Originally Posted by MKLDH

I still think that is quite misleading. The screenshot I attached clearly states this product as Flagship First. And on the flight selection page you will see something like this:


If AA is treating this like a domestic first then it should remove the Flagship logo on the fare; if it is treating this like Flagship Business then it should be under the Business category, not the first. In other words, if someone does not notice the fare class issue, he/she will easily consider this as a deeply discounted Flagship First ticket. I think that is a problem of AA.

Originally Posted by Dave Noble

That would be a complete exception to how AA markets the 2 cabins on a 2 cabin service, so much so that in the benefits Dining and Check in , it explicitly states that these benefits are only where it is 1st class on a 3 cabin aeroplane

That the pricing is also for business class should provide some form of warning ( as it did to the OP ) that maybe it isn't a 3 class aeroplane

It seems very odd to put a 2 class aeroplane on that route - A while back AA did go and recode 1st class on 2 cabin aeroplane as business class ( JCDRI ) - why it continues to promote it as 1st is bizarre and leads to this situation

Unless the agent makes a mistake , I would not expect that dining will be given since it is clearly mentioned that 2 class does not get access

Stop calling business class , 1st class and the problem will go away and seems the logical solution to avoid in the future - Given $708 is the cheap business fare, $708 for 1st class should not require some form of special airline genius to figure that it might not be all it seems

Personally , I think that the $128 for premium economy seating is the steal being offered