Originally Posted by
cardinal53
I understand that F in the 321T was sub-optimal from a revenue standpoint, because the cabin (1/3 of the aircraft) would be filled with non-revs on certain flights. But the better solution here probably would have been to more proactively oversell J and bump people into the F cabin, which AA would do occasionally but not systematically.
They are going from 72 coach seats to 123. That’s significant IF they get the yields. Plenty of people still fly on price alone for coach, with schedule being of second priority.
Then are keeping 20J, which matches the 321T. There was too much unused space for the 10 seat F cabin so now they can make some money with 12 PE seats. If it was one of their best performing routes before, I don’t see why it wouldn’t continue to be a moneymaker.