I took this on Sunday. No queues at all in the airport and I was through security in minutes (I didn’t receive a warning email though). It’s a bit of a walk and the transit to T4S which is where this usually (always?) departs from - automatic passport gates also make things a bit quicker now. The refurbished lounge in T4S is very well appointed with food and drinks and a genuinely nice place to spend a bit of time.

On board were 11 (MF?) crew on the 777 and I couldn’t fault the service. I got an opup to CE and ended up in seat 1A so no complaints there either. If in ET then see if they open up the PE cabin for use, if not then the front row of the WT cabin is a good bet, to my mind.

We also landed early so overall it was a very good BA experience.

(My only negative comment is that the unrefurbished 777 I was on was really showing its age - the state of the First cabin was really poor and had I paid to be on that aircraft in First for a long haul flight I’d be very disappointed).