Try American’s New A321XLR Business Class Suites On A Short Flight For Just $248

American Airlines will fly one daily roundtrp with its premium Airbus A321XLR between Boston and Philadelphia for the winter, starting October 25. That creates an inexpensive opportunity to fly the airline’s new premium economy and business class suites. For instance, Schedule below focuses on the period of 06JAN27 – 10FEB27. AA283 PHL1625 – 1756BOS 32Q D AA277 BOS1730 – 1912PHL 32Q D The plane isn’t based in Boston, but they want to run it between Boston and Los Angeles as a premium cross-country flight. (It regularly has Los Angeles flights, because American uses it on the New York JFK – LAX route.) And gnerally on Tuesdays and Saturdays you’ll find this price for $248 in business class. Notably, premium economy seats are available for elite seat selection on the coach fare (they are ‘main cabin extra’). Premium economy has proper footrests, 37–38 inches of pitch and 21-inch width. It’s probably the aircraft’s sweet spot on daytime flights. The plane has 20 lie-flat business-class suites with doors in a 1-1 configuration, though the inward-facing herringbone seats feel tighter than a widebody and turn passengers away from the windows. Philadelphia – Boston is just a 280 mile flight. But it’s a more reasonably-priced way to experience American’s new product. And it may be a desirable way to connect to and from services at American’s Philadelphia hub. American uses the new A321XLR for premium transcon routes, as well as second European destinations that it can reach from the Northeast (and we should ultimately see some South America from Miami and Dallas). It’s a real improvement over the older Airbus A321T business class product, but it doesn’t replace the spaciousness of a widebody and I’d still take the 3-cabin first class that the older plane offered (though seats were getting long in the tooth). Topics on this page