Originally Posted by
Imstevek
This is a very curious comment to me. Like most of the other posters, we have a y-only policy, with very one-off exceptions. Even from my east coast office to Asia thru SFO, we have a squad of 100-200 folks constantly shuttling back and forth, always booked in Y. Not to mention the HQ squad 10-15x that size doing the route ex-SFO at the same frequency.
This is a curious comment to me. Are you doubting that there are large companies that send their employees overseas in business (and first) class? I consult with a 250,000+ employee Bay Area co-based company with world-wide reach. Standard travel policy provides for J class for all employees when travelling internationally. Most SVP/GVP+ have first class provisions custom written into their employment contracts.