Originally Posted by Cathay Boy

Personally, I think 31A and 31K are the best seats in the house since all Y seats can't recline. Why? The following reasons:

1) You get room to stretch your leg. If you have a solid briefcase or luggage, put it out during flight and put your leg up, priceless.

2) No window, but you get a curved in wall, which means if you sleep and lean your head against the wall your body are angle in a way that you get at least 2 more inches of room sideways. A big plus in my opinion.

3) Bathroom is right in front of you, you can wait till the queue is clear and jump right in without having to keep standing in line. And no in my numerous flying long-haul I'm pleasant surprised that the queue is never more than 3 people at a time (unlike the back of the plane when it can be easily 5-7 people ahead of you despite having multiple bathrooms.)

4) You hop off the plane first (for Y cabin), very useful when you head back to JFK T7, if your plane lands before the BA plane you get out of customs in less than 5 minutes.

if you are extroverted and likes to talk to CX FAs...

5) The CX FA is right there before your face at take-off, landing, and severe turbulence. Good opportunity to strike up a conversation.

There really is no comparison, 31A and 31K seats are the best.