Originally Posted by Dmarsh11
We are flying Calgary/Puerto Vallarta on a holiday in April. AW and Alaska are about the same price in First Class. AW (a bit more money) has no meals and Alaska has some sustenance. Is there one of the airlines FClass that you prefer ? Like are there club passes, or other perks.
Beware of America West Express (Mesa Air) flights that don't have F/C seats! There are two flights per day from YYC to PHX. The early one (7:05am) is a 737 with F/C. The afternoon one (3pm) is a RJ with no F/C and SMALL coach seats. It's a tough three-hours in those seats.
AWA is also using the RJs to Puerto Vallarta, so beware.
AWA will sell you a F/C ticket, with a footnote that says F/C may not be available on all segments of your trip.
If you can guarantee real F/C seats on all legs of your trip, that's the airline I would choose. I don't know about Alaska's use of the small jets, but they're cropping up everywhere.
When AWA first contracted the Freedom Air division of Mesa Air, those RJs had 6 F/C seats, and they were nice! One could tolerate a multi-hour flight in those seats. Then they took the F/C seats out. Now I do whatever I can to avoid those flights.
There are other issues with Mesa Air, but that's for another thread!