Seating Queries: First
#1261
Join Date: Dec 2016
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Apologies if this has been asked but my search terms are too short to get decent results in this 84 page long thread.
Flying solo JFK-LHR in a few months on the 777. Only seats available are Row 4 in the back or any of the middle seats.
Overnight flight so I'll likely watch a movie and then be sleeping for a few hours. I currently have 4A but am wondering if I should just go with one of the middle seats to avoid the galley. So single seat privacy with potential noise vs middle seat (less privacy) though possibly quieter.
Would appreciate any thoughts.
Also, have a separate trip later in the year where family is flying back into Newark. Am I correct that the 777 going into Newark is basically identical to the JFK service?
Flying solo JFK-LHR in a few months on the 777. Only seats available are Row 4 in the back or any of the middle seats.
Overnight flight so I'll likely watch a movie and then be sleeping for a few hours. I currently have 4A but am wondering if I should just go with one of the middle seats to avoid the galley. So single seat privacy with potential noise vs middle seat (less privacy) though possibly quieter.
Would appreciate any thoughts.
Also, have a separate trip later in the year where family is flying back into Newark. Am I correct that the 777 going into Newark is basically identical to the JFK service?
#1262
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Apologies if this has been asked but my search terms are too short to get decent results in this 84 page long thread.
Flying solo JFK-LHR in a few months on the 777. Only seats available are Row 4 in the back or any of the middle seats.
Overnight flight so I'll likely watch a movie and then be sleeping for a few hours. I currently have 4A but am wondering if I should just go with one of the middle seats to avoid the galley. So single seat privacy with potential noise vs middle seat (less privacy) though possibly quieter.
Would appreciate any thoughts.
Also, have a separate trip later in the year where family is flying back into Newark. Am I correct that the 777 going into Newark is basically identical to the JFK service?
Flying solo JFK-LHR in a few months on the 777. Only seats available are Row 4 in the back or any of the middle seats.
Overnight flight so I'll likely watch a movie and then be sleeping for a few hours. I currently have 4A but am wondering if I should just go with one of the middle seats to avoid the galley. So single seat privacy with potential noise vs middle seat (less privacy) though possibly quieter.
Would appreciate any thoughts.
Also, have a separate trip later in the year where family is flying back into Newark. Am I correct that the 777 going into Newark is basically identical to the JFK service?
Been a while since I flew a 777 to EWR but the aircraft would come from the same LHR fleet. Of course, BA has various F configurations on the 772 (12F, 14F, 17F), so you can't be certain what you'll get. Quite a few equipment changes these days, both my flights on 777s in the last week have had an equipment change in the last 48 hours before the flight.
#1263
Join Date: Dec 2016
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I guess it depends on how bothered you are by possible galley noise/light. There is a curtain behind 4A, but of course crew will be passing in and out (pax less so, since the loos are at the front of the cabin). I was in 4A on a 772 a few days ago on an overnight flight and it was fine for me. I went straight to sleep as soon as the seatbelt sign went off. Although the middle seats on the 777s are better than 744, personally I would still prefer a window in F if travelling solo. On JFK-LHR, if you're watching a movie you'd probably only be looking at 2-3 hours sleep.
Been a while since I flew a 777 to EWR but the aircraft would come from the same LHR fleet. Of course, BA has various F configurations on the 772 (12F, 14F, 17F), so you can't be certain what you'll get. Quite a few equipment changes these days, both my flights on 777s in the last week have had an equipment change in the last 48 hours before the flight.
Regarding EWR. When you're saying equipment change. Do you mean 747 instead of 777. Or just different 777? If different 777, don't they all have the same kind of seat at this point? Meaning, it's not like some 777's have been retrofit vs others, right? So it's just a matter of seat configuration is what I'm asking (14 vs 12 vs 17 seats). We have Row 2 on the flight so as long as the seats are the same equipment, then how the configuration changes around us won't make a difference to us.
Now, if you're saying they'll swap it for a 747, then we'll have to pick some different seats.
#1264
Join Date: Apr 2018
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First first lhr-las
We have our first first coming up in a couple of weeks on a 747 to Vegas. Currently booked in 2 a/k. Was hoping to bag 1 a/k at t-72 but 1a now booked. Should I stay in 2 a/k or try for 1k and keep 2k? Is there a better side for views of the strip? (Landing around 9pm) Happy not to talk the whole flight but maybe the odd quick conversation without disturbing others too much. Happy to shoehorn in the buddy seats for meals too.
#1265
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Hi,
Assuming the winds are coming from the west ( most of the time IIRC) then the right hand k seats will offer the best views of the strip on final approach.
However 2a/k are too far apart to have a quiet conversation whilst in your own seats. ( using the buddy seat will be fine)
Regards
TBS
Assuming the winds are coming from the west ( most of the time IIRC) then the right hand k seats will offer the best views of the strip on final approach.
However 2a/k are too far apart to have a quiet conversation whilst in your own seats. ( using the buddy seat will be fine)
Regards
TBS
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#1271
Join Date: Aug 2014
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747 First Seating
Hi,
For a couple travelling together are seats 2A and 2K any good ? I can't get row 1 as my wife doesn't have gold card. The seats together in the middle are already occupied.
Thanks in advance
For a couple travelling together are seats 2A and 2K any good ? I can't get row 1 as my wife doesn't have gold card. The seats together in the middle are already occupied.
Thanks in advance
#1272
Join Date: Aug 2016
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My preferred seating when travelling with a companion i s 2A and 2K - best seats in the house. 1A and 1K are not best for communicating across the aisle.
#1273
Join Date: May 2010
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One very minor gripe - 1A and 1K don't have overhead lockers, so sometimes you share your overhead locker with row 1, which can feel a little intrusive if they keep getting up to fiddle in their bags as they do loom over you a bit. I must say though, I am being super nit-picky here! Yet, still this irks me!
#1275
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These are great seats - however you won't be able to chat too freely but you can dine together. Based on this, why not take a seat in row 1 and the same seat behind in row 2. If the other row 1 is not taken 72 hours before flight call up and grab it.