aardvarkdave

Thanks for the response Pete, much appreciated.

Pilot37

Hi Dave, further to PETER01's response, I did this flight last year with BA in CW in the mini-cabin (11A) and had the following thoughts:
Outbound:
Completely full flight, I like the mini-cabin as it doesn't have the dormitory feel of the main CW cabins on 4-class birds and the crew on this sector were good. However, throughout the flight people from WTP were popping through the curtain to use the toilets in CW (a few I'm sure raided the Club Kitchen) and there were 2 kids who thought the curtain provided a fantastic hide and seek shield (although to be fair they weren't that loud). I found all of this occurred after the meal service when the main cabin lights had been dimmed and the crew weren't coming through the cabin that much. If you are in a window or the centre CW seats, you wouldn't notice people passing back and forth that much, but being in an aisle seat would be annoying I would think.
Inbound:
Not a particularly full flight in CW or WTP, so the mini-cabin felt very quiet and relaxed and without a full WTP cabin, didn't notice anybody coming through the curtain at all (was in 11K this time). The flight timings also help on the return, full daytime flight so the crew were more active in the cabin and the CSM in his hello to me actually said he'd make sure I wasn't disturbed by people coming through the curtain.
Summary:
Flight loads will make a difference, if it's a full flight people will come through the curtain, and the outbound flight times make it more likely (dark cabin and not much crew movement), so perhaps go with main cabin on the outbound and mini-cabin on the inbound sectors to experience both.

Pilot37

aardvarkdave

Thanks Pilot37 - I think that seals it, I'll stick with 2 middle pairs on the LHR-BKK. The return is going to be SIN-LHR on the 380 which I'm familiar with the seating on, so I guess I'll leave the mini cabin for another trip.

andrewingu

Hi everyone, new to this Forum. I am flying CW to Orlando from Gatwick next August. I have reserved my seating for the family on the outbound trip, but the seats i have been given i cannot seem to find any where. We have been given 1J, 1K (2J, 2K i can see these on seat maps but not row 1's? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

corporate-wage-slave

Welcome to Flyertalk, and welcome to the BA forum andrewingu. We try to make this place welcoming for newcomers so I hope you will continue to participate here.

Is the seating like this:
http://thebasource.com/seatmaps/77e/40j219y.html
note the row 1 is only in the middle section.

If not, and I'm surprised there is nothing showing on Manage My Booking, usually there is a seat map on that, then it may be due to the new 777 seating configuration being implemented over the winter coming, and so we need to wait a little longer to see how this works in practice. If this is the case for you, the upside is that you will have a refreshed cabin and new IFE.

andrewingu

Hi Corporate-Wage-slave. Thanks for this and glad to be here. Yep thats the seating plan i can see. The my booking section shows i have 1J, 1K, 2J & 2K. SO fingers crossed its the new seating plan and IFE

Just seen this online.

According to Routes Online, the following services will be the first to be operated by the new fleet. These will all be Boeing 777-200ER aircraft (Day 1 = Monday etc):
London Gatwick – Cancun from 12th May 2018, 1 weekly (Day 6; 3 weekly Day 1/3/6 from 20th June)
London Gatwick – Fort Lauderdale from 18th September 2018, 1 weekly (Day 4)
London Gatwick – Kingston from 7th May 2018, 2 weekly (Day 1/3; Day 1/5 from 10th September)
London Gatwick – New York JFK from 8th July 2018, 1 daily
London Gatwick – Orlando from 11th May 2018, 1 weekly BA2037/2036 (Day 5; 2 weekly Day 5/6 from 8th June to 8th September)
London Gatwick – Punta Cana from 8th May 2018, 3 weekly (Day 2/4/7)
London Gatwick – Tampa from 7th June 2018, 2 weekly (Day 4/7)

JERmlb

We're flying to MCO in a months time in CW. Looks like we have a 4 class 777 on the way out but I don't think they sell F to MCO. When do the F seats become available for selection and is it only if CW is full. 4 of us travelling on 2 x 241. My wife is gold on one booking and I'm silver on the other (kids both silver as well) if that makes any difference as to who is more likely to have the seats open up to them. Thanks

msm2000uk

I've got a 3-class 777 trip coming up.

On the flight out to BKK, I'm booked into 11K - so a window seat with direct aisle access. The flight leaves LHR at 1600, landing at 0940, so it's a good flight to sleep on.

On the way back, the dreaded 'Island Party Flight', I'm booked into 5A - again, a window with direct aisle access.

Are there any better seats that I've missed, or have I chosen wisely?

Thanks in advance!

M

Iain1872

Hi - Newbie here so help appreciated

I've booked a holiday vai Barrhead Travel to St Lucia , flights with BA (economy - Which i have added to my booking in my BA Exec account) on a 777 , two questions / queries really

1. When i go to try and select seats on my BA - its advises that seat availability is only available at Check-in - is this correct and if so whats the likliehood that i'll be able to get two seats together - am guessing its because the agent has booked cheapest option in Economy ??

2. I know it's economy but any suggestions for best seats / area ??

Thanks in advance
Iain

Pilot37

Hi msn2000uk

I did that flight last year in the mini-cabin (11A/11K) and popped my thoughts on it about 5 or 6 replies above this, take a look to see if that helps. Like any CW booking I make, any bulkhead seats where you have direct aisle access are first priority in my opinion.

Hope the review helps.

Pilot37

BA6501

It's more likely to be due to the tickets not being issued yet. Agents often do this unfortunately, to improve their cash flow.

Once your tickets are issued then you should be able to pay to select your seats online before checkin, or for free 24 hours before. Without status your options will unfortunately be quite limited, but FLY will try to seat you together.

Iain1872

Thanks , i'll keep checking on reg basis and see what happens , am loathe to pay the high select-your-own-seating prices BA charge however i'd rather ensure my OH and i are sat together for this length of flight

msm2000uk

Many thanks Pilot37

I'd had a read of your posts, but just wanted to ensure it was a 3 class bird.

M

MHendo84

Have an upcoming LHR-SYD-LHR with the significant other and have currently got 10EF.

Would these get much noise from the galley?

Also do seat reservations usually hold when you get bumped down to Silver?

Cheers,
Matt

BA6501

They will hold as long as they are not seats restricted to Golds (exits/01AK/row 1) in which case they may or may not get kicked out.