<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Blumie:
Thanks everyone for your input. I've gone ahead and booked one of the 747 LHR-JFK flights on BA, and grabbed seat 1A at seatguru's recommendation.</font>
How did you manage to grab 1A? It is generally not available for pre-assignment except to BA Golds.