Originally Posted by
ldpeters
AA isn't going to have to weasel out of this one. All of the fare rules I've seen for this fare *clearly* state Economy Class Travel. You'd have a really hard time arguing that the booking code supersedes the "plain language" of "Economy Class Travel" in the fare rules (viz., your contract with AA).
IANAL, but my understanding is that it is not legal for the "fine print" to directly conflict with the "big print", and in cases that it does the "big print" will apply.
So in this case we've got the "big print" of the website itself, the confirmation email, the seat selection all of which clearly state 'Cabin : First' and 'Booking Class : A' and the "fine print" of the fare rules which state Economy.
Clearly they directly conflict, and thus the 'fine print' does not apply.