Originally Posted by
xliioper
In terms of marketing materials, it has been referred to as part of Main Cabin experience. However, I wouldn't assume they are necessarily following the convention here. It seems a bit pointless just to add a separate tie-breaker just for the small handful of domestic PS flights. It would be pretty straightfoward to do an experiment in the new year (with refundable fares) and see were people rank based on purchased MC, C+, fare classes, MM status, etc.
It not just DL. The FAA/DOT consider C+ on DL just to be part of the main cabin. Extra legroom alone doesn'tmake a cabin.
Originally Posted by
DrMilano
Also includes “paid upgrade” as C+ is an upgrade for the #2 tie breaker.
I hughly doubt (I'd be willing to wager even) that cabin refers to anything but the newly offered PS on domestic (C+ has not and is not referredto as it's own cabin in any DL policy or procedure). They are likely to expand the flights it is on. However even if not, they would want to upgrade PS passengers 1st, just like international.
Originally Posted by
hhdl
Setting aside how many comp-upgradable flights will have PS, the hypothesis that the change from fare class to cabin is to account for PS seems unlikely for the simple reason that PAG fares (and whatever bucket (OG?) PSM offers would go into) would be above Main Cabin fares (and don't PS fares, unlike C+/F/D1 fares, tend not to have underlying MC fares (part of why one can sometimes see PS available for less than MC/C+)).
Fare Class doesn’t account for fact that PS is a higher cabin. Not sure your logic, as it is the same now for international. PS upgrades before main cabin (including C+). All this change does is match the policy currently in place when flying international. Remember C+ fares are just combined main cabin fares with an additional amount baked in, instead of added on after fact. PS fares, are fares in their own right, as they are for a separate cabin.