[QUOTE=ijgordon]I think this is a completely valid point. I don't see why AA couldn't get some modest premium, even from elites, for the seats up front, a la PE/WT+. The beancounters that they are over there though, they must have run the numbers somehow, and there must be a reason. Maybe too many price-sensitive leisure travelers on these particular routes.

Try flying the AA domestic first class seat on 757 and you will know why no one would pay for it. The AA 757 have the OLD domestic first seat not the standard relatively-new AA one