i agree. BF service should depend on length of flight. there are flights flown wholly within north, central and south america that are much longer than nyc-lon or lax-hnl, yet they have the same seats i get on msy-iah.
good BF routes would be ewr to anywhere on the west coast. iah to lima. iah to sea, pdx or alaska. i guess though, it would be a toss up. play the hokey game with bf or pay for it, or get the EUA's into regualr FC seats or pay less for them.