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).
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Oct 26, 2013, 7:34 am
#181
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Just back in this morning and fears about 59A are unfounded, very private no disturbance from WT+, only minor gripe was food service was a tad slow. On the way over I had 50D but the seat was broken so I was moved to 50B very close to WC path and was a bit annoying but not a major issue.
Oct 26, 2013, 7:53 am
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If not I'd stick with 59A. Once the seat divider is up it looks very private.
Going back to 61K (or A)...
This would definitely be my own first choice having sat in it (for a short while anyway). I am 5ft 11 and there was plenty of space for me. No one in front of you, 2 windows, 2 bins and if you put a rucksack with a big jersey/hoodie against the bulkhead it is indeed very comfortable using it as a foot rest. Sorry Globaliser, I wasn't trying to beat you it's just that I had the photos open on the laptop. The more photos the better ^
aks120, weren't the bruises caused by you banging into things due to too many glasses of Champers?
Oct 26, 2013, 12:31 pm
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Oct 26, 2013, 12:42 pm
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Oh dear 
As a trained First Aider here is the cure or may help, which includes sunshine, no exercise and laying about amongst other things
Believe it or not 8 or 9 glasses of Champagne will do wonders! It won't help the bruising but if you're well baked then you won't feel anything
As a trained First Aider here is the cure or may help, which includes sunshine, no exercise and laying about amongst other things
Believe it or not 8 or 9 glasses of Champagne will do wonders! It won't help the bruising but if you're well baked then you won't feel anything
Oct 26, 2013, 12:52 pm
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It's just the usual problem with a bulkhead that goes all the way down to the floor. In 61A, I think that the horizontal distance from the front of the seat cushion to the bulkhead is a little smaller than the horizontal distance from the front of the seat cushion of 62A to the front of the seat cushion of 61A (which is roughly where the retaining bar is). As 62A pax can often get their feet all the way up to the retaining bar to recline, that's more legroom than in 61A.
How are some people on here booking them?
Oct 26, 2013, 1:02 pm
#186
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corporate-wage-slave sat in this seat and wrote about it here in post #4.
Here are a couple of my photos which show 59 A/K. So yes, similar to 15A on a 777 but 59 A/K is more 'open' to WTP.
Here are a couple of my photos which show 59 A/K. So yes, similar to 15A on a 777 but 59 A/K is more 'open' to WTP.
Oct 26, 2013, 1:10 pm
#187
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Neither. UuA to First if possible?
If not I'd stick with 59A. Once the seat divider is up it looks very private.
Going back to 61K (or A)...
This would definitely be my own first choice having sat in it (for a short while anyway). I am 5ft 11 and there was plenty of space for me. No one in front of you, 2 windows, 2 bins and if you put a rucksack with a big jersey/hoodie against the bulkhead it is indeed very comfortable using it as a foot rest. Sorry Globaliser, I wasn't trying to beat you it's just that I had the photos open on the laptop. The more photos the better ^
aks120, weren't the bruises caused by you banging into things due to too many glasses of Champers?
If not I'd stick with 59A. Once the seat divider is up it looks very private.
Going back to 61K (or A)...
This would definitely be my own first choice having sat in it (for a short while anyway). I am 5ft 11 and there was plenty of space for me. No one in front of you, 2 windows, 2 bins and if you put a rucksack with a big jersey/hoodie against the bulkhead it is indeed very comfortable using it as a foot rest. Sorry Globaliser, I wasn't trying to beat you it's just that I had the photos open on the laptop. The more photos the better ^
aks120, weren't the bruises caused by you banging into things due to too many glasses of Champers?
Oct 26, 2013, 1:24 pm
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I just want to clarify it's not me in that photo, I would not wear faux lumberjack chic in CW. But yes my problem with that seat was due to the intermittant heating issue on XLEB, the seat is fine and the curtain is drawn 5 minutes after take off and 10 minutes before touch down. You do have a direct line of sight to WTP passengers facing forward from that seat until the curtain goes across. You can smell when WTP have their meal served. But I was happy enough with it as a seat, and would sit there again, if I could not get the 3 aisle direct seats in forward cabin (53A, 53E or 53K). XLEB has turned into a special topic on the BA Yammer site, no doubt aided and abetted by PETER01's tale of woe!
Oct 26, 2013, 1:25 pm
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I just want to clarify it's not me in that photo, I would not wear faux lumberjack chic in CW. But yes my problem with that seat was due to the intermittant heating issue on XLEB, the seat is fine and the curtain is drawn 5 minutes after take off and 10 minutes before touch down. You do have a direct line of sight to WTP passengers facing forward from that seat until the curtain goes across. You can smell when WTP have their meal served. But I was happy enough with it as a seat, and would sit there again, if I could not get the 3 aisle direct seats in forward cabin (53A, 53E or 53K). XLEB has turned into a special topic on the BA Yammer site, no doubt aided and abetted by PETER01's tale of woe!
Maybe there are other complaints which were received by BA? I genuinely have no knowledge.
I would have imagined out of the 450 odd folks on that flight certainly it would have easily ran into double figures, possibly? What is ba.yammer? Is that an internal forum or something?
Good luck stevie for something showing up. One never knows. Doing dummy bookings I have seen the odd F seat here and there on the A380 but I was just being nosey!
Oct 26, 2013, 1:33 pm
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Oct 26, 2013, 1:34 pm
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Today I took the plunge and called BAEC to upgrade from WTP to CW for our return flights LHR/LAX next year.
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
Oct 26, 2013, 1:39 pm
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Today I took the plunge and called BAEC to upgrade from WTP to CW for our return flights LHR/LAX next year.
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
F is very close by. The E seat looks like a coffin!
Oct 26, 2013, 1:42 pm
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Fantastic, thank you so much, that's exactly what I hoped to hear. I didn't like the look of the E seat either I have to say, though probably preferable to WTP to be fair, but much happier with window and aisle seats.
Oct 26, 2013, 1:49 pm
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Today I took the plunge and called BAEC to upgrade from WTP to CW for our return flights LHR/LAX next year.
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
I don't have a BA status that allows me to reserve seats until OLCI so am thinking I will pay up to get decent seats, but wondered if anyone had thoughts on the best option. I'd really like upper deck and a window seat, but there are 3 of us travelling together and don't want to leave one person sitting off on their own.
If we went for something like 53F/J/K, would the person in 53F be close enough to speak to or would we be better with D/E/F seats?
Although it is a sore one to swallow I personally would pay up like I have done in the past and not regretted it at all.
On the way back I think it matters not but on the way out on a daytime flight then I'd go for it. It all depends on your budget though as £240 is a lot of money and could arguably be better spent in LAX. YMMV.
Pete
Oct 26, 2013, 2:02 pm
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