Originally Posted by
zitsky
It was first class RDU-MIA and business MIA-CUN. Seats were exactly the same. I was in the same seat. Tell me why one is called first, and the other isn't.
Many corporate travel policies cover J (but, not F) on international routes. So, by marketing seats to Canada/Mexico/LatAm as business class, airlines get a shot at incremental revenue that would otherwise be off the table.