{"id":240382,"date":"2025-12-20T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/blog\/?p=240382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:30:22","slug":"a321xlr-economy-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awardwallet.com\/airlines\/american-aadvantage\/a321xlr-economy-review\/","title":{"rendered":"I Spent 11 Hours on the New American Airlines A321XLR \u2014 Here\u2019s My Honest Take On the New Jet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first American Airlines Airbus A321XLR<\/a> entered revenue service on December 18, 2025, on a turn from New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX). And I spent virtually that entire day on board.<\/p>\n

From gate to gate and back again, the journey amounted to over 11 hours. And you might wonder why I spent that long on a narrowbody airplane. And that\u2019s fair. I still am, even days after the fact.<\/p>\n

But as the airline receives more of these airframes to retrofit its transcontinental fleet and starts deploying them to international markets in Europe and beyond, you too might be spending a considerable amount of time on the XLR.<\/p>\n

So, to give you an idea of what that experience is actually like, I booked a round-trip ticket to get a feel for the airplane in a way that\u2019s otherwise impossible at a media preview event.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my honest opinion after six hours in coach and five hours in premium economy.<\/p>\n

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