CW, what am I missing?
Jul 12, 2014, 1:13 pm
#31
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Yes. AA on anything not a 77W, which is the vast majority of their LH fleet.
Jul 12, 2014, 1:24 pm
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Jul 12, 2014, 1:32 pm
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Jul 12, 2014, 1:36 pm
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But go East and you are spoilt for better business class options, having flown round the world in the last year on a oneworld DONE4 I don't think I would pay for BA CW again in this direction if I had the choice of QR or CX or even RJ for shorter Middle East trips, they make BA CW look like a joke.
This hasn't been mentioned above but I actually love the ying yang when travelling with your partner. Eating opposite each other is pleasant and you can make eye contact and conversation easily. The AA/CX seats make travelling as a couple much less pleasant.
Jul 12, 2014, 1:41 pm
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A lot of them do, KLM, AF, AY, "regional" CX/DA, QF, LH, RJ, US, older AA, just off the top of my head. What you often get with other airlines is just 2 seats in the middle section, so only the window seats have to step over. There again BA have a few window seats with no step over, and the step is generally lower on BA too.
Jul 12, 2014, 1:49 pm
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If every time you booked expecting a 747 UD window seat you got one half of a 777 middle pair instead, you'd all be completely fine with that, I guess?
Jul 12, 2014, 1:53 pm
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but in 8 abreast? (upper deck 747 aside)...am sure the MH flight being taken later this year is 2-2-2...but i guess step over is still possible..BA J Class just seems tight but will see what I think about upper deck on A380 later as well this year..flew it during the proving flights to FRA last year in lower deck J class...was shown around upper deck but cant really remember!
Jul 12, 2014, 2:05 pm
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Hmmm QR? Really? Great if you are on a 787 or 77W. Angled business seats in a 2-2-2 layout on many other aircraft? Climbing over a stranger and no sleep due to crap seats? No thanks. And let's not even start to talk about how they treat their crew...
This hasn't been mentioned above but I actually love the ying yang when travelling with your partner. Eating opposite each other is pleasant and you can make eye contact and conversation easily. The AA/CX seats make travelling as a couple much less pleasant.
This hasn't been mentioned above but I actually love the ying yang when travelling with your partner. Eating opposite each other is pleasant and you can make eye contact and conversation easily. The AA/CX seats make travelling as a couple much less pleasant.
Couple dining, not an issue for me but yes fair point. The better Business class seats to me are not ideal for conversation
Jul 12, 2014, 2:21 pm
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A lot of them do, KLM, AF, AY, "regional" CX/DA, QF, LH, RJ, US, older AA, just off the top of my head. What you often get with other airlines is just 2 seats in the middle section, so only the window seats have to step over. There again BA have a few window seats with no step over, and the step is generally lower on BA too.
Jul 12, 2014, 2:33 pm
#44
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And I generally book a seat in advance so I know what I'm getting.
Point remains: if you don't like BA then travel with someone else. This has been hashed over so many times it is deathly dull.
Jul 12, 2014, 2:58 pm
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To be honest, that is really sugar coating a not-so-good thing to make it sound like a good one. They are more consistent because they haven't changed the CW product for ages!!! With a few exceptions of "inconsistency by design" (like EK), most of the airlines which are "inconsistent" are the ones which have introduced new and much better J product in the past couple of years: DL, AA, AF, KL, IB, OS, QR, etc. A few airlines are also consistently better like AZ, EY, LX.