Seating Queries: World Traveller Plus
Jan 21, 2017, 9:54 am
#79
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I would suggest checking on ExpertFlyer to see what seat maps are shown there.
On a quick search, this is what I see (ignoring non-744 flights LHR-JFK):-
LHR-JFK 08.03.2017
BA117 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA175 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA113 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA177 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA115 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA179 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
MIA-LHR 29.03.2017
BA206 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA208 388 WT+ in rows 60-68
On a quick search, this is what I see (ignoring non-744 flights LHR-JFK):-
LHR-JFK 08.03.2017
BA117 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA175 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA113 744 WT+ in rows 33-36
BA177 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA115 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA179 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
MIA-LHR 29.03.2017
BA206 744 WT+ in rows 11-16
BA208 388 WT+ in rows 60-68
Jan 21, 2017, 10:04 am
#80
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my first long haul WTP since finding FT (early 2014) so hoping for an Op Up 
Jan 23, 2017, 9:25 pm
#81
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Dallas, TX
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BA 744 WT+ seat question
I'm booked on a 744 on an upcoming trip in WT+. The version I am flying has 12AB as the first WT+ seats on the left (Version 1 on seatguru).
How much room does 12 have? Enough to stretch out legs? I'm 6-2 or 188cm. I'm a single traveler who prefers the window. If 12A has plenty of room and I can step out of my row without disturbing 12B, all the better.
Anything else to know, pro or con, about that seat?
Thanks in advance!!
How much room does 12 have? Enough to stretch out legs? I'm 6-2 or 188cm. I'm a single traveler who prefers the window. If 12A has plenty of room and I can step out of my row without disturbing 12B, all the better.
Anything else to know, pro or con, about that seat?
Thanks in advance!!
Jan 23, 2017, 10:09 pm
#82
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: PEK and BOS
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There's a decent amount of extra legroom but not as much as an exit row. It's debatable whether you can get out without disturbing your seatmate.
On that configuration I actually prefer 12D when travelling solo. I sometimes get noone next to me whereas the doubles are (almost) always full. Of course, there is a risk of being sat next to a baby, but usually, that's not so terrible. It does mean forgoing the window however.
tb
On that configuration I actually prefer 12D when travelling solo. I sometimes get noone next to me whereas the doubles are (almost) always full. Of course, there is a risk of being sat next to a baby, but usually, that's not so terrible. It does mean forgoing the window however.
tb
Jan 23, 2017, 11:35 pm
#83
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I'm 187 cm tall and I know I'm able to get out of 12A without disturbing 12B, so if you are reasonably agile it should be OK. If you are essentially going to stay put there, e.g. on an overnight service, then for a single traveller it's good. If you have BA Gold/Emerald status there is a good chance 12B would be left empty but a single traveller with a baby will otherwise trump that aspect. Some chance you will be asked, but not told, to swap seats because of that.
Thebasource is much better than seatguru, not least because their naming conventions aren't used anywhere else. So you're in a 52J version of the jumbo, the other version is the Super J version.
http://thebasource.com/seatmaps/744/14f52j36w235y.html
Thebasource is much better than seatguru, not least because their naming conventions aren't used anywhere else. So you're in a 52J version of the jumbo, the other version is the Super J version.
http://thebasource.com/seatmaps/744/14f52j36w235y.html
Jan 24, 2017, 6:04 am
#85
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Jan 24, 2017, 6:38 am
#88
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Personally, I find that the bulkhead here significantly restricts the ability to stretch out (as bulkheads often do). It's obviously easier to get out from 12A without disturbing the aisle seat passenger than from the non-bulkhead windows, but on an overnight flight in this configuration I prefer non-bulkhead seats to make sure that I can stretch out as much as possible.
Jan 24, 2017, 6:59 am
#89
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A lot depends on how you define your personal space, since the seat in front will probably recline (unless you decode Theoretical Seating and find a Goldie ahead of you but with their informal comfort seat in front!). So if sitting upright, the knee room is constrained by the reclined seat, but the under seat leg room is still there. In the bulkhead seat there is no one reclining, so knee room is protected, upper area space is protected, but stretching out in front of you along the floor will give less distance.
Jan 24, 2017, 8:33 am
#90
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 453
Yes I also don't like to bother other people which is why i normally go for a centre block aisle, then if the 2 other seats are full it will likely be a couple and they tend to use their aisle.
I was just trying to find out if any of the 787 W+ seats had any particular advantages or problems, from BA Source they all seem pretty similar so I think I will probably stay where I am.
I was just trying to find out if any of the 787 W+ seats had any particular advantages or problems, from BA Source they all seem pretty similar so I think I will probably stay where I am.
Last edited by wytco0; Jan 30, 2017 at 12:11 pm