OMG. The ignomy. It's one thing to put up with American on a domestic flight but here we are now on an international flight.
Now even though I had told Mrs. SFO777 that we were flying Business Class to JFK, I guess the term selective hearing applies.
So we're standing at the gate waiting for "Boarding has commenced" to turn into reality, and it begins...
Mrs. SFO777: How many seats are in First Class?
Me: 16
Mrs. SFO777: 16???
Me: Well it's actually not First Class, it's Business Class
Mrs. SFO777: Business Class? BUSINESS CLASS??
Even though she says that she understands and agrees with the rationale as to how we got here, it didn't really seem to matter at this point. The damage has been done.
Dublin-New York JFK
American Airlines 291
757-200
8:55a-11:30a
August 29, 2016
Business Class
Seats 3EF
When you set your expectations lower than low, you won't be disappointed. And that's exactly what we got today. I've flown enough AA to know.
Mrs. SFO777? not so much. Today's flight was on an ancient narrow body AA single-aisle 757 with uncompetitive angled lie-flat seats. And with the usual AA crew.
So, my love, what do you think of American, our plane and your seat today? LOL.
Crew seats 4AB.
Our neighbor trying out the angled lie flat.
Today's menu.
And the wine list. Amazing that Ken Chase still has a job.
We were wheels up by 9:35a and our crew closed the lovely, thick and plush cabin dividing curtain. LOL. Yeah, that'll do the trick.
Our cabin crew went to work to prep the cabin for lunch. Whoa, what the rush? It's not even 10:30am. Oh well. I didn't even bother to ask about eating later as it wasn't offered and just not worth asking.
Showtime, AA style!
Ah yes, the ever luxurious AA hot towel.
Nothing fancy here, but it was edible.
Unlike the salad.
Just love those premium AA salt and pepper shakers.
We weren't drinking today so I wasn't even interested in wine, but our Flight Attendant never even offered it... to anyone that I could see.
We both had pre-ordered the Corn-Fed Chicken Breast with tandoori sauce, basmati rice and sautéed spinach.
It was moist and quite tasty.
The snack basket was never offered in the cabin, but it did sit in the galley. I guess we're supposed to know.
About 90 minutes out, we were offered a snack. A choice of Croque Monsieur or Thai Beef Salad.
The couple of bites tiny Greek Salad was tasty.
The Croque was institutional but was edible.
On the other hand, the Thai Beef Salad was horrid.
But, the big surprise was the Pots & Co. Salted Caramel Pot, which was delicious.
Fabulous.
The good news is that we landed on time. Like I said, I had low expectations and AA met them. Now we get lie flat 1-1 seating to LAX... or so I thought.
