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Q: American Airlines: Extra Legroom in Coach? ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: American Airlines: Extra Legroom in Coach?
Category: Sports and Recreation > Travel
Asked by: whitesorcerer-ga
List Price: $9.00
Posted: 29 Aug 2005 20:24 PDT
Expires: 28 Sep 2005 20:24 PDT
Question ID: 562027
American Airlines used to have a marketing program called "Extra
Legroom in Coach". When did the program begin, and when did it end?
What is their legroom in coach now? How does it compare with other
airlines?
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Subject: Re: American Airlines: Extra Legroom in Coach?
Answered By: justaskscott-ga on 29 Aug 2005 21:02 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello whitesorcerer,

This marketing program began on February 3, 2000, and ended on October 20, 2004.

Internet Archive cache of "American Will Remove Thousands of Coach
Seats on Its Entire Jet to Create More Room Throughout Its Coach
Seats" (Feb. 3, 2000)
American Airlines
http://web.archive.org/web/20000622141809/www.amrcorp.com/news/feb0300.htm

"AMR Corporation Reports A Third Quarter Loss Of $214 Million" (Oct.
20, 2004) [under "Seat Decisions" and following paragraph on "Dallas
Reservations Office Consolidation"]
American Airlines
http://www.aa.com/content/amrcorp/pressReleases/2004_10/20_3q.jhtml

As you may know, there are several planes in American's fleet, and
many more in other fleets.  The reputable site SeatGuru offers
comprehensive information about "seat pitch" in the economy class of
these planes:

"Seat Pitch is the distance from any point on one seat to the exact
same point on the seat in front or behind it. While it is not the
exact equivalent of 'legroom', it does give a very good approximation
of how much seat room you should expect.  Bottom line: the more seat
pitch the better."

SeatGuru [click on each airline and airplane for seat pitch information]
http://www.seatguru.com/

"Frequently Asked Questions: What is Seat Pitch?"
SeatGuru
http://www.seatguru.com/help.shtml?PHPSESSID=eaecfed613d6f2bf14410da0536b0393

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google and Google Groups for various combinations of these terms:

american
"more room in coach"
"more room * coach"
"american will add back a portion of the coach seats previously removed"
whitesorcerer-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars

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Subject: Re: American Airlines: Extra Legroom in Coach?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 29 Aug 2005 20:26 PDT
 
Some of the information in this article may be of interest to you:

http://www.frommers.com/articles/1109.html

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