With lie-flat seats, enhanced facilities and Flagship lounge entry, American Airlines’ Airbus A321T Flagship Business and Flagship First are a few of the most sought-after home seats. Even although Flagship First will likely be retired sooner or later subsequent 12 months, American has launched widespread discounted award house for the following two months, permitting you to guide these seats for as little as 25,000 and 37,500 miles in enterprise and top notch, respectively. This information was first reported by View from the Wing.
You can discover American’s A321T on the next nonstop routes:
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), John Wayne Airport (SNA) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to LAX.
The deal
Airline: American Airlines.
Routes: JFK-LAX/SNA/SFO and BOS-LAX.
Cost: From 25,000 AAdvantage miles plus $5.60 in taxes and charges one-way in enterprise class and 37,500 AAdvantage miles plus $5.60 in top notch.
Dates: January by March.
Pay taxes and charges with: The Platinum Card® from American Express (5 factors per greenback on airfare booked straight with the airline or by Amex Travel, on as much as $500,000 on these purchases per calendar 12 months), Chase Sapphire Reserve (3 factors per greenback on journey) or Chase Sapphire Preferred Card (2 factors per greenback on journey) for journey protections on the award flight.
Sample itineraries
Here’s a take a look at the award house. To guarantee that you are looking on the Flagship A321T, make it possible for “Nonstop solely” is chosen when conducting award searches; nevertheless, AA will present Alaska Airlines nonstop flights, which do not have lie-flat seats, on the calendar view. In the screenshots that observe, there are a minimum of two accessible seats.
Los Angeles/Orange County to New York
New York to Los Angeles/Orange County
San Francisco to New York
New York to San Francisco
Los Angeles to Boston
Boston to Los Angeles
Related: Your final information to American Airlines AAdvantage
Don’t neglect about Orange County
Overwhelmingly, we discovered the bottom award charges to be on American’s routes between SNA and JFK. Here’s an instance from Jan. 18.
Related: American introduces a brand new business-class fare that features first-class perks
A notice about Flagship First
Our checks present Flagship First award charges begin at 37,500 AAdvantage miles between SNA and JFK. However, for those who’re trying to journey in Flagship First on any of those routes for a cheaper price, take into account reserving with Etihad Guest. As lengthy as you discover Z-fare seats (we suggest utilizing ExpertFlyer, which is owned by TPG’s father or mother firm Red Ventures, to verify for award house), you may guide a Flagship First transcontinental flight for 25,000 Etihad Guest miles and round $50 in taxes and charges.
Note that Etihad Guest does not enable American Airlines bookings on its web site, so you will must name Etihad Guest at 877-690-0767 to guide AA awards over the telephone. Additionally, Etihad Guest requires all American Airlines award tickets to be issued inside 24 hours of departure, so watch out with last-minute bookings.
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You can switch American Express Membership Rewards factors, Capital One miles and Citi ThankYou Rewards factors to Etihad Guest at a 1:1 ratio. In our checks, these transfers are instantaneous.
Related: Etihad Guest miles proceed to fly below the radar
Bottom line
American Airlines routinely fees over $700 and $1,000 for one-way premium transcontinental A321T flights in enterprise and top notch, respectively. Consequently, by reserving one in every of these award flights for lower than 30,000 miles, you stand to get round 3 cents per mile, practically double TPG’s valuation.
For JFK vacationers (if JFK is your origin, vacation spot or connection), Flagship Business passengers can entry the Greenwich Lounge, whereas Flagship First will get you into the luxury Soho and Chelsea lounges.