Originally Posted by
brocklee9000
I had a bit of a chuckle when RA described how people recognize him in coach and peek over the edges of their newspapers and such. However, that charm wore off after I read the next paragraph. I've heard that he travels on competing airlines to evaluate their product; but I noticed he sort of dodged the question: "Do you always fly coach, even on long-hauls to Asia?" to which he was only quoted as saying "I've done long-haul to Asia . . . I like to try to fly on the competition when I go long-haul." Maybe you can chalk it up to an oversight in editing for the article, but to me it sounds like he avoided disclosing whether or not he flies Y on long haul flights (my guess is no...).
At the DL ATL DO, he said that for long haul international, he does one direction in DL BE and the other in a competitor's business (he may have said business or first) class product.