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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 11:31 pm
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Originally Posted by PRedLSU
I was bumped from coach to first class several years ago on an SFO->JFK flight on United and it was quite nice.
The Los Angeles/San Francisco to New York JFK markets are premium markets for the legacy airlines, and so you'll get better seats and service on those than you would on other city pairs. I have purposefully routed mileage tickets in F/C to those flights since I felt it was worth it in some cases.
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