Scots_Al

It was indeed G-MEDK that greeted us at the gate. I thanked my lucky stars that I had moved us from 1DF to 7DF because Mrs Al was quite insistent that she didn't want to sit in a seat with no window. She agreed that it was a good job, and promptly pulled down her blind to watch a film on her iPad!

BA6501

It used to be operated by BMED, then bmi, as a midhaul aircraft. There was a cupboard where 1DF would be containing I believe the IFE system.

BA then converted this aircraft to a SH version, and didn't remove the panel.

TWEED1A

I'm travelling to BCN tomorrow on the BA2706, flying in CE.

At OLCI we've been allocated 4DF, which is the last row of CE at the moment. I'm happy to be on the right hand side, as the views of Barcelona on landing are incredible, and it looks like we'll be landing on 25R (i.e. With the city to the right of the aircraft).

I haven't downloaded our boarding passes yet, so we can still change our seats. 1AC is currently available and is marked as an exit row. There's no 1DF, just 2DF so I assume it's one of the G-GAT* aircraft. Would we be better off in 4DF, despite the perceived extra legroom in 1AC? It's our first CE experience so I'd like it to be as enjoyable as possible, however the views are something I don't want to miss. My partner also doesn't know we're going in CE yet. Could it be worth choosing 1AC and trying to move seats before landing? I don't know what availability is like on the flight, both in ET and CE, but BA.com indicates the flight is sold out. Should we perhaps stay in 4DF and enquire about spare seats when we drop our bags tomorrow?

Genius1

Stick with 4DF. 1AC on these aircraft is basically in the galley with no privacy at all.

ramops

Hi everyone

Flying out of Gatwick this Thursday on BA2666 and the booking now shows 20A which means the new interior. However I thought that the A320's flying out of Gatwick haven't gotten the new interior yet? Looks like my chances are pretty high that I'll end up on the G-GAT* A320. Do these have the new interior yet?
Also, not sure whetether I should pick 1A or 2A, CE is showing 5 rows.

Globaliser

Looking at the wikipost in this thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ul-cabins.html - suggests that of the entire non-bmi A320 family fleet, only three aircraft (all A319s) still have the old cabins.

csutter

At this stage there are basically four interiors in the shorthaul A32x fleet:

• "Mainline" New: The new Pinnacle seats with mood lighting and all the trimmings (most A319s, most A320s, all A321s)
• "Mainline" Old: The old converter seats (only 3 A319s remaining to be completed within the next year)
• ex-BMI: The BMI seats (11 A319s, all of which are "permanently" at LGW, and 6 A320s, one of which is "permanently" at LGW)
• Second hand GATx: The new Pinnacle seats but without the mood lighting and with no bulkhead/cupboard in front of 1AC

Aircraft with the first two cabins operate mostly out of LHR, although they are occasionally seen down in LGW and a handful are currently stationed at LGW (and may stay there for a while, I'm not sure). Almost all of the ex-BMI aircraft now live at LGW, as do all of the GATx fleet.

Given your seatmap, and barring any last minute equipment changes, chances are you'll be on an ex-BMI or "Mainline" aircraft so should be safe in 1A.

nivsy

That is funny - and I share and have experienced your pain ....lol

corporate-wage-slave

It definitely isn't G-GAT* since 1D/F would be missing. Also on the seat plan it is unmissable, there is a stagger in the layout that is similar to the way it really looks. So personally I'd go for 1A or 1F, which will be identical, and with 1F already taken you are ok for 1A. The only really bad 'un to watch out for is Delta Kilo (G-MEDK), but that is M0C, so you haven't got that (hopefully!) but that would be bad with 1F. It will be the new seating, similar to LHR's A320s but with no Moving Map.

G-GAT* aren't that bad at 1A or 1C, lots of leg room, the lack of privacy isn't much of an issue once you are airborne since the crew tend to retreat to the galley area more. And good window access.

TCX69

Planned to be operated by a Mainline A320 (G3). So will be either G–EUUA or G–EUYN.

corporate-wage-slave

G-GAT* aircraft - what they look like and how to identify them.

G-GAT* are a series of A320 aircraft currently based in LGW, which run short haul services around Europe and North Africa. They have the new cabin refit, so typically 27 cm between the edge of your seat to the back of the seat in front. Exit rows have 38 cms.

However there is are several big differences of G-GAT to the other BA A320s.

1) No moving map
2) No forward wardrobe or even a bulkhead on row 1 A-C side
3) No row 1D-F seats at all.

On the plus side row 1 A-C seats have virtually unlimited leg room. During take off and landing you compete with the crew jumpseats for leg room - but there's plenty of space. In theory the crew can sit there mid flight, in reality they tend not to do so. 2 D-F do have a bulk head, and a very generous leg room too, more than on the other A320 family: 63 cm, compared to 55 cm for most A319s and 58 cm for the 737s and other A320s.

On the seating plan it looks like this:



At T-72 (or thereabouts) the aircraft code will become: 20E or 10D

On board, this is what 1A and 1C looks like in CE mode. If domestic then the middle seat becomes 1B.

ramops

Thank you everyone for the help, this is exactly the reason why I love this forum!

Awesome, looks like my first CE experience will be a bit better! Looks like it's going to be G-EUUA unless the EUYN posistions to LGW.

henley

Which are the best exit row seats for this flight in Eco?

It looks like an a320 and I currently have 12a/c/f on outbound (row 13 all free) and 13a/d/f on inbound (row 12 occupied)

Have I made the right choices? MMB seat map shows 12&13 as the exit rows.

nux

The first exit row seats do not recline, the second row do.

Also why have you spread across the seats, why not just take A/B/C or D/E/F?

henley

So 13 is the best row?

We're spread bc we're 3 big lads!