Originally Posted by
teemuflyer
Well kind of kidding, but I obviously think JL also has some sharp people crunching numbers and running models and coming out with different results given their market considerations. Thankfully, for the foreseeable future, they will have more desirable cabin options on the 788/9s than AA to Asia (assuming AA will fly those birds to Asia).
Doesn't JL have angle-flat seats in business on their 787s? While it's true that I'd be more likely to buy JL's PE than deal with MCE (and the risk of truly sardine-like coach on AA), if I were actually paying for a business class ticket I'd opt for AA's configuration.
In fact, I just did something like this: paying $2K more for business class on CX versus JL. CX turned out to be somewhat more convenient as well, but once I'm paying thousands of dollars for a business class seat, I want a modern and competitive product so JL didn't even factor in.