AA:" The only 3-class widebody service coast-to-coast!"

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Mar 12, 2007, 10:00 pm

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Originally Posted by francophile

Did AA forget about the service that provides the best premium class experience within the continent: CX JFK-YVR?? That definitely qualifies as coast to coast.

Well, that's just silly. Then we have to include HKG-LHR service on QF, BA, CX, et al., as "coast-to-coast" too.

Coast-to-coast in the US is arguably the reasonable implied restriction.

Mar 12, 2007, 10:04 pm

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Originally Posted by IceTrojan

Well, that's just silly. Then we have to include HKG-LHR service on QF, BA, CX, et al., as "coast-to-coast" too.

Coast-to-coast in the US is arguably the reasonable implied restriction.

Dont forget QF LAX-JFK even though you have to be connecting from oz to use it

Mar 12, 2007, 10:39 pm

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Originally Posted by elitetraveler

Dont forget QF LAX-JFK even though you have to be connecting from oz to use it

Do you have to connect from Australia, or would it be possible to connect from some other international destination, as well (mexico, canada)?

-Hayden

Mar 12, 2007, 10:43 pm

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Do you have to connect from Australia, or would it be possible to connect from some other international destination, as well (mexico, canada)?

-Hayden

You have to connect on QF from Australia - and I guess New Zealand would be OK as well.

I can tell you that you will not get on the flight unless you do the above - in fact, I had a valid RTW ticket and had arrived the day before on CX from HKG and when I tried to check-in for the QF LAX-JFK flight I was told that BA (which had issued the ticket) had made a mistake, and I was re-booked on AA.

I even had a BP for the QF flight issued by CX the day before in HKG!!!

Mar 13, 2007, 5:12 am

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so true....I flew a 757 F from ORD-MIA....and it was nice to have those huge seats....way better than the supposedly F on MD-80

You really need to fly up front on the 763/762...

Mar 13, 2007, 8:43 am

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Originally Posted by Fly AA J all the way

Yes, the point I was making was that both statements are true most of the time. However, there are a few flights here and there (UA sometimes has 767 service to BOS from LAX) that negate each.

If UA's 763 BOS-LAX IS indeed 3-class (which it appears to be) then you are correct and AA is wrong. AA should change the claim to "The MOST 3-class widebody service coast-to-coast!". Or ""The only 3-class widebody service LAX-JFK!".

Mar 13, 2007, 8:47 am

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And I guess JFK has about 1 mile of Long Island between it and the Atlantic...

OK. I guess ATL is on the east coast too.

Mar 13, 2007, 10:58 am

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Originally Posted by IceTrojan

Well, that's just silly. Then we have to include HKG-LHR service on QF, BA, CX, et al., as "coast-to-coast" too.

Coast-to-coast in the US is arguably the reasonable implied restriction.

Hardly. Why would the restricition of a strictly US routing be reasonable?

And your point of including HKG-LHR is valid. That is considered coast to coast.

I did not personally listen to the radio advert, but AA should make clear which routes they are referring to. Simply referring a geographical region as "coast" is far too ambiguous.

Mar 13, 2007, 11:38 am

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Originally Posted by IceTrojan

Well, that's just silly. Then we have to include HKG-LHR service on QF, BA, CX, et al., as "coast-to-coast" too.

Coast-to-coast in the US is arguably the reasonable implied restriction.

But YVR is domestic according to AA's international/domestic rules... just because they didn't vote for Bush doesn't mean that they're not American. Oh wait, ignore that last sentence, it doesn't help to clarify what is and what isn't US.