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Old Sep 10, 2016 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by JY1024
I'm not a Delta flyer, so I may be misunderstanding - but I don't think that's an apples-to-apples comparison. The OP and others are referring to when a mode of transportation offers first and business simultaneously - and where business is by definition the higher class of service than first class.

On most legacy USA-based airlines, it's a marketing term to call the front of domestic fights "first class" on 2-class flights. But on flights where there are first, business, and economy classes, "first" always is a higher class of service than "business."
Yes.

Originally Posted by moondog
I think the Delta example is relevant, in the sense that business and first are both standardized products.
Comparing domestic First with international Business is a non-starter. Products have no relation to each other.

On flights with 3 classes of service, First is higher than Business.
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