‘Elf’ on the plane: Here are the holiday movies airlines are showing this year

Travelers boarding a plane this holiday season will find plenty of free in-flight entertainment, headlined by a long lineup of holiday movies.

Haven’t had a chance to catch “Elf” yet this year? American, Delta, Southwest, Alaska and JetBlue have you covered.

Miss mischievous Macaulay Culkin in the “Home Alone” classics? You’ll find one or more of them on several airlines.

Ditto, “Love Actually,” the British ensemble film featuring a dance scene Hugh Grant recently said was excruciating to perform.

And if you haven’t had enough of those syrupy Hallmark holiday movies, which have been playing since October, you’ll see some of those offered, too.

Airlines carefully curate their movie lineups, even polling passengers. For the past few years, Delta has asked its Twitter followers to vote on their favorite holiday films. The winner this year: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The 2000 Jim Carrey film marks the first time the Green Guy has been on a Delta flight since 2015.

Keep in mind that you’ll either watch the movies on your phone, tablet or laptop (make sure you download the airline’s app before the flight if using a phone or tablet) or on a seatback screen.

It all depends on the airline and, in some cases, the type of aircraft. Delta has more than 700 planes with seatback screens, JetBlue Airways has them on all of its flights, while Southwest has none. 

American has an online tool that lets you see what’s playing on your flight, even if you haven’t booked yet, and whether you will watch on your own device, a seatback screen or, gasp, one of those old overhead screens.

If you’ll be watching on your own device, make sure it’s fully charged and bring a portable charger if you have a long flight and the airline lacks in-seat power ports.

American Airlines

• “A Christmas Carol”  
• “A Christmas Story”  
• “Ailo’s Journey”  
• “Anna and the Apocalypse”  
• “Christmas at Graceland” 
• “Christmas Next Door” 
• “Coming Home for Christmas”
• “Eight Below”
• “Elf”
• “The Grinch”  
• “Happy New Year, Colin Burstead”   
• “The Holiday”
• “Home Alone”   
• “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” 
• “Home for the Holidays” 
• “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” (NBC Special from 1966)
• “Love Actually”
• “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”
• “The Sweetest Christmas” 
• “Switched for Christmas” 

Details: aa.com 

Delta Air Lines  

• “The Best Man Holiday”
• “A Christmas Story”
• “Die Hard”
• “Love Actually”
• “Elf”
• “Gremlins”
• “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
• “Home Alone”
• “It’s a Wonderful Life
• “Miracle on 34th Street”
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
• “The Muppet Christmas Carol”
• “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
• “The Polar Express”
• “The Preacher’s Wife”
• “The Santa Clause”
• “White Christmas”

Details: Delta.com

Southwest Airlines

• “A Bad Moms Christmas”
• “Elf”
• “Home Alone”
• “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”
• “Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”

Details: Southwest.com 

United Airlines

• “Arthur Christmas”
• “Christmas at Graceland”
• “Christmas Next Door”
• “Coming Home for Christmas”
• “Four Christmases”
• “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”
• “It’s Christmas, Eve”
• “Jingle All the Way”
• “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”
• “Switched for Christmas”
• “The Sweetest Christmas”
• “The Family Stone”

Details: United.com

JetBlue Airways

• “A Christmas Story” 
• “Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights”
• “Almost Christmas”
• “Bad Santa”
• “The Best Man Holiday”
• “Almost Christmas” (2016)
• “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
• “Elf”
• “Frozen”
• “Home Alone”   
• “Ice Age”
• “Jack Frost”
• “Jingle All the Way”
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
• “Little Fockers”

Details: JetBlue.com

Alaska Airlines 

• “A Christmas Story”
• “A Dennis the Menace Christmas”
• “Christmas at Graceland”
• “Christmas Next Door”
• “Coming Home for Christmas”
• “Die Hard”
• “How The Grinch Stole Christmas!”
• “Elf”
• “The Family Stone”
• “Four Christmases”
• “Fred Claus”
• “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker”
• “Home Alone”
• “It’s Christmas, Eve”
• “Jack Frost”
• “Miracle on 34th Street”
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
• “The Polar Express”
• “The Sweetest Christmas”
• “Switched for Christmas”

Details: AlaskaAir.com 

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