American Airlines 77w

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American Airlines 77W Business Class

44 Passenger Large Cabin vs. 8 Passenger “Mini”-Cabin

American Airlines has a fantastic product for crossing the pond, and probably the best domestic product, especially flying from LAX to MIA. Most of American’s 77Ws fly internationally, LAX, DFW, MIA, and JFK to LHR, and a few other international destinations, but AA offers a daily roundtrip on the 77W from LAX to MIA.

American Airlines 77W at LHR July 4, 2016

FACTS:

  • First Class – 8 Seats
  • Business Class – 52 Seats (44 Business Cabin and 8 “Mini” Cabin)
  • Economy – 244 Seats

THE CABINS

Large Business Class Cabin

“Mini” Cabin

The business class seats are the same in the Large and “Mini” Cabins; the seats are spacious, comfortable, have power ports (universal AC power outlet and USB port), lots of storage compartments, and extend into fully lie-flat beds.

SeatGuru has the seats in row 4 highlighted yellow, siting the proximity to the galley and lavatories as possible distractions. This may be the case on the day flights from London to Los Angeles, but on our overnight flight from Los Angeles to London, most passengers were settled and sleep 2-3 hours into the flight, which allowed for an uninterrupted night’s sleep. There is a constant blowing noise in the “Mini”-Cabin that is rather loud; however, there are 36 more people in the Large Cabin, which balances out the noises between the two cabins. In the “Mini”-Cabin, seats 3A and 3J align more with seats 4D and 4G than with 3D and 3G, seats 4A and 4J are more closely aligned with the galley, and very close to the lavatories, so these two seats would probably be the least desired of the 8 “Mini”-Cabin seats.

American 77w Business Class

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SERVICE

Service in the “Mini”-Cabin seemed to be a little better than service in the Large Cabin. There was always a flight attendant or two coming by to check on us in the “Mini”-Cabin; in the Large Cabin we had to call the attendants to get service a couple times, but overall the service in business class was very good.

MEALS

Both meals were served within one hour of takeoff. I had the fish on both flights, which were good choices. My wife had steak on the eastbound flight; she likes her steak well done, she picked around it trying to find the parts that were “most done”. Her steak was cooked “medium-ish. If you like your steak medium well to well done, you may want to select a different entrée. The breakfast was pretty good, as was the walkup bar for snacks. It would be nice if AA offered different choices for breakfast, as they do for dinner and lunch.

IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT (IFE)

American Airlines 77w Seating Chart

The in-flight entertainment was ok, a number of ABC TV shows were available, some new release movies, and plenty of interesting documentaries. I was slightly disappointed, as Untied 787’s, had all 7 episodes of Star Wars available.

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American Airlines 77w Seating-chart

LAVATORIES

Part of the business class experience is having more space and being comfortable, that should be reflected thru your entire experience in business class. Three of the lavatories are just slightly larger than those found in economy. The 4th lavatory located on the right side of the aircraft, between the two business class cabins is significantly larger than the others, but all 4 lavatories are nice and offer premium toiletries.

RECOMMENDATION

American Airlines 77w Premium Economy Review

I highly recommend AA’s 77W, whether you’re flying internationally, from LAX to MIA, or vice versa. You can experience spacious, comfortable seats, be served by attentive flight attendants, and enjoy decent meals. If you want a more First Class feel, travel in the “Mini” Cabin.