Review of American Airlines flight from Buenos Aires to Miami in Economy

Hi everyone!
I’m glad to share with you the FR of one of my latest flights! EZE to MIA con American Airlines seasonal daytime flight.
Date: 28/01/13
From: Buenos Aires EZE
To: Miami MIA
Dep: 11.00 (11.00 real)
Arr: 18.05 (17.30 real)
We arrived at EZE 3 hours before departure. The night before I checked myself in and chose the seats. I hate it that you can’t choose the good seats when you book the flight because they are blocked, so you have to wait until checking in, or pay something like u$60. So when we got to EZE we went to the self check in machines to print our boarding passes (they have an agent check your travel documentation here). Then we went to the counter to leave our baggage. There was a big line to do this, the flight was almost full!
Self check in machines at EZE

EZE Terminal A

EZE information board

EZE Terminal A

Passport and boarding pass

I went through migration and once you get to this point you can go to the duty free or go to the waiting area on the old Terminal A. Some month before my flight the new Terminal B opened, ant the three terminals (A, B and C) are connected on the airside. I went walking though this new area and I really liked it! They have some shops, a Starbucks, bars, etc.
EZE Terminal B airside

EZE Terminal B airside

EZE Terminal B airside

EZE's butcher on Terminal A

At this time at EZE it’s mainly wide bodies that arrive early in the morning from the USA and Europe. The smallest planes I saw were Austral’s Embraer 190.
A classic at EZE, Iberia's A346

Aerolineas Argentinas A343

Lufthansa Boeing 744

Lan Airlines Boeing 763

Air Europa A332

At 10.15 boarding started. The flight attendants greeted us and it really surprised me that they were all (very) adult females (from 45 and on!). I was used to Emirates crew that they are extremely young! Hehehe. They were all very professional and cheerful (except the “latin” one). Also there was one of them who was retiring after 45 years of service! Amazing!
Boarding call

AA Boeing 772 and LH Boeing 744

Bussiness class

Economy

American Airlines Boeing 772 from JFK

At 11.00 we took off. Very punctual. Some minutes later they gave us the snack: A coke can and some pretzels. One hour later they served the lunch. The options were meat or chicken. I took the meat. It wasn’t anything special. There was a caramel flan for dessert.
EZE's graveyard

El Palomar Airbase

Snack

Lunch

During the flight I entertained myself reading the magazines onboard, I watched a couple of episodes of the TV series “Bones”, and I played Tetris. The IFE on AA’s 777-200 isn’t anything special at all.
Onboard magazines

IFE screen - Airshow

My seat was 35A on, next to the window on the left side of the plane. It was comfortable for just 8 hours on a daytime flight. The legroom was ok.
One hour before landing they gave us another snack. It was really good! It included a salad with cheddar cheese, Serrano ham, and tomato, a big meat empanada (was amazingly tasty), some crackers and an alfajor (it’s like type of cookie filled with dulce de leche). When I asked the “latin” flight attendant a second can of coke she refused to give me the can! And she had lots of it on the trolley! She said it was unfair if I received two cans and the rest of the passenger just one. I couldn’t believe it!
Pre arrival snack

Kingston Airport seen from the sky

At 17.15 Miami time we started our descent. We passed above the Everglades and finally at 17.30 we landed.
The Everglades

We took the air train to the migrations building.