Definitions are important and what the company does now and what they will try to get away with in the future are two different things. I just spent 33 hours at the Elizabeth Courtyard so ask me how I know.

8.A.5.c. Higher Class of Service
i. Regardless of a passenger carrier’s nomenclature or hierar-
chy for classes of service, a Flat Bed Seat satisfies the higher
class of service requirements set forth in this Section.

2.60. FLAT BED SEAT
A seat on a commercial deadhead carrier that when fully reclined is greater
than 175 degrees.