Originally Posted by JDiver
Congrats, in advance,
AuAAdvantage - hey, what will you do with that monicker?
"Fist Class" used domestically doesn't actually mean "First Class", it's just what they call it, and it varies considerably between a two - and three-class aircraft, and a 763 and, say, a F100 or a B757. Kind of like the back seat in a Mexico City "vocho" VW Bug taxi and a full-size Peugeot.
Until chemists discover a new element and call it "Executive Platinum", I guess I'll stick with my userid from my Gold AAdvantage days.
Originally Posted by JDiver
"Suprising" analysis? Some of us are attracted here precisely because we want / share tons of information.
(Someone farr less polite said "what are the first four letters in a-n-a-l-y-s-i-s?"
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I just meant surprising because who would think that a service called "Business Class" on a JFK-LAX transcon in a 767-200 would be so superior to one called "First Class" on a IAD-LAX or BOS-LAX transcon involving a 737 or 757? Of course in my Gold and soon-to-end Platinum days, I knew that first class differed depending on routes, equipment, time-of-day and I would be kind of cheap with my sticker UPGs, i.e. I don't upgrade on red-eyes or MD-80s (never flew Fokkers so that wasn't an issue), or flights with no meal service. With EXP, those won't be factors anymore
. Of course the other thing that enters in is what AA calls "flagship service" (which I assume is what the "AFS" term used on FT refers to). A search on the aa.com site for "flagship" reveals nothing, so I'm not 100% sure of exactly what it includes in terms of routes/aircraft/meal service. I once thought all AA non-stop transcons on 737/757/767 were "flagship" service. Now, I'm not so sure. Perhaps it only involves 767-200s, mainly JFK-LAX and return??????