Originally Posted by
plt981
...are there any airlines with first-class service worth paying for?
No.
Originally Posted by plt981
(And to tag on a speculative question, what is it going to take for airlines to improve their soft and hard products in domestic first? Honestly, the way things are right now, it's embarrassing for the price the legacy carriers charge...)
Domestic F is actually a sort of super-coach for elite customers who tend to get it for free. It doesn't justify its asking prices for non-elites, which hardly anybody pays. Aside from VX F, and possibly the UA p.s. transcon service LAX/SFO-JFK, there is no genuine premium class service in the US.