Dont't see any mention of that extra room on the AA website anymore. Gone with the wind?
Funny how things often come down to a matter of a few inches.
I'm a little large, but on last flight sat next to a small chinese-american lass who was very pleasant. Gave her a couple of Bendick's Bittermints. Beleive it or not she was travelling from SFO to FRA via YVR, LHR and CPN. Best her travel agent could get her apparently. Sitting on the gate at YVR there was, two gates away a LH 747 about to leave for FRA.