Hi, Lesley,
We flew AA First to and from SXM last April in one of the old USAir planes. It was possibly the worse plane I’ve ever flown on - the seats were horribly close and the food was a Turkey and cheese sandwich on a very fry croissant with mustard. No steak, no alcohol but we got there and back and that’s all I really cared about.😊😊
First class is definitely not what it once was. We fly FC for the space and the fact that we know there will be room for our carry on bags in the overheads. As far as the alcohol being "free", with the price of FC tickets, at least from our home airports, being at least double and sometime three to four times the cost of main cabin, the alcohol is definitely not free.
