Seating Queries: First
Oct 7, 2013, 11:53 pm
#1216
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
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Which would be the best first class seats on the 777 for a couple flying together. My wife tends to sleep more than me so would we be better off in two middle seats or single seats near the window.
This is for a flight next May from LHR-ORD I just booked using AA miles. My first and maybe last time in international first class.
This is for a flight next May from LHR-ORD I just booked using AA miles. My first and maybe last time in international first class.
As others have said, there is no wrong choice really, you have the buddy seat if you want to chat, otherwise, on the 777 no seats are really all that conducive to sharing the experience. If I were you I'd pick 2k and 2f.
Oct 8, 2013, 2:33 am
#1217
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I would go for two windows, one behind the other. That way you can both enjoy the windows. If you want to talk, that is what the buddy seat is for.
Oct 8, 2013, 2:50 am
#1218
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wimbledon, UK
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Similar situation to myself with my partners first F on a 777 next April. Gone for 2 E/F in the middle so I can watch the smirk on her face as everything is laid out in front of her.
She hasn't even been in J before so it'll be pretty funny to watch.
She hasn't even been in J before so it'll be pretty funny to watch.
Oct 8, 2013, 3:00 am
#1219
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: London
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I flew 2EF wth Mrs Lem for her first First - was great!
The buddy seat is an excellent size on the 777 too - certainly much better than the 747
The buddy seat is an excellent size on the 777 too - certainly much better than the 747
Oct 8, 2013, 3:23 am
#1220
Join Date: Jul 2005
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I'd also recommend avoiding row 1 on a 777 - not clear why these are reserved for Golds as they're worse than middle rows due to galley disturbance.
No bad seats really - you have the buddy seat for chatting. You are so enclosed that you can't really chat seat to seat unless you're in a middle pair.
No bad seats really - you have the buddy seat for chatting. You are so enclosed that you can't really chat seat to seat unless you're in a middle pair.
Oct 8, 2013, 5:18 am
#1222
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Oct 8, 2013, 6:42 am
#1223
Join Date: Sep 2007
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I'd deffo use the buddy seat if I were you, no need to lean forward to see the smirk AND its a novelty in itself
Oct 8, 2013, 6:46 am
#1224
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: LHR
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We always choose 2K and 3K for a Window Seat each. These seats do feel more spacious looking out the window. The middle seats always looked less spacious to me.
Left-handers go for the A seats.
The window seats are angled towards the window so you are slightly protected from aisle traffic. The middle seats are face forwards and is fully exposured to aisle traffic.
Windows seats just mean that you cannot hold hands while the seat-belts signs are on. Unless you have a need to chat to your partner constantly, there really is no need to go for the middle seats.
There is the buddy seat if you wish to dine facing each other wherever you sit.
Left-handers go for the A seats.
The window seats are angled towards the window so you are slightly protected from aisle traffic. The middle seats are face forwards and is fully exposured to aisle traffic.
Windows seats just mean that you cannot hold hands while the seat-belts signs are on. Unless you have a need to chat to your partner constantly, there really is no need to go for the middle seats.
There is the buddy seat if you wish to dine facing each other wherever you sit.
Oct 9, 2013, 3:09 am
#1225
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wimbledon, UK
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Thanks guys, just changed to 2 and 3 K!
Oct 10, 2013, 10:16 am
#1226
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: FL350, seat 0k
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Does anyone know what 747s are used on the Delhi/Mumbai routes? Only just found out that Old First still exists 
Edit: just found it on the Tracking New First thread. Fk a duck
Edit: just found it on the Tracking New First thread. Fk a duck
Oct 10, 2013, 10:23 am
#1227
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Oct 10, 2013, 10:37 am
#1228
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Had a look on the BA Source and they are usually a 777-200er to Delhi and a 77-300er from Mumbai for our flight numbers. What rotten luck if we end up on 2 mid-J 747s
Last edited by globalste; Oct 10, 2013 at 11:10 am
Oct 12, 2013, 5:47 pm
#1229
Join Date: Aug 2009
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1A is not just reserved for BA G or GGL, it can be selected by OWE.
Oct 31, 2013, 6:48 am
#1230
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 441
Which seats with 4-6 week old?
Any tips for a couple travelling with a 4-6 week old?
We've sat in a middle pair before but it felt like we sat quite far apart and you need to walk all the way around the cabin to get to one another.
Currently have the middle pair in row 5 reserved but thinking of going for one middle and one window row 5.
We are on a 747 from SIN in (i presume) new first.
Thanks!
We've sat in a middle pair before but it felt like we sat quite far apart and you need to walk all the way around the cabin to get to one another.
Currently have the middle pair in row 5 reserved but thinking of going for one middle and one window row 5.
We are on a 747 from SIN in (i presume) new first.
Thanks!