Originally Posted by
BarryAZ
First flight -- Seattle/LHR -- BA 747 - 300. Not one of the refurbs -- upstairs, should have been quieter but one couple brought a baby -- really glad I had noise cancellers. Seat is ok -- but aged a bit. TV screens were old school (4/3 aspect ratio, dim and out of focus). Food service and state were quite good.
BA doesn't operate 747-300 and actually never did - 747-100, 200 (both retired long ago) and now all 747-400. You were on the latter.
Originally Posted by
BarryAZ
Second flight -- LHR/LIS -- BA -- 321. The "business class" seating here was barely economy plus. Limited extra leg room, no divide from economy class. On the plus side, the access to the BA lounge in LHR remains a plus. Service was OK.
Not even Economy + but not much better than other European airlines with the exception to TK which is more like domestic U.S. first class.
Originally Posted by
BarryAZ
So, a LOT of variation with BA -- it is almost as if they don't know what type of airline they want to be.
When you factor in regional premium (Business or in the U.S. First) - BA probably has less variation. UA operates 3 times of sleeper seats plus standard domestic F seats (with some slight variations) - AA has 5 long haul sleeper variations - DL has at least 4 variations.