Originally Posted by
Smirnoff
AY go from T1. Usually nice and close gates in the 20s.
Often behind the secondary security control

BA flights (in my experience) always go from somewhere around gates 36-40, a long walk but no security control.
Originally Posted by
Smirnoff
No the arm rest doesn't lift.
As far as I remember (often difficult due to champagne usage...) the arm rest does lift (on AY 320s) except on row 1 due to the tray tables. But even then the legroom remains awful.