American’s New 787 With Business Class Flagship Suites Launches Next Month, Here’s Where You Can Find And Book Them From Just 20K Miles!

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American’s newest 787-9 Dreamliner features the airline’s new Business Class Flagship Suites with doors. The airline has received 2 of them and will start flying them next month.

Doors in business class are somewhat of a gimmick, as anyone walking by can see into the suite, but it does give a greater sense of privacy when you’re in your suite. Some people find them claustrophobic, but you can always leave them open if you don’t care for them.

The new 787-9s feature 51 flagship suites in a 1-2-1 configuration with doors, wireless charging, and a chaise lounge seating option. On international flights, it includes flagship service with priority check-in, premium amenity kits, duvet blanket, and a “refreshing dual-sided pillow with cool touch fabric on one side and traditional fabric on the other.”

The front row will be branded Flagship Suite Preferred seats, which will be roomier and a step up from the rest of the cabin. American hasn’t yet announced how these seats will be priced.

American’s current 787-9s only have 30 business class seats, so that’s a huge increase in business class capacity. Premium Economy will also grow from 21 to 30 seats.  The new premium heavy planes will be referred to by American as 787-9P.

Premium economy seating will have a 2-3-2 configuration:

American is retrofitting its 777-300ER aircraft with these flagship suites, though unfortunately, that will mean the loss of international first class for the airline. Those planes will go from having 8 first class seats, 52 business class seats, and 28 premium economy seats to a whopping 70 business class flagship suites and 44 premium economy seats.

The airline’s 16 aircraft A321T subfleet will be retrofitted to match the rest of the A321 fleet, with first class and personal entertainment being removed. Those planes currently operate premium domestic transcontinental routes and will be replaced by the A321XLRs, which will receive these new flagship suites with doors.

Want to fly on the new 787-9P?

Seat maps are not yet updated, but will be over the weekend. While American says flights will go on sale Monday, you can actually book now!

The plane is scheduled to fly:

• Chicago to Los Angeles as AA2012 and Los Angeles to Chicago as AA2321 from 6/5-9/2.
• Chicago to London as AA98 and London to Chicago as AA91 from 6/5-6/30.
• All 3 Chicago to/from London flights starting in July.
• Philadelphia to London as AA728 and London to Philadelphia as AA729 in August.
• Both Philadelphia to/from London flights in September and October.
• Philadelphia to/from Zurich flights in September and October.
• Dallas to/from Brisbane flights starting 10/26.

Note that the Chicago-Los Angeles flight will be sold as domestic first and won’t feature flagship services or amenities. Premium Economy will be available as main-cabin extra seats, which are free for elites!

Want to book?

You can find flights from NYC to LA via Chicago, with the Chicago to LA portion on AA2012 featuring the new 787-9, for just 7K AA miles in coach (or Premium Economy if you’re eligible for Main Cabin Extra) or just 20.5K AA miles in flagship suites:

A flight from Chicago to London can be had for 27K AA miles coach, 47K in premium, or 62K in flagship suites:

Or you can save some miles by booking business class for 55K miles via Alaska:

A flight from Philadelphia to London can be had for 27K AA miles coach, 47K in premium, or 62K in flagship suites:

Or you can save some miles by booking business class for 55K miles via Alaska:

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What do you think of American’s new 787-9? Will you try to fly on it this summer?