thank you frankvb. I am more used to Singapore Raffles (old style) with 50"+ so was just a little concerned about the 41" as it doesn't look much on a measuring tape !

I was told that it would be an A330 when I made the reservation some months ago and that has much better seat pitch than the A320. I also find the single aisles claustrophobic.

Now that I have been told it is an A320 I am rather disappointed and as the two seats are using redemption miles+cash I am not sure if I can have them changed to the Egyptair flight later in the day on an A330.

I look forward to the report from the other poster using the LHR-CAI route.

Gordie