rtid

Does anyone have any suggestions for a family of 4 in CW? We are on BA11 LHR to SIN. 7pm departure so most of the time we will be sleeping. However we rarely fly CW so we want to be sat together to enjoy it.

We are on 2 PNRs and have no status so I will be paying for seat selections. It' either 4 across in the lower deck (wide open), else 3 middle and 1 aisle in the upper (row 51,56,57).

my kids are 10 and 7 so with a bit of help climbing over isn' too much of a problem.

paying for seats so it's £87 in lower or £100 in upper, both are expensive so cost is a factor else I would have immediately gone upper.

Any thoughts are welcome.

vintagepilot

I would have thought the rear row downstairs. The 2 middle seats have unrestricted aisle access, so put the kids in there and they won't be kicking any sleeping passengers when clambering out. The 2 outer seats have unrestricted aisle access but you might get disturbed by the middle seats in front climbing over you.

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Mike_Smith

@RB211
If you say 53a is hte 2nd best CW seat on the plane, do you mind me asking what is be best?

thanks.

RB211

In my opinion (and there are those that disagree) 53K is the best CW seat on the plane. Several windows, plenty of storage, direct aisle access, close enough to the front to get your meal choice, and close enough to the exit door to get out quickly (a couple of times I have been the first off from that seat.)

Then there's the question of traffic. The learned c-w-s pointed out that there is a CW toilet just south of 53K (the other two being north on either side of the plane) so he suggested that meant more traffic. In my experience, most in the forward deck don't even know that toilet is there, and that toilet is used mostly by the aft cabin, thus removing traffic that would otherwise be going for the front toilet. That combined with this seat being on the right aisle and therefore suffers from slightly less traffic than the left aisle (won't go into why, but it's fairly well understood I believe) and, in my opinion, you end up with slightly less traffic, not more.

The negatives are the same for both seats, as far as I can see, other than the difference in traffic - which depends on which theory you go for, mine or the one provided by c-w-s! That said they are both excellent seats.

Hope that helps!

rb211.

Goldensunset

I have selected 50k returning from lax to lhr . I understand about the lack of window but is this the only drawback for this seat. I plan to sleep most of the way and wanted away from the aisle and passing traffic. My friend is in 51k but 52k is free ...should I move there?

Thanks for any insight

RB211

Those seats all have the same disadvantage for me - no direct aisle access. They are good seats for what you want them for - sleep! If you don't mind stepping over someone's feet to get out, they are probably almost perfect.

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Globaliser

Personally, I'd take 52K before 50K. I can't think of many reasons for prioritising them the other way around.

RB211

Slightly earlier food service? And by slightly I mean very slightly. (Which can be a plus when the rush for the washroom happens immediately after breakfast.)

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Wong Jnr

What day are you flying? Midweek flights to SIN are in general emptier. My last flight earlier this month (Tuesday departure) was at most 40% capacity. Loads of seats were still available at OLCI.
But if you don't want to risk it I would take a middle 4 downstairs. The middle (honeymoon) pair for those travelling together are wonderful I find and as you're all together the blinds down issue will not be a problem come mealtime.
I'm still in two minds about whether I prefer upstairs or downstairs. I love the storage of a window seat upstairs, but so much prefer the higher ceiling openness of downstairs and the middle pairs if travelling with the wife

williamsmj

We (2 adults + 1 lap baby) are flying the A380 LAX-LHR in economy. We seem to have lots of options for seats together with bassinets: 20DE, 20FG, 35AB, 35DE, 35FG and 35JK on the lower deck. And 70DE, 70FG, 80DE, 80FG on the upper deck. Lots of questions!

As a general rule, am I right in thinking life is likely quieter on the upper deck?

I haven't flown BA for many years. I'm not sure how I should interpret cabins or areas of cabins that seem to be almost empty when selecting a seat (e.g. the upper deck on both our flights looks almost empty right now). Does that tell us anything? Or does the fact that most people don't get a seat until check-in mean the cabin could be very busy?

How should we think about the 35AB/FG option? This seems like a bad idea since someone could sit in 35C/H and block us in there, which would likely make life difficult. Or is 35C/H the kind of undesirable seat that someone is going to be happy to give up if there's space in the cabin when they discover that they're sitting next to a baby? :-)

Am I reading the wiki for this thread correctly: the armrest between the DE bulkhead seats (20, 35, 70, 80) *does* lift up, but the armrest for the FG seats does not? Or have I misunderstood?

Finally, is there any other reason to prefer one of these options over the others?

stephem

My wife and I are looking for two seats reasonably close to each other both with direct aisle access. I grabbed 59A and 59E, my recollection is that E seat area on the upper deck are also a bit more spacious, slightly wider overall shell even if the seat is identical. Hopefully we can both get out against that back wall, sleeper flight so only care about not stepping over or being stepped on. Am I correct these both have direct aisle access?

Row 53 was not an option, both A/K were taken there, only E was open.

RB211

You are correct. Those seats have direct aisle access and the E space is slightly wider than the seat itself. (And the E seat also has extra "secret" storage that isn't obvious to all.)

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JMontpelier

Just booked CW LHR-ORD for mid-June for two people. The only UD window/aisle seats available are 56J/K or 59J/K. I usually fly UD on the 747, this is first time on A380 so opinions appreciated.

The _Banking_Scot

Hi,

Both choices are not ideal ( 56/JK is just behind a lavatory and 59JK is just ahead of the curtain splitting CW and WT+ but would probably go for 59JK ( and keep checking as open seats may change prior to departure)

Regards

TBS

RB211

You can order your meal before the flight so that takes that one out of the equation - BA serve from the front of the cabin, almost exclusively. 56 is at the front of the second CW cabin, near the middle toilet and possible light/noise pollution. 59 is at the rear of CW, near WT+ and should get less light pollution but might suffer a little noise, but probably less than from the galley. Whichever one you pick, one of you is going to have to deal with either stepping over someone (the window seat for 56) or being stepped over (the aisle seat for 59.) 56 will probably be off the plane before 59 if that matters. If I were making the choice it would be tricky, but I'd go for 56 as I'm always armed with NC headsets, earplugs and eye shades! I think the only question for me would be how vulnerable/exposed is that aisle seat? I know the one at the front of the forward CW cabin is pretty exposed and I wouldn't want to sleep there. I'm sure someone who has experience of these seats will be along with opinions shortly.

rb211.