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Trip report: American Airlines' new Flagship First JFK > SFO

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My friend George shared this report about his recent flight in American Airlines' new transcontinental Flagship First from New York to San Francisco.  My husband and I were able to use our miles to book American's new transcontinental First Class product from JFK - SFO over Labor Day weekend. I was very excited to get to experience this as I had read about the service from a few other sources. We arrived at JFK and proceeded through security. One does have the option of using Flagship check-in , but as we didn't have any checked baggage and use our phones as boarding passes, we wanted to just spend more time relaxing in the Admirals Club . Speaking of which, as a Transcon First Class traveler, one is escorted into the Flagship lounge part of the Admirals Club. This separate section has an open self-serve bar and decent nibbles. Two Negronis later we boarded the flight, which actually left on time and took off about 20 minutes after leaving the gate (that *ne...