Originally Posted by
coinboy66
No, it's not a joke. The business class is not a real business class product. It's a watered down, reduced business class.
In what sense, other than your imagination? Surely not the hard product... What is watered down or reduced?
Originally Posted by
coinboy66
It's true that no airline offers 8 abreast seating on a 777. But it is far more incorrect to compare AC's premium economy to domestic first. Domestic first on a 777 is 2-2-2 (6 abreast).
What, United's Hawaii birds? Those seats suck and just have a massive aisle. AC Y+ at 38 pitch and 20 width is comparable with any standard domestic first narrowbody product.
Originally Posted by
coinboy66
The reality is that the premium economy looks very similar to the regular economy
No, that is your perception for some reason. The reality is that it's not. It's just like BA WT+, or Cathay Pacific Y+. It's a nice product. You even get enhanced meal service which is nice. Hell, "Y+" on any US airline is 9 across at best with not much other than a few inches legroom improvement.
Originally Posted by
coinboy66
More similar to AirAsia than a full-fare product.
This sentence is sadly demonstrative of how little you know about this subject. That is not true in the slightest.