Originally Posted by
AA53
Agree..wondering if AA will hear from business travelers paying top dollar sitting in Y while watching vacationers sit up front. In reality, the difference only matters in business markets where F seats are scarce. If these people complain, who are paying the most, it would be interesting to see if AA does something. It seems not very smart to reward those paying the least with the best seats but given AA's history (abandoned hubs/TWA/poor employee relations etc.)and $9 stock price, brains are in short supply there.
...and wouldn't it be interesting if AA cites this as the reason to implement upgrade priority according to fare basis?
Maybe they're not as dumb as you think...put in a system to pi$$ off last-minute business travelers who mightn't otherwise be very open to fare-basis upgrade priority...and then implement fare-basis prioritization as a "lesser of 2 evils"...reminds me of that old story about how to boil a frog...
cheers!