an American CRJ-900 at gate A25 at Houston. Spirit A321neo boarding in the background, on possibly one of spirits final days of operations

new brown / blue American cabin colors seen on an American CRJ-900 during boarding. Single first class seat 3A highlighted

a backwards view down the aisle highlighting the new color scheme in the main cabin.

Go home day: AA 5132 IAH - DCA, on a CRJ-900 with the new cabin finishes. First impression is pretty nice, I like it.

Upgrade cleared at the gate - should be a good flight.

Main walkway of the terminal 2 concourse E admirals club showing wood paneling details and lighting. Empty in the early morning

An American CRJ-900 before boarding at gate E47 well before dawn. Viewed from above from the admirals club in concourse E

seat 3A onboard an American CRJ-900 during boarding. Viewed from above from the aisle.

Another week, another nearly empty early-morning DCA-IAH flight - this time AA 5599 on a CRJ-900.

An American A321 at the gate at PHX on a beautiful afternoon.

first class seats 4D/F during boarding of an American A321 at PHX, see from the aisle looking down ish

Flight 2: AA 2214 PHX - DCA on an A321. For some reason, equipment swapped from a NEO to a CEO so my MCE window seat turned into an aisle.

Doesn’t matter though as the gate upgrade came through 😎. Let’s go home.

An American A319 viewed from the terminal at Sacramento airport. Left side of the airplane is visible with the flight deck windows hidden by the jetbridge

Right wing view of an American A319 at Sacramento airport terminal A

Go home day - and wow am I ready to be home. Flight 1: AA 1625 SMF - PHX on an A319.

seats 4D/4F on an Alaska 737-MAX9. No real divider to economy behind.

Right wing view of an Alaska 737-MAX9 during boarding at SAN after dark. Next door is a delta A321neo

Further into California we go: AS400 SAN - SMF, on an Alaska 737-MAX9.

Upgrade cleared a few days ago - should be a good flight!

Head on view of an American 737-MAX8 at gate A21 at PHX. beautiful day in Arizona with clear morning skies above

seats 1 A/B onboard an American 737-MAX8 during boarding. all window shades closed to keep the cabin cooler at PHX

left wing view during boarding of an American 737-MAX8 looking rearward. Company A319 at the gate next door

Flight 2 (or 4? idk): AA 3049 PHX - SAN onboard a 737-MAX8.

Excited to finally get to San Diego.

left wing view of an American A321 with sharklets at the gate at Chicago o hare G concourse. Next gate over has a JetBlue A220.

Nothing quite like waking up at 2:30am to find your 5:00 departure delayed and connection already rebooked again 😐

Flight 2: AA2320 ORD-PHX on an A321. Currently first loser on the upgrade list so I’m in exit row 11A - excellent leg room and window view at least.

left wing view of an American 737-800 on a dark and rainy evening at Milwaukee, waiting out a diversion away from Chicago

Flight 1.5: AA2152 MKE - ORD, on the same 737-800 that I’ve now been onboard for 6 hours now.

Rebooked my onward flights for tomorrow, starting with a 5:00am departure ☠️

we’re diverting to MKE 😞

welp we’re now on lap two of holding over Indiana, and my next aircraft is diverting to IND - guess it’s going to be one of those evenings :/

Boeing 737-800 sitting at gate C29 at DCA. blue skies above, full right side of the plane visible

Seats 17 A/B/C seen from the aisle during boarding of an American 737-800.

left wing view of an American 737-800 at the gate at DCA. another company 737-800 visible next door

Already back at it: Flight 1 today, AA2152 DCA - ORD on a 737-800.

Thursday afternoons must be absolute peak for DCA - admirals club was packed, and this flight seems very elite heavy.

A middle seat in the exit row for me on this one.

Second hand info of course, but I have no reason to doubt them. Was Terminal A around 10:30 ish this morning

Welp a co-worker of mine just made it through IAH in 20 minutes 🙃

Truly night and day from what I experienced at IAH this morning. I wonder what factors are making IAH (seemingly) uniquely bad?

a view from a landing aircraft of the Washington DC tidal basin, with white/pink cherry trees visible around the bank. Also visible is Washington monument, center of frame at top

Same as other picture but including left wing and engine of an American E175 as viewed from forward cabin looking aft

Eastbound today was longer airborne than westbound Monday 🤷‍♂️

On time arrival with a beautiful view of just pre-peak cherry blossoms 🌸

left wing view of american E175 departing from Houston. Pre dawn, city lights visible below

“Shelf stable AM/PM” snack box on American E175 in First class

Left wing view of an American E175 at cruise. Blue skies above and some clouds below.

One flight today: AA4766 IAH - DCA on a E175. Did same day confirmed changed yesterday and upgrade cleared right away.

Only 30 pax onboard - heard the gate agent say “we have everyone” which blows my mind, I wonder how early others got to the airport this morning.

Love me some shelf-stable AM/PM.

I clocked 90 mins from when I reached the end of the line on the subway level to being past the checkpoint.

Cannot believe I made my flight, literally with 2 minutes to spare - and that was including sprinting across the sky bridge from the south check point to A3F.

IAH terminal A screening currently 4+ hours as per PA announcement. Line extends all the way to the Marriot station on the subway thing.

Is 450 a marketing name, or are there airframe tweaks like the 550? I suspect the former?

lol this was a joke #crj450 #united

IAH Terminal A was VERY different - TSA line wrapped the baggage claim level, federal agents doing line control on both levels.

I think I ended up in the background of a live shot for a Spanish-language news cast of some sort.

AA crj-900 at gate e49 at DCA, seen from the terminal before dawn.

Seat 3A on an American crj-900

One flight today: back on AA5224 DCA - IAH. Just like three weeks ago, the upgrade cleared at the 100-hour mark, and the flight is about half full.

Third trip this month that starts with a CRJ-900 at gate E49.

TV news crews near the north security check point at DCA terminal 2 pre dawn

Interior of DCA terminal 2 concourse E pre dawn, waiting for the admirals club to open at 5:15am

No issues getting through TSA at DCA Terminal 2 North at 5am today. I used touch-less pre check but all lines were short and moving.

News crews were setup, and it’s tragic that I’m not sure if they’re here to talk about the security staffing situation or the LGA collision.

finally, a celebration ot the glorious CRJ-200 🫶

Interior of coach seating on Amtrak northeast regional.

Flight 2: Amtrak Northeast Regional 193 PHL-WAS.

While walking from baggage claim to recheck, AA delayed our PHL-DCA departure until after 10pm. Immediately bailed, cancelled the segment and booked Amtrak instead.

Should be home at the originally scheduled time 👍

AA 787-8 at gate G6 at AMS, viewed from terminal connector

Head on with American 787-8 at AMS, KLM 777 visible behind.

Premium economy recliners 9J/L on American 787-8, during boarding. On each seat is a kit with headphones, blanket, pillows, and the same amenity kit as business class

View looking forward of premium economy setbacks from row 9 on American 787-8

Flight 1 today: AA203 AMS-PHL, onboard a 787-8. This bird is newer, featuring the Super Diamond business class and Viasat WiFi.

The latter means free WiFi is active even on the transatlantic leg!

In PE today, should be a great flight with a light passenger load.

an overview of the oneworld lounge at AMS showing blue seating and yellow/orange accent lights. Cozy vibes

An overview of the entrance to the oneworld lounge AMS

Go home day: first stop oneworld lounge at AMS.

A nice space, really nice coffee

an above view looking down on seat 4L, a backwards facing zodiac concept d seat onboard an American 787-8 during boarding.

After a nice stay in the Flagship lounge, it’s time for flight 2: AA204 PHL-AMS on a 787-8 with the infamous Concept D seats.

I’m in rear-facing seat 4L, staring directly at the person in 4H so that’s fun

I ordered the Centennial Beef Wellington - so should be a good 6.5 hours!

detail view of the shower inside the PHL flagship shower suite.

Closeup of shower handle that has letters rotates about 90 degrees.

Some small critiques: position of the shower handle under the water flow, lack of a second seat / surface for belongings, and little details like the mis-rotated shower handle.

Overall 7.8/10. Behind things like QR Garden / CX F lounges that nail those little details, but still quite nice.