Is American or JetBlue better to Europe?

JetBlue scores 7.8/10 against American at 7.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, American wins 1 and JetBlue wins 2. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.

Which is cheaper, American or JetBlue?

On the 26 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), American was cheaper on 3 and JetBlue on 23. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.

Does the aircraft change the answer?

Yes. American scores 10/10 on the 787-9P (Flagship Suite) and 8/10 on the 777-300ER / 787 (Flagship Business). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.

Has Jon flown either of these?

Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

Head to head

American vs JetBlue

JetBlue scores 7.8/10 against American at 7.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare.

By Jon Miksis · cabin data verified September 1, 2026 · fares for travel November 8–14, 2026

Best product each one flies

Scored on what can be verified. Service, food and ground recovery are absent deliberately: they need someone in the seat, and they live in the reviews rather than here.

One caveat on the Value line, stated rather than buried: Value is computed from business fares, and a carrier with too few of them does not get a Value score at all. Where you see a dash, we have fewer than three priced business routes for that airline and did not want to invent a figure from one or two — so its product score is the mean of three dimensions rather than four, and it is not directly comparable to a score built on hundreds of fares. The airlines with the most fares behind them are named on the business-class ranking.

American

787-9P (Flagship Suite)

Seat: 10/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 2/10
Product score: 7.5/10

JetBlue

A321LR / A321neo (Mint Suite)

Seat: 10/10
IFE: 10/10
Lounge & bags: 5/10
Value: 6/10
Product score: 7.8/10

Dimension by dimension

Seat: level
10/10 on the 787-9P (Flagship Suite) against 10/10 on the A321LR / A321neo (Mint Suite).
IFE: JetBlue
Screens, connectivity and power: 8/10 against 10/10.
Lounge & bags: American
What the fare includes before you board: 10/10 against 5/10.
Value: JetBlue
Median premium over the cheapest carrier on the same route: 2/10 against 6/10.

Where both were priced on the same dates

Every fare is November 8–14, 2026, so a difference between two rows is a difference between two airlines and nothing else. These are economy fares, while the cabin scores above describe the business product — read them as how each airline prices against its competitors, not as what its business seat costs.

Route	Cabin	American	JetBlue	Cheaper
JFK → CDG	economy	$714	$719	American by $5
JFK → LHR	economy	$796	$822	American by $26
BOS → LHR	economy	$823	$822	JetBlue by $1
LAX → CDG	economy	$832	$823	JetBlue by $9
DTW → CDG	economy	$844	$842	JetBlue by $2
ATL → CDG	economy	$844	$988	American by $144
DTW → LHR	economy	$880	$880	level
SLC → LHR	economy	$880	$880	level
LAS → LHR	economy	$1354	$880	JetBlue by $474
PHL → LHR	economy	$1445	$880	JetBlue by $565
PHL → CDG	economy	$1031	$882	JetBlue by $149
LAX → LHR	economy	$1331	$898	JetBlue by $433
RDU → CDG	economy	$1000	$947	JetBlue by $53
RDU → LHR	economy	$1510	$1056	JetBlue by $454
JFK → LHR	business	$6047	$5143	JetBlue by $904
BOS → LHR	business	$6617	$5239	JetBlue by $1378
JFK → CDG	business	$5945	$5510	JetBlue by $435
RDU → LHR	business	$8907	$5914	JetBlue by $2993
PHL → CDG	business	$11736	$6005	JetBlue by $5731
ORD → CDG	business	$10366	$6015	JetBlue by $4351
TPA → CDG	business	$11005	$6085	JetBlue by $4920
PHL → LHR	business	$10002	$6624	JetBlue by $3378
LAS → LHR	business	$8812	$6694	JetBlue by $2118
LAX → LHR	business	$12367	$6894	JetBlue by $5473
PHX → CDG	business	$12860	$8135	JetBlue by $4725
LAS → CDG	business	$10605	$8450	JetBlue by $2155

What happens if the aircraft swaps

Both carriers are paying-the-same-fare-either-way propositions on some frames. The worst product each one flies:

American

777-300ER / 787 (Flagship Business)

Seat: 8/10
IFE: 8/10
Lounge & bags: 10/10
Value: 2/10
Product score: 7/10

JetBlue

A321LR / A321neo (Mint Suite)

Seat: 10/10
IFE: 10/10
Lounge & bags: 5/10
Value: 6/10
Product score: 7.8/10

American: Reverse herringbone, direct aisle access from every seat, no privacy door.

Common questions

Is American or JetBlue better to Europe?: JetBlue scores 7.8/10 against American at 7.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, American wins 1 and JetBlue wins 2. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.
Which is cheaper, American or JetBlue?: On the 26 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), American was cheaper on 3 and JetBlue on 23. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.
Does the aircraft change the answer?: Yes. American scores 10/10 on the 787-9P (Flagship Suite) and 8/10 on the 777-300ER / 787 (Flagship Business). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.
Has Jon flown either of these?: Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

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