Hi Sarahuk,

The seats on most of the aircraft are now fully lie flat ( i thnk on the timetables those that are classfied as A345 ( A346 with flat seats) and A342 ( A340 300 series with flat seats) The fleet is due to be fully equipped by March 2010 I think.


With your silver card you can use the BA lounge at LHR T3.

Cabin is 2-2-2 and clean ( looked new) and quite bright.

IFE- on demand but selection ok ( not as good as LAN or maybe BA)

Blanket is provided ( no duvet) but amenity kit is ok ( it has a shoebag also and a comb!)

English is spoken also ( a few words of Spanish helps ie Por Favor and Muchas Gracias).Everybody seems to appreciate if you make the effort to speak the local language. Menus are also in English with and english option on the IFE.

For the late night flight from Madrid a full 3 course dinner is provided in the Velaquez bistro ( far end of the lounge in T4S) and a starter ( on my flight ot SCL leaving at 0010 we had soup and a pasta dish as the starter) and desert is served on board.

A self service bar/trolley was available in the forward galley.
Breakfast is quite good ( bread is the hard type though)

Privacy screen in between the seats is small ( should be bigger IMHO) but on my flight there was no one beside me.

Toilets were ok and clean and looked new
Regards

TBS

PS on my return from SCL the electronics did not work at all for rows 1-4 ( 5-7 were ok)so the seats did not recline at all.

I am writing into IB.

We were also delayed coming into SCL so I would have missed the connecting flight to LHR- IB had staff at the top of the gate with new boarding passes for the next flight ( 1 hour later) with no need to go to a service desk ( very good) and bags made it also.

The lounge in madrid is pretty good with a quiet area ( terminal is long though)

Overall pretty good ( not as good as BA CW but given the price difference is not bad VFM)


PSPS: If you can get the LAN flight from MAD to SCL then LAN to EZE I would consider that also ( if you can afford the extra time). LAN in business was excellent ( flat seats, a soft comfortable duvet and a AVOD with 600+CDs -en route from FRA-MAD and SCL-IPC I just listened to the CDs and did not watch the movies)