Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
Is there any chance in the world that a real premium economy class is going to be rolled out? I highly doubt it but this would seem like the perfect use of this space if they needed to make increase profit of that space.
Delta dare not do that. There's already anecdotal evidence that some corporate travel policies are reducing J authorization to Y+. If airlines were to make Y+ too attractive and comfortable, that would just accelerate that trend, thus killing the remaining cash cow among passenger service (premium class passengers).
The only reasons Economy Comfort exists are as a small token to try to make medallions feel slightly better for not being able to get international upgrades, and to extract additional marginal income for a very minimal alteration in the hard product (in most cases, it's just an adjustment to take advantage of space that's otherwise unused), and a very slightly different seat (headrest wings and an adjustment to the recline limit).