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We'll be booking some flights to Belize soon, and American are one of the carriers that keep popping up (for cheapest flights, we'll be travelling cattle class).
It'll probably be Heathrow -> Miami -> Belize
In the back of my mind I've got a hunch they're terrible. Am I right? Is it worth paying a bit more for BA.
Codeshare with BA - have been transferred onto one of their flights (business class) - seats weren't as good as BA, it was an older style plane. The dessert trolley was pretty good though, probably the highlight of the flight....
They're a lot better than they used to be, they've caught up with the European carriers, especially up the front end.
As mentioned, they codeshare with BA so the Heathrow-Miami sector might actually end up being on BA 'metal' anyway.
But BA are heading in the opposite direction quality-wise so I wouldn't get too excited about that anyway.
And no, it's not worth paying more for BA.
I did a code share (transatlantic BA and local AA) to Texas last week. The short hop AA plane was far nicer than the transatlantic BA 747. AA seem to be OK. As said you might book AA and get BA to Miami.
Cheers. As long as they 'alright' or better, I can live with it.
In my recent experience not great but if they were well priced and good flight times I would use them. As others have said you could end up with the, anyway if you book BA
I do MIA a few times a year. Their flights to MIA are using recently refitted 777s, and are one of my preferred routes.
They're pretty good. I sort of prefer Delta, but then I'm a KLM / skyteam whore.
Leagues ahead of the other US carrier dross such as United.
So big advantage of AA over BA is being able to pre-book seats in advance a whole lot cheaper!
they're not much better or worse than the others (better than united though) - so not awful.
If you're changing in the US you probably will have to go through immigration, so make sure your etas are in place. When we went to Belize the other year we decided to do a proper transfer on the way back (in Chicago) which was a nice way to break up the journey
If you're changing in the US you probably will have to go through immigration, so make sure your etas are in place
^^this^^ there is no transit get out clause, you're either a visitor to the US or not. Do not bank on any short connections too - you'll have to go through full immigration with everyone else, collect your luggage and re-check it.
If you're changing in the US you probably will have to go through immigration, so make sure your etas are in place
ESTA.
I transferred through MIA a few weeks back, was pretty good. Has gone from being terrible to not at all bad. Unlike ORD, which remains dreadful.
If you can get Avios for a flight with AA then do so.
We've got a considerable amount of wine recently having cashed in a few years business travel on BA....
For me, no. This was 7-8 years ago though.
Staff didn't care, but gave the impression their working life was just so shit they could barely deal with it. Didn't do anything to help when travelling with a baby. BA on the other hand fell over themselves to help as much as they could.
Depends on the route I think - flew from Manchester to JFK last year on a ancient old 737. Food, service and entertainment were terrible but the flight was deserted so I got 4 middle seats to myself so slept well!
Return flight was Chicago to Heathrow on a 787 Dreamliner thing and entertainment / seats etc were much better. Food ok, service still a bit mediocre.