Originally Posted by
wfiring12
I get it, everyone. I suppose my post came across as irresponsible, entitled or even crass. The fact is in my 40+ years of intl travel I've never brought more than one small cabin bag into the cabin. I've always checked larger bags. I'm more experienced with LH in First where you have a vertical locker assigned to your seat on their 748 where in the past, I've seen folks bring much larger bags into the cabin without impeding others. I suppose I was wondering if there was such a feature in BA First. Apparently not. That's fine and I'll have no problem checking my bag.
I honestly don't think there is any harm in asking here! I just don't think it will fly with BA and as mentioned, the luggage set up is different on different aircrafts in F on BA but (in my view) particularly restrictive on the 789.
In terms of vertical cupboard, on some planes, you have a mini wardrobe, but it is tiny - typically enough to put your jacket and a small handbag or toiletry bag and your shoes on top of each other or something, but not enough to put a regular sized backpack, let alone anything bigger, and again, some planes like the 789 do not have it at all.