Originally Posted by HereNow...
... and American is upgrading its 777 fleet in F to full Flagship suites from beds. There must be some demand for the product.
Unfortunately, the Canadian market has always been cheap. Businesses don't spend on first class, and thanks to our tax system, we don't have the top-bracket wealth that the Americans do. LH dropped F to Canada several years ago. BA doesn't have it on a lot of flights to Canada, and when it does, it often offers it as a free upgrade to anyone paying full J. Yes, in some parts of the world, it works. Not here. Here, it was always a chance for retired executives to freeload, and for crew to steal the caviar. I'm not make an idle accusation either. I have a buddy who had authority over in-flight at AC when there still was F, and he said that between the scammers and freeloaders, there was little revenue and great expense. For a while, the prestige of having an F cabin kept it alive but once CO debuted BusinessFirst, F was a dead duck at AC.