Originally Posted by
Maritimer78
Thank you, now I get it.
Its rather "pretetious class" than actual 1st

If pretentiousness helps drive revenues, so be it! Can it be pretentious to say a first class is not true first class?

The entirely non-pretentious First Class is AA which is also not luxury and is also being withdrawn. Terrible across the board - no amount of caviar would change that!