Originally Posted by
nmenaker
So, better to just book F regardless of new vs. old, over the new club. I mean, the new club seats, entertainmen, etc look pretty nice. We are talking about the same level, just ONE below F, right?
I guess, scanning some of the stats work that someone did, looks like ORD to LHR is about 80% new F on some flights, and 65% on others - and that was up till July, so a January-February next year might be even higher chances.
Yes, Club is one below First.
Any flights operated by one of BA's three new 777-300s will have New First. At present one of the rotations to ORD (BA294/295) is often operated with one of those aircraft, but even that is not guaranteed. The fact that there are only 3 aircraft means equipment changes are inevitable any time any one of them is undergoing maintenance as was the case recently.
Your % figures above are somewhat overstated - in July only a handful of aircraft had been upgraded and the first 773 didn't come into service until the end of August. But you're right to say that the chances are increasing, at least for the 747s at the moment.