Originally Posted by
JDiver
Secondly, they are planning some kind of PE product in that aircraft - so the wild discussion right now in the AA Forum is whether or not SWUs ("free" upgrades for AAdvantage Executive Platinums, who are granted 8 annually,) will continue to be one class upgrades - e.g one may have to purchase the new PE on the 77W - and other aircraft that might be retrofitted - to get a J seat.
It is interesting to see what the PE product will be like for AA. Since UA is expanding their economy plus to all the CO fleets and DL has started their own version, I am not surprised that AA will follow. However I don't think UACO or DL sells a separate PE seat like BA does and the seat pitch as not as generous. It is a nicer seat for their elites though. Unless AA sells a separate PE class seat like BA does, where the premim can be anywhere from 25-75% over the regular economy seating, I suspect the SWU will be upgrading from Y to J (similar to UA and DL).