747 seating config (around 1993)
Jun 23, 2015, 11:04 am
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747 seating config (around 1993)
Please settle a bet for me.
In 93 I flew from LHR > LAX non stop on a 747. I was seated upstairs in a coach seat. It was Row 70 or 80 or so. My friend says that FC has always been upstairs.
I highly doubt it was FC as the seats were 3 to a row, and I had no status and wasn't even a member of the club.
That being said when did they move FC upstairs?
Thanks
In 93 I flew from LHR > LAX non stop on a 747. I was seated upstairs in a coach seat. It was Row 70 or 80 or so. My friend says that FC has always been upstairs.
I highly doubt it was FC as the seats were 3 to a row, and I had no status and wasn't even a member of the club.
That being said when did they move FC upstairs?
Thanks
Jun 23, 2015, 11:09 am
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Was that always the case or did it used to be coach up there? Did I score the mother of all upgrades? I was on a school trip at the time and I would find it odd that 4, 13-14 year olds all got an upgrade like that.
Jun 23, 2015, 11:17 am
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Jun 23, 2015, 2:52 pm
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BA Club World c.1993 was like this:
I can't tell if the shots in this video are upstairs or not - probably just a studio mockup anyway.
I took my first long-haul flight in CW around this time (LHR-HKG), but I suspect it was either slightly earlier than 1993 or at least the roll-out was incomplete as there was definitely no seat-back video on my first trip. I was such a newbie that I bought sandwiches from Boots before I went to the T4 Club World lounge (is that what it was called at that time?) as I didn't know there would be any food or drink!
I soon learned 
I can't tell if the shots in this video are upstairs or not - probably just a studio mockup anyway.
I took my first long-haul flight in CW around this time (LHR-HKG), but I suspect it was either slightly earlier than 1993 or at least the roll-out was incomplete as there was definitely no seat-back video on my first trip. I was such a newbie that I bought sandwiches from Boots before I went to the T4 Club World lounge (is that what it was called at that time?) as I didn't know there would be any food or drink!
I soon learned
Jun 23, 2015, 3:23 pm
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I posted a seat map from a classic a while back. Y was indeed upstairs and I experienced it quite a few times back in the day.
I'm not at home at the moment but I have a timetable from the olden days and will post a seat map tomorrow
I'm not at home at the moment but I have a timetable from the olden days and will post a seat map tomorrow
Jun 23, 2015, 3:33 pm
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South African had Y upstairs on their 747-400s in a 3-3 configuration. The exit row was great, particularly window seats as they had the same seat-side cupboard BA have in the UD.
Jun 23, 2015, 3:48 pm
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Jun 23, 2015, 3:52 pm
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Possibly, hifly, the old old old club on the Tristar had convertible seating for Y and super club.... Around a 37" pitch. Always tried to snuffle one of these seats flying back from Kenya in the 1980s..... (In Y)
Jun 23, 2015, 3:56 pm
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