Originally Posted by
redpalmetto
What's the advice of the board on this one? Choice is between BA or AA from LHR to ORD - but not, unfortunately, any premium class.
Is there any consensus on which is better or is it much and such?
I've done this route recently on both BA and AA. AA use their older planes on this route however if you have OneWorld Sapphire or Emerald status you can reserve their Main Cabin Extra (MCE) seats free of charge which have one less seat across the width on each row and approximately 6 inches of extra legroom. You can also pay to reserve the MCE seats if you don't have OneWorld status or select them at OLCI if they remain available.
Although the new WT cabin on BA is refreshed, the extra legroom in MCE made me prefer AA. Just my opinion though.