Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Well if the seat lays flat your dead head will be on it. Just returned from HKG on a DH and my FO was trying to get first class. Corp travel has already instituted the catch all phrase "a lay flat seat constitutes a higher class of service" so a lay flat in business in 4 by seating meets class of service for first. Yes you can deviate if you bank is enough but how likely is that if your bank is based on discounted business?
Was the scheduled DH less than 10 hours block? If so, they could have booked your FO in business whether there were lie flat seats or not. In the previous contract, it was up to the company to book first or business if the scheduled block was less than 10 hours.