We know that American Airlines is trying to once again become a bit more premium. In the summer of 2025, the airline rolled out pajamas and mattress pads in business class on some ultra long haul flights. There’s now a positive update, as American is now rolling out mattress pads on even more flights, so let’s go over the details of the flights on which you’ll find these amenities.
Eligible flights for the full amenities include those to Auckland (AKL), Brisbane (BNE), Delhi (DEL), Doha (DOH), Seoul Incheon (ICN), Shanghai (PVG), Sydney (SYD), Tokyo Haneda (HND), and Tokyo Narita (NRT). These flights are operated out of Dallas (DFW), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (JFK), and Philadelphia (PHL).
There’s now a great update, as American is expanding the flights with mattress pads. As of next week (late March 2026), American will roll out mattress pads on all international Flagship branded business class flights, as well as Flagship branded business class flights to Hawaii.
These amenities are offered in addition to slippers, dual-sided pillows, and duvets. As this change is described, “American is constantly collecting customer feedback to reinvigorate the travel experience with changes that align with customer needs.”
The rollout of this comes shortly after American introduced its new long haul business class seats. However, this soft product improvement is unrelated to which aircraft a flight is operated by. So you’ll get these amenities regardless of whether your flight features American’s new or old business class seats.
This is a positive change, and it isn’t too surprising
We know that American has been trying to improve in recent months. The airline is greatly lagging Delta and United when it comes to financials, and we’re definitely seeing a bit of a vibe shift at the moment.
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