Originally Posted by
PurpleCircle
AA's Max is a horrible product in my opinion. Aren't the seats in First Class the same ones used for Premium Economy on long haul flights? I see nothing premium about this for First Class including the pitch!
"Domestic F seats are the same as Int'l Longhaul PEY" is...not a valid complaint. No intelligent customer would book domestic F expecting a Flagship Suite, unless they're flying transcon (where F is *gasp* the same seat as J on the 77W!) For as long as Premium Economy has existed (across all carriers), the hard product has been very similar to the Domestic F hard product on US carriers. Before the lie-flat J revolution a decade or so ago, most J seats were identical to Domestic F, just with legrests and deeper recline.
Stick to real,issues, like tiny lavs or the tight pitch, which would be greatly helped by splitting the difference and going to 166 pax (presumably AA is currently profitable flying 20 year old 738s with 160 pax, so 6 additional seats + much lower fuel costs mean AA will still "never lose money again"

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