Originally Posted by
tvhead
Can a friendly BA traveller help me give my cousin some advice? She is flying LAX-LHR-JNB in economy and is looking to choose a good seat. She can pay $79 extra for an exit seat with 'unlimited' legroom, but it would be a bit narrower due to armrest tray table. Would she still get the personal tv? How good is the IFE on this service?
I've suggested the strategy of booking a window/aisle for her and companion, with the plan to give up the window if someone shows up in the middle seat. Comments?
Are the drinks really free? (UA charges in econ these days).
I've always heard good things about the BA product. How true is that, especially in the current climate of retrenchment and cutback?
Finally, the BA.com seatmap for the day of travel shows that 80% of the seats are open. How can this be? Travel day happens to be RoyalWedding-palooza so perhaps everyone who wants to be in London will already be there?
TIA from a UA flyer.
You will find plenty of info
here, everything is free (incl. alcohol), yes she will have her private screen.IFE is pretty good, you can select from some movies,games,music,BBC news and more. I suppose that both flights are on a 744, right? If not, BA has some 777s without video on demand.
Generally BA's service is far better that every major (AA/UA) US carrier.
Your seat map seems empty as the number of passengers who pay in order to select seats is very small.
I don't think that the slightly narrower seat will be a problem.( I have no experience).