Seating Queries: First
Apr 21, 2015, 1:58 pm
#361
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Apr 21, 2015, 3:00 pm
#362
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Sorry about the ambiguity in my question. My question is about the forward facing perspective, if any, in 2AK and 3AK in the 744, not in the 777.
Apr 21, 2015, 3:02 pm
#363
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Ah sorry. Well yes a little but it gets less as you go from row 1 to 2, then to row 3 on the 747. I think by row 3 there is very little forward persepctive in the 747.
Apr 22, 2015, 5:13 am
#365
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I see from expertflyer that 1AK are available, but MMB doesn't allow me to select those seats. Perhaps because they are for Gold only? If so, do they become available at some point before the flight if no Gold has selected them?
Apr 22, 2015, 5:15 am
#366
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1A & 1 K are held back for golds. If a gold has not already selected them the get released for anyone else in F to reserve - I think they get released roughly around 72 hrs before the fllight.
May 3, 2015, 2:22 pm
#367
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747 currently in 4EF. It's the first time I'll travel in F as a couple so I'm keen on the middle seats but I'm not able to get 5EF because of it being a bassinet seat. Have you been in 4EF as a couple and thought, oh, this is horrible?
We're returning on a 777 so have gone for 2K and 3K.
Both are day flights.
We're returning on a 777 so have gone for 2K and 3K.
Both are day flights.
May 3, 2015, 2:36 pm
#368
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Hi there,
We are travelling LHR - GIG in F soon, this is our first F flight, and we want to maximise our experience!
Any advice please from anyone with knowledge on the best seats for a couple on this flight (I think it is a 777)?
Would be very grateful for any recommendations, thanks!
We are travelling LHR - GIG in F soon, this is our first F flight, and we want to maximise our experience!
Any advice please from anyone with knowledge on the best seats for a couple on this flight (I think it is a 777)?
Would be very grateful for any recommendations, thanks!
May 3, 2015, 2:48 pm
#369
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Yes, the difference is very noticeable. In fact, it is quite strange because some people made a lot of the supposedly better air on the 787 but I never felt a big difference from the rest, by contrast, most people mostly talk of the size of the A388 whilst to me the main difference that you feel as a passenger is the far greater silence quality and noticeable stability. It is a wonderful aircraft to fly IMHO.
May 3, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Yes, the difference is very noticeable. In fact, it is quite strange because some people made a lot of the supposedly better air on the 787 but I never felt a big difference from the rest, by contrast, most people mostly talk of the size of the A388 whilst to me the main difference that you feel as a passenger is the far greater silence quality and noticeable stability. It is a wonderful aircraft to fly IMHO.
I never got that Ambassadorial 'perk'
May 3, 2015, 3:25 pm
#371
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Ah ah! with your support, I shally lobby Prospero and fellow moderators to ask that this be granted to us as Ambassadorial privilege! 
That said, for having had the pleasure of making it into the cockpit of the A380 (sadly as a guest I hasten to confirm), I must say that the place feels very humbling!
with your support, I shally lobby Prospero and fellow moderators to ask that this be granted to us as Ambassadorial privilege! That said, for having had the pleasure of making it into the cockpit of the A380 (sadly as a guest I hasten to confirm), I must say that the place feels very humbling!
May 3, 2015, 3:45 pm
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Ah ah! with your support, I shally lobby Prospero and fellow moderators to ask that this be granted to us as Ambassadorial privilege!
That said, for having had the pleasure of making it into the cockpit of the A380 (sadly as a guest I hasten to confirm), I must say that the place feels very humbling!
with your support, I shally lobby Prospero and fellow moderators to ask that this be granted to us as Ambassadorial privilege! That said, for having had the pleasure of making it into the cockpit of the A380 (sadly as a guest I hasten to confirm), I must say that the place feels very humbling!
Yes, I am also a great fan of the A380 but after my first time in a row 1 seat (1K) on the Jumbo a few weeks ago I must say I forgot how much I miss them. (after being lucky enough to have sat in quite a few of the other seats in F on the 747)
Be a sad day once they all go but all good things come to an end.
FWIW I actually like row 3 on bith the A380 and the 747 as I like an open view sometimes.
However, back to reality for a while and back down to Y and W!
May 6, 2015, 10:15 am
#373
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Mrs AQ and I have now got First seats on the B77W LHR-NRT in August.
Currently we have 1F and 1K, just wondering if 1A and 1E are better?
I like the window and Mrs AQ an aisle.
Currently we have 1F and 1K, just wondering if 1A and 1E are better?
I like the window and Mrs AQ an aisle.
May 6, 2015, 11:16 am
#374
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No, of your two choices the ones you have are the best.
May 6, 2015, 11:30 am
#375
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Thanks CIHY we'll stay put in our original seats then
We are returning via HND so will get to try MF on the route for the first time. I just hope the B772 isn't as noisy as the BA one I flew on last time. Granted that was in 2001!
Cheers
AQ
We are returning via HND so will get to try MF on the route for the first time. I just hope the B772 isn't as noisy as the BA one I flew on last time. Granted that was in 2001!
Cheers
AQ