Originally Posted by
titanzrule32
So AA to DFW is the only opportunity for mainline updrades? BNA to DCA/STL provides 10 first class seats on the ERJ?
And if I recall correctly, DL to ATL/DTW/MEM all fly mainline metal?
No first on AA's ER4s or even the CR7s. The upgrade options on AA are DFW, MIA, LGA (couple flights a day), and the LAX flight.
On DL/NW, there are mainline flights to ATL, CUN, DTW, MEM, MSP, and SLC but there are some regional jets without F in the schedule (which one can work to avoid). Although there are non-stops, there is no DL/NW mainline service to CVG or JFK. Throwing out CUN, there are seven cities offering legitimate connections, and I'm OK with a CVG or MEM segment on an RJ.
Twelve of my 51 flights this year have been on jets without F (four of them on one four-segment trip to IAH). Throwing those four out, I get one non-first RJ about every six segments due primarily to cost / schedule, but I do go places like MCI and PIT.