ryanb741 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 3219 posts, RR: 17 Posted (3 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1297 times:
Greetings all. I am planning to fly LHR-BKK on 5th April on BA. As it will probably be our last trip for a while as my wife is pregnant my plan was to splash out on first class tickets as a memento of our last trip as just the two of us.
I was wondering if anyone knew the probability of that flight being operated with the new F cabin?
Many thanks in advance for any feedback
Ryan
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airlineanorak From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2007, 85 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 months 1 week 2 days ago) and read 1167 times:
Quoting fiscal (Reply 1): It's nice if you get the right plane, but then again I enjoyed the old first class as well. Slept well on both beds.
Very true. I've given up caring recently since I have just as good a time in both. I have just checked your flight and it is scheduled to be a 'mid-J' with 52 seats in Club. There are 26 aircraft in this config, with 12 of them featuring New First. The remaining 14 are not scheduled to be upgraded. So statistically, you've got less than a 50% chance. You can call You First up to 72 hours before you fly and ask them if the aircraft you're schuduled to fly on has New First, but I have not found this to be very accurate. The only time you'll know for sure if when you arrive at the gate and see if there are blocked out windows in the nose section!
steve6666 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 359 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1067 times:
Quoting fiscal (Reply 1): It's nice if you get the right plane, but then again I enjoyed the old first class as well. Slept well on both beds.
Yeah......I didn't - old First I never found long enough or wide enough either at shoulder or foot level for me! I would prefer a number of Club World seats - especially upstairs - over old First, and for a less than 50% chance of getting new First I am not sure I would risk 2x whatever the premium is above a Club Fare.
Think Bangkok is pretty much always scheduled with a 52J plane - look on thebasource.com for a record of the planes that have served it and go match whether they have new First or not.
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fiscal From Australia, joined Oct 2009, 288 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 976 times:
Quoting steve6666 (Reply 3): I would prefer a number of Club World seats
I must admit, that apart from the initial "in your face" view of the passenger in the seat next to you, once airborne and the barriers go up, I found the experience very enjoyable as well. I would not say as enjoyable as old first, but still a very comfortable flight nonetheless, and the Galleries lounge in LHR was large but with a very cosy feel, so for a lower cost, you can have a very enjoyable experience. However, I still like First
AZA330 From Italy, joined Feb 2004, 288 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 months 2 days ago) and read 946 times:
Quoting ryanb741 (Reply 5): Thanks for the feedback. As it happens I changed to flight BA27 to HKG in First on a 77W so I imagine that will be new first.
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