Originally Posted by WHBM
Concorde was always operated with a 100 seat cabin, although there were various position rearrangements of galleys etc over the years.
It certainly is true that at the end it was operated AS IF it was a 2-class aircraft. All those with the cheaper "last flight" tickets were put in the rear cabin. The "real" Concorde pax, who tended to report to the aircraft at the last minute anyway rather than be panting at the gate, were put in the front cabin.
This is totally false!
There was always one class of service on British Airways and Air France Concorde. Both compartments of the plane have the same seats, meals, and service. Period. There is a bathroom separating the front and back compartments.
My wife and I bought two of the 1,000 tickets at "the end", for about half-price, and were seated "up front".
The service was wonderful. The FAs made sure of that (on both flights).
We had only flown Concorde once prior to that flight, and did not notice any particular differences between the two flights.
Sorry to burst your bubble!