on the sidewalk. I don't think American's domestic Flagship Business is quite as good as JetBlue's Mint, but it's better than United's.

[@Mike-dn7ut]

Nice mask ....ugh

[@stevee4636]

Brother, let's loose the Mask, we've moved on. Get some new content....

[@robertbangkok]

What an arrogant statement. You want to control other people's lives, huh? I don't have to guess your politics.

[@protocolofficer2629]

Oy vey. You belong in coach. You do not possess the savour faire to sit up front and it’s glaring. What you want in a plane is not available. You want to be back home at your desk “playing” on your computer and you just ain’t going to get that on a plane! Food? You had beef short ribs not prime rib although you appear to not be able to tell the difference. Yeah, stick to coach. We’ll all be happier!

[@anthonywalsh2164]

What a nasty comment. Not only do you not possess savoir-faire, you can’t even spell it correctly. I think you have hoisted yourself on your own petard.

[@connorm1817]

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