Strange 777 seating
Dec 7, 2011, 4:19 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Near LHR
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Not to worry! Best seats are the window/aisle pairs, I would choose these. F may open up at T-72 or T-24 and by then LGW will be all NF, promise!
God knows how they shift the seats... it confuses me too! For my flight to EWR next February, they had put us in 10K, 11A and 11K... we are a group of 3 on the same PNR- it is strange! Only two of us have a window seat as our preference too! We have got 10ABD- I haven't tried an aisle in CW for years so it will be nice to try something different.
God knows how they shift the seats... it confuses me too! For my flight to EWR next February, they had put us in 10K, 11A and 11K... we are a group of 3 on the same PNR- it is strange! Only two of us have a window seat as our preference too! We have got 10ABD- I haven't tried an aisle in CW for years so it will be nice to try something different.
As to whether the 1st cabin will be used to accomodate excess CW passengers - well time will tell but late April is hardly peak season in the Carribean and so we will see, but if it is old F with CW service and food then I might just stick with my CW seat anyway.
Dec 7, 2011, 5:22 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: FL350, seat 0k
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The F seats are saleable as Club so you need to hope some more people book!
Not sure exactly how things work at LGW but when the flight opens for check-in if there are more than 48 Club passengers you will more than likely be able to select an F seat as that cabin will also be opened up.
On the day, or when the flight closes if there are less than 48 Club passengers accepted it will probably be closed again and all passengers re-accommodated in the main Club cabin. This prevents the First cabin being used needlessly and makes the service much easier for the cabin crew having everybody in the same cabin section.
Not sure exactly how things work at LGW but when the flight opens for check-in if there are more than 48 Club passengers you will more than likely be able to select an F seat as that cabin will also be opened up.
On the day, or when the flight closes if there are less than 48 Club passengers accepted it will probably be closed again and all passengers re-accommodated in the main Club cabin. This prevents the First cabin being used needlessly and makes the service much easier for the cabin crew having everybody in the same cabin section.
Dec 7, 2011, 5:48 pm
#18
Join Date: Jul 2006
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This Does make me chuckle, BA switch a 3 class aircraft for a 4 class with some time to spare before the flight, could they simply not try and sell F on this flight ?
How about opening F up for redemptions or miles upgrades ?
Seems a total waste to have a 4 class bird on a 3 class route, especially as has been happening recently having a NF fitted 772 operating a 3 class gatters route !!
cs
How about opening F up for redemptions or miles upgrades ?
Seems a total waste to have a 4 class bird on a 3 class route, especially as has been happening recently having a NF fitted 772 operating a 3 class gatters route !!
cs
Dec 7, 2011, 10:47 pm
#19
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They could always do what QF does when operating a 4-class on a 3-class route - allocate the F cabin for elites (OWE/OWS), and the J cabin for the riff-raff (it is easier on a 747 though).
Dave
Dave
Dec 7, 2011, 11:10 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NYC, SLC, LAX
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This Does make me chuckle, BA switch a 3 class aircraft for a 4 class with some time to spare before the flight, could they simply not try and sell F on this flight ?
How about opening F up for redemptions or miles upgrades ?
Seems a total waste to have a 4 class bird on a 3 class route, especially as has been happening recently having a NF fitted 772 operating a 3 class gatters route !!
cs
How about opening F up for redemptions or miles upgrades ?
Seems a total waste to have a 4 class bird on a 3 class route, especially as has been happening recently having a NF fitted 772 operating a 3 class gatters route !!
cs
Dec 8, 2011, 2:50 am
#21
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Executive Club - Silver (OWS)
Posts: 768
On a recent flight to DEN it was operated by a 4-class bird and mid-flight there was a problem with the IFE in Club for all the A&B seats. They were all moved into the closed NF cabin. Unfortunately for me I was in a D seat and IFE worked throughout
