Originally Posted by jimrpa
Ah, but the BusinessElite product most assuredly DOES include the BusinessElite seat! A BusinessElite seat on a flight does not mean the flight offers the BusinessElite service. For a flight to offer the BusinessElite service, it MUST have the BusinessElite seat! That's why DL flights to Central America do not offe BusinessElite, they offer "Business Class".
Also, I'm not sure that you can easily change out a Domestic DL 764 interior for a BusinessElite interior. Remember, it's more than just ripping out seats and putting in different seats. Their's lighting, power (BusinessElite seats are electrically operated, not purely mechanical), ventilation, in-flight entertainment systems, and so on. I imagine refitting a 764 from domestic to BusinessElite is pretty complex.
No, you are missing my point. If Delta decides tommorrow that a 764 is BusinessElite then it is. I am not talking about doing anything to change the plane. Yes, I think this would be a bad marketing move for B/E but they can do it because they define the terms.
Also, never forget, that Business or BusinessElite is still considered a lesser class of service than F/C, despite the fact that we know that B/E blows that away. They could even market a particular route that they needed the 764 on as the "only route that has First Class." This would be terribly misleading though.