Routes with International First Class?
#1
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Routes with International First Class?
AA doesn't make it too easy to find these. Need to burn off some SWUs by January. Can someone provide a list?
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#8
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It's much easier to upgrade J to F. Partly because the upgrade inventory is the same code they use for discount FC purchases (A). I don't know if that's intentional, but it's definitely a side benefit.
you also don't have tons of people in J desperate to get out of J,like you do in Y. Lol. So not a ton of competition.
you also don't have tons of people in J desperate to get out of J,like you do in Y. Lol. So not a ton of competition.
#10
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Right now, mainly the 77W (only routes with Flagship First) are running:
And J-->F upgrades definitely are usually easy to clear, even at booking. I cleared my JFK-LHR this coming Saturday J-->F at booking.
- DFW-GRU (AA963)
- DFW-HKG (AA125)
- DFW-LHR (2x daily - rotates between AA50/80 and AA78)
- JFK-LHR (AA100)
- JFK-GRU (AA951)
- LAX-HKG (AA193)
- LAX-LHR (AA108)
- MIA-GRU (AA995, AA233)
- MIA-EZE (AA931)
- MIA-LHR (AA56)
And J-->F upgrades definitely are usually easy to clear, even at booking. I cleared my JFK-LHR this coming Saturday J-->F at booking.
#11
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AA does not offer International First, on any other flights/routs, really?
How sad, we can't compete with the Asian, European, or middle Eastern carriers!
How sad, we can't compete with the Asian, European, or middle Eastern carriers!
#12
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True, but most of the European carriers also cannot compete with AA on J seats. Definitely not BA, LH or KL (and AF A380).
#13
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To think that Pan Am First Class, was once the best in the world. How low have we fallen: even Air France has a world class product, but American can't even manage, but a few flights.
No, AA First is not in any way, equal to AF!
No, AA First is not in any way, equal to AF!
#14
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If there was enough of a market on routes that AA serves for 1st class, I expect that it would do so