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MAN-ORD. New business class seats lack anything comfortable than relaxed semi outstretched settings. Sitting upright or sleeping were terrible. It doesn't go flat and is difficult to control. Not a comfortable, private sleep at all.

I have encountered these seats on HNL flights before and found that you need to readjust the settings many time to get best settings. Not parallel flight so sliding sensation but this can be overcome by tilting legs and back up a tad to from cradle. Could be difficult to get out if person in aisle seat. Seats long enough to lie out. In flight unit has good widescreen picture but I do not like the absence of flight map which is showed briefly in cabin before coach movies start. The seat does not rival the AA 1st class suite product but it was not bad.

No sleeper suit provided, so you sleep in your street clothes and arrive a crumpled mess. The cabin was darkened before departure and stayed that way throughout the flight, while the reading lights were positioned so that I could not read while sitting normally. The beat-up looking seat reclined to horizontal position for sleeping, but there was no padded mattress or comfy, hotel-style white duvet as on BA. I really can't imagine why anyone would choose this airline when there's an Asian or European alternative.

JFK-SFO. Cramped cabin, no built in video. Impossible to access the aisle if your seat mate is reclined. I cannot understand why AA would not come up with a better biz seat.

AA's business class product is still light years behind most European and Asian carriers. The seats were the angled lie-flat seats - recline to a flat position but are not parallel to the ground, which makes sleeping difficult because you're always sliding downhill. They are also on the narrow side. The pitch was a bit tight, and there's a cutout in the seat in front of you for your feet.

LAX-ORD. They market this as Domestic First which is an 'interesting' choice of words. This is a sub business class product in my opinion. The cabin looks like it's been the same for the last twenty years. The seat was poor with no individual IFE screen and nowhere to store water. Very big table though. When reclined it didn't go truly flat or horizontal but, surprisingly, I managed to get a decent nap.

I don't understand why AMR is so proud of this product in their marketing campaigns. I am 6'5" and find the extremely narrow seats uncomfortable, especially on the feet. As other posters have pointed out, if you're in the window seat and the person in the isle seat next to you goes flat, you're essentially trapped. Entertainment system is clumsy and awkward. The AA service is "hit or miss," usually erring on the latter. The food is cheap, heavy, and not great. Admiral's Club is overcrowded and lacks food choices common in pre-departure lounges of other carriers in Europe and Asia. There is no "serve yourself" option in the US lounges. Overall, AA business class is simply not competitive.

The seats were Recaro. We were in Row 1 (4 of us, 2 were children) and there was loads of legroom. Seats 1A and 1C have even more legroom due to the bulkhead being furthter out. TVs are now non removable and in the wall, much better than all that unplugging rubbish and they are bigger.

A huge improvement over the traditional business class seat on AA which made sleeping next to impossible. New seats are comfortable, but too narrow. Access to screen controls for video awkward and cumbersome. Sleeping position is difficult for anyone 6 feet tall or more.

LAX-LHR return in business on American. First time flying business on this airline and was very underwhelmed. The Admirals lounge at Heathrow is the worst business lounge I have ever visited. No separate boarding lane for first / business. I was lucky enough to have an aisle seat as I would hate to have been trapped in the middle or a window seat and have to climb over my neighbour to get out. The seat does not recline far enough to have any sense of lying flat and will have you sliding down towards the foot rest before long. The food was decent, as was duvet and Bose headsets. What really blew me away was the absence of a proper power source for laptops/electronics. A cigarette lighter-type adapter is required - who travels with one of those these days. And of course they did not have any loaners. I looked around and no-one was using their laptop. So much for "business" class. Will avoid in the future.

Journey started badly in Admirals lounge - got 1 free drink voucher and had to pay for food. The business class seat is a joke - trapped in when sat next to window. Not a patch on BA club world and will never fly AA again.

Manchester-Chicago on 767-300ER. Possibly the worst Business Class flight I have been on. Seat was incredibly narrow and highly uncomfortable. It didn't recline well and when it was fully reclined, my feet were crushed under the seat in front. When the gentleman in the aisle seat to my left reclined, I was trapped and at one point, I had to sit there for 3 hours until I could go to the toilet. IFE had few options and mine didn't work properly. An airline to avoid at all costs.

LAX-LHR. Decent for a U.S. Carrier, nowhere near as good as a CX, Singapore, Emirates, etc. Good amount of storage and stretch room. Decent seat - found bed was not very comfortable. No sleep suit. Duvet comforter but no padded sheet like CX. Still very narrow when sleeping. Okay selection of movies/tv but very small screen. Bose headsets. Insufficient reading lights. No massage function in chair.