Rejoice: American Stops Collecting Bang & Olufsen Headphones Early

American Airlines No Longer Collects Bang & Olufsen Headphones Early In Premium Cabins, A Small But Important Win - Live and Let's Fly

American Airlines has stopped collecting Bang & Olufsen headphones early on many premium flights with plans to fully scrap this annoying practice later in 2025. Bang & Olufsen No Longer Collected Early On American Airlines In my flight review from Los Angeles to New York I published just last week, I said, “AA has nice headphones from Bang & Olufsen…but the annoying thing is that flight attendants collect them an hour before landing (to ensure t…

American Airlines Improves Headphone Policy in Premium Cabins

It was one of the most common jokes in the airline industry: How do you know your American Airlines flight is landing in 1 hour? The flight attendant takes your headphones away. Now, AA has seemingly heard its passengers’ frustrations and is amending this policy. As of April 23, 2025, passengers in first and business classes flying to or within the U.S. will be able to use their headsets until the flight arrives. Let’s check out this positive de…

American Airlines Lets Premium Flyers Keep Headsets Through Landing—Gate‑To‑Gate Entertainment Starts Tomorrow - View from the Wing

American Airlines has announced a fix for one of the biggest pet peeves among their first and business class passengers. They're moving away from flight attendants collecting headsets from passengers, up to an hour prior to landing. No more interrupting sleep, no more ending inflight entertainment early.

Rejoice: American Stops Collecting Bang & Olufsen Headphones Early

While minor in the scheme of things, here’s something that long haul premium cabin passengers on American Airlines will certainly appreciate. American changing premium cabin headphone policy American offers Bang & Olufsen headphones in first and business class on long haul flights. That’s a really nice feature, as it’s rare to see airlines offer such nice headphones in premium cabins (even on top airlines). The one annoyance is that crews collec…