Sep 1, 2013, 4:03 am
Last edit by: Prospero
MMB/Expertflyer Aircraft Code: 388
Upper deck
Main deck
Summarizing based on comments thus far:
First
This post shows the seat map and individual seat ratings for First:
First Cabin A380 Seat Ratings
In order of rating:
Club World Upper deck
Club World Main Deck
World Traveller Plus Upper Deck
Photos: courtesy of PETER01
World Traveller Upper Deck
World Traveller Main Deck
Upper deck
Main deck
Summarizing based on comments thus far:
First
This post shows the seat map and individual seat ratings for First:
First Cabin A380 Seat Ratings
In order of rating:
- 2 A/K
- 1 A/K
- 3 A/K
- 2 E/F
- 3 E/F
- 4 E/F
- 4 A/K
Club World Upper deck
- 50AB and 50JK: the B and J seats don’t have anyone climbing over them. There’s nothing else ahead of these seats, so this area should be fairly quiet. However, the A and K seats ... would have to lean forward a long way to look out of the single window serving this row. Good if you like having a very private space and don’t mind stepping over someone to get out. Bad if you like looking out of the window.
- 50J for longest bed is the best. However, you only have a curtain between you and the stairs and right hand side forward loo. Should be okay but might be noisy. Partial barrier around feet.
- 51D and 51F: no half barrier either so very good for tall people and first row of CW cabin so good for food and ease of access to loo without any galley.
- 53AB and 53JK: the window seats have direct aisle access, so in theory these would be a lot like 64A and 64K on the 744. Unfortunately, potentially noisy.
- 56B has a bit of extra length but also a partial barrier.
- 59AB and 59JK: the window seats here also have direct aisle access. However, as others have mentioned, because the CW and WT+ cabins partly overlap at this point, these seats (and particularly the heads of the 59B and 59J passengers) are directly in line with the WT+ centre bulkhead bassinets, so possible noise concerns if baby behind. You can see the close proximity in the photo above for 60 DEF
- Middle seats: since there's only a single middle seat, it's rather nice and isolated and private, at least while the dividers are up. When dividers go down it's face to face with your seatmates to the left and right. Couples who are using a middle seat will probably be better off choosing EF rather than DE, because the extra space to the right hand side of the E seat means the E and F seats are closer together.
Club World Main Deck
- 10J definitely winner for the most length but partial barrier around feet and galley noise may be an issue. However, also first to get food!
- 10A and 10K for window seats only. The rest have absolutely NO view as the wing is massive and all you see is reflecting Silver and a lot of flex!
- There is a reported experience from 13AB of in-flight vibration and resonances which were enough to disturb sleep.
- Avoid 15AB and 15JK due to proximity to the two loos that are right beside and behind this seat. (CW loo behind 15B and 15J, WT loo beside these seats although behind a curtain, near continuous use!)
- General note: due to the curvature of the fuselage, the window seats on the main deck have a greater gap between the seat and cabin wall than the equivalent upper deck seats, thus providing more wiggle room for your legs and toes.
World Traveller Plus Upper Deck
Photos: courtesy of PETER01
- Bulkhead seats: The legroom in the bulkhead rows of 60DEF, 61AB and 61JK is fairly good, but I’m not sure that I would take these for a night flight as you can still get closer to horizontal in the rows behind. If that’s your favoured sleeping position, the absence of leg-rests in those rows won’t matter too much.
- Row 67: The quietness of the aircraft will mean that the toilets at the aft of the WT+ cabin are much more likely to be disturbing in this area (particularly to 67AB, 67DEF, 67JK and 68DEF) than, say, to 15AB on a mid-J 744.
World Traveller Upper Deck
- Centre block bulkheads 70DEFG and 80DEFG have tables in fixed armrests, as one would expect. This noticeably constricts the width of the seat. The armrest between D and E is a conventional lift-up armrest – so if choosing these rows, D and E are better than F and G. Another thing about these bulkhead rows, which are in line with the exits, and the adjacent exit rows (70AB, 70JK, 80AB and 80JK), is that there is a noticeable hissing noise from the slipstream.
- 80D and 80E are the same and could be great for space or for couples that want to lift the armrest during the flight to get closer or sleep.
- Rear cabin: any WT seat in rows 80 to 83 would be very nice indeed as long as: there is not a stag group pissing it up here when you want to sleep! Apparently, they may offer this cabin to groups so need to be a bit careful in selecting this exclusive cabin. Also, there is noticeable galley noise in this rear cabin, and it gets worse the further aft you get.
World Traveller Main Deck
- 25D is the throne seat on the Main Deck in WT. (no seat in front of them).
BA Airbus A380: Which are the best seats? Master discussion thread
Sep 5, 2019, 3:04 pm
#1893
Join Date: May 2016
Location: EDI
Programs: Was BA GGL but no longer travelling
Posts: 583
I always choose A. I've just booked EDI > LGW > OPO today and I'm in 2A for all four flights. Creature of habit. Never row 1 due to no bags at footwell (unless it's LH, in which case I always grab 1A if I can), so row 2 is the sweet spot for me.
If I sit in F (SH) or K (LH) I feel genuinely disoriented, even when landing back on my home turf of EDI.
If I sit in F (SH) or K (LH) I feel genuinely disoriented, even when landing back on my home turf of EDI.
Last edited by HighwayToHEL; Sep 5, 2019 at 3:18 pm
Sep 6, 2019, 7:51 am
#1894
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ipswich
Posts: 7,543
Since you ask, it's because I'm a creature of habit. 
Back in the day, long before OLCI, advance seat selection and so on, I used to check in at the desk and always wanted a window seat. It was much easier to ask for an A seat than to figure out which plane it was and therefore what the other window seat would be. More than once I'd walk away happily clutching a BP for e.g 9F only to board and find it was a middle or aisle seat. So to make doubly sure I'd ask for 'a window on the A side'... and so some years later a FT name was born.
Back in the day, long before OLCI, advance seat selection and so on, I used to check in at the desk and always wanted a window seat. It was much easier to ask for an A seat than to figure out which plane it was and therefore what the other window seat would be. More than once I'd walk away happily clutching a BP for e.g 9F only to board and find it was a middle or aisle seat. So to make doubly sure I'd ask for 'a window on the A side'... and so some years later a FT name was born.
Sep 14, 2019, 12:31 pm
#1895
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 135
Seat that you can squeeze out of?
Hi
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Sep 14, 2019, 1:15 pm
#1896
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falkirk, Scotland,VS Red, BA Gold, HH Diamond,UK Amex Plat
Programs: Master of the Privy Purse des Muccis
Posts: 17,916
Hi
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Hi,
On the A380 I think those seats would be
Main deck 15AK
Upper deck 53AK & 59 AK ( no stepping over the aisle pax footstool)
Regards
TBS
Sep 14, 2019, 1:19 pm
#1897
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 804
Hi
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Earlier this year I flew CW on 744 to IAD, I had a seat on upper deck rear facing window that I could squeeze out of in between seat and fuselage, brilliant as I didn’t have to step over. I’m flying to IAD next year but on A380 in CW, are there any seats with this option?
thanks
Sep 14, 2019, 1:51 pm
#1900
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Sep 19, 2019, 9:08 am
#1901
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 274
Hi all,
Travelling as a couple, we have the choice of everything apart from 50 B/J/K and 51C on the upper deck outbound LHR-ORD, and anything apart from 50 A/B on the inbound.
We're currently in 51 A/B outbound and 50 J/K for the return - should I keep these, or are there any better options?
Thanks!
Travelling as a couple, we have the choice of everything apart from 50 B/J/K and 51C on the upper deck outbound LHR-ORD, and anything apart from 50 A/B on the inbound.
We're currently in 51 A/B outbound and 50 J/K for the return - should I keep these, or are there any better options?
Thanks!
Sep 19, 2019, 9:14 am
#1902
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The only thing that I would say again, out of all the things that have been said many, many times on this thread, is that 50B and 50J really are very poor seats.
Sep 19, 2019, 9:33 am
#1903
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 804
Hi all,
Travelling as a couple, we have the choice of everything apart from 50 B/J/K and 51C on the upper deck outbound LHR-ORD, and anything apart from 50 A/B on the inbound.
We're currently in 51 A/B outbound and 50 J/K for the return - should I keep these, or are there any better options?
Thanks!
Travelling as a couple, we have the choice of everything apart from 50 B/J/K and 51C on the upper deck outbound LHR-ORD, and anything apart from 50 A/B on the inbound.
We're currently in 51 A/B outbound and 50 J/K for the return - should I keep these, or are there any better options?
Thanks!
It depends on what you prefer. In 50K, you will have to jump over someone to get out while 50J won't have anyone jumping over them to get out of the seat when fully flat. Best window seat is probably 53A or K since you have direct aisle assess for both of you although some people complain about the proximity to the galley. Personally I would recommend 53 AB or 53JK.
Sep 19, 2019, 11:11 am
#1904
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 13
Thoughts about A380 seating in WTP
Hey everyone...really useful (if very long) thread...my girlfriend and I decided to spend about £700 extra for WT+ as a break from always flying WT for a return trip to SFO and we could use some advice about seating.
The outward flight is fine (less than 7 days), but the return flight SFO to LHR on the 7th Oct is looking awkward (and all WTP seats sold according to BA's website) and could do with some advice.
As you can see there's only a couple of seats available as a pair, and all 3 are fairly close to the toliets. When the seats open up for bronze level (I'm not any level as only fly occasionally with BA) I'm expecting to see almost nothing, and my girlfriend and I may end up in middle seats on separate rows...not a great way to end the holiday and with the extra spend not really worth the upgrade.
The options I can think of are
1) Pay another £132 to book the twin seats one row away from the toilets...not very keen on this, because of the extra cost and location of the seats
2) Book nothing, hope to at least get 2 seats together at t-24 hours, even if one is a middle seat
3) Keep checking regularly from T-72 to see if any of the bassinet seats open up and you can either purchase (or t-24 or later to move to)
3) Book whatever we can, get to the airport earlier and ask if there's any way we can sit together (even if we end up in economy)
Any thoughts or other ideas?
Thanks
The outward flight is fine (less than 7 days), but the return flight SFO to LHR on the 7th Oct is looking awkward (and all WTP seats sold according to BA's website) and could do with some advice.
As you can see there's only a couple of seats available as a pair, and all 3 are fairly close to the toliets. When the seats open up for bronze level (I'm not any level as only fly occasionally with BA) I'm expecting to see almost nothing, and my girlfriend and I may end up in middle seats on separate rows...not a great way to end the holiday and with the extra spend not really worth the upgrade.
The options I can think of are
1) Pay another £132 to book the twin seats one row away from the toilets...not very keen on this, because of the extra cost and location of the seats
2) Book nothing, hope to at least get 2 seats together at t-24 hours, even if one is a middle seat
3) Keep checking regularly from T-72 to see if any of the bassinet seats open up and you can either purchase (or t-24 or later to move to)
3) Book whatever we can, get to the airport earlier and ask if there's any way we can sit together (even if we end up in economy)
Any thoughts or other ideas?
Thanks
Oct 21, 2019, 9:51 pm
#1905
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Wherever the lounge is
Posts: 145
CW disembarkation door in LHR
Hi all, I did search but couldn’t find a specific answer to our question. We are going to be 4 adults Flying BOS-LHR-NCE in CW and unfortunately, unless I can change it, we have the min connection time of 60 min.
So our primary concern when we select seats is where would we be off and on our way the quickest — upper or lower deck and by which door?
TIA!
So our primary concern when we select seats is where would we be off and on our way the quickest — upper or lower deck and by which door?
TIA!