Booked first class from INV-SFO but only get business on the transcontinental segment
Jul 3, 2019, 3:28 pm
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Booked first class from INV-SFO but only get business on the transcontinental segment
We are flying First class INV-LHR-JFK-SFO-JFK-LHR-INV in April next year. We got a really good deal but after we booked we noticed that although the LHR-JFK-LHR segments are in first class as expected, the transcontinental flights are only in Business with American Airlines. Does anybody know why we are not in first class for the transcontinental flights? This is not a major problem as we have flown this before.
We haven't been flying BA much recently especially long-haul so expect we have probably made some schoolboy errors!
We haven't been flying BA much recently especially long-haul so expect we have probably made some schoolboy errors!
Jul 3, 2019, 5:03 pm
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We are flying First class INV-LHR-JFK-SFO-JFK-LHR-INV in April next year. We got a really good deal but after we booked we noticed that although the LHR-JFK-LHR segments are in first class as expected, the transcontinental flights are only in Business with American Airlines. Does anybody know why we are not in first class for the transcontinental flights? This is not a major problem as we have flown this before.
We haven't been flying BA much recently especially long-haul so expect we have probably made some schoolboy errors!
We haven't been flying BA much recently especially long-haul so expect we have probably made some schoolboy errors!
Last edited by DS7; Jul 3, 2019 at 5:04 pm Reason: typo
Jul 3, 2019, 7:49 pm
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Probably the cheap bucket for first was not available on your flight. If you booked less than 24 hours ago might be worth cancelling and checking with other connections.
Jul 3, 2019, 8:11 pm
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I think AA offer a proper First class service on 3 class routes. JFK-LAX springs to mind for some reason. Not sure about SFO though. Weird though as thinking about it, my experience on AA domestic flights has been that F is offered... although for short haul international flights, they sell the same seat as J...
Jul 3, 2019, 10:35 pm
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actually most A fares do not allow booking A class domestically in USA. I am not sure why that is but they only allow J domestically! It’s a major pain point when looking at it!
Jul 3, 2019, 11:26 pm
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As far as I can tell it's largely random. I had one of those BA TATL out in J return in F booked only as F was cheaper than J, going LHR->SFO->JFK->LHR. For no good reason I could discern, SFO->JFK ended up in F too. I did not complain!