Seating Queries: World Traveller
Mar 23, 2017, 7:34 am
#92
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, , Hilton Diamond (from being in a bed), SPG Plat, MR Plat
Posts: 922
WWYD?
Flying in a few days on four class 77 (77N) and currently have 29H the seat with no seat in front. All seats round me are already taken. All seats in the exit row 37 are free. Do you think I should move too one of them and hopefully get lucky with Theoretical seating? Fortunately long haul economy is a rareity for me so trying to make it as comfortable as possible. Cheers
Mar 23, 2017, 10:05 am
#93
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: DCA
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, UA Silver
Posts: 1,366
Flying in a few days on four class 77 (77N) and currently have 29H the seat with no seat in front. All seats round me are already taken. All seats in the exit row 37 are free. Do you think I should move too one of them and hopefully get lucky with Theoretical seating? Fortunately long haul economy is a rareity for me so trying to make it as comfortable as possible. Cheers
Apr 12, 2017, 1:59 pm
#94
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 2
17K on B777-200ER 48J/24W/203Y
Hi all,
Thanks in advance for any help I can get. I'm flying on a 11 hr trip on the 777 flight. I've the option to select 17K on this flight but basource and seat guru are showing that this seat may not have a window. Can someone please confirm that. Especially quentinr since you were on this flight recently. Than you once again for any input.
Regards,
Bean
Thanks in advance for any help I can get. I'm flying on a 11 hr trip on the 777 flight. I've the option to select 17K on this flight but basource and seat guru are showing that this seat may not have a window. Can someone please confirm that. Especially quentinr since you were on this flight recently. Than you once again for any input.
Regards,
Bean
Hi everyone,
I'm a bit lost with seat selection for an upcoming roundtrip LHR-IKA with the wife on BA. I rarely fly BA long haul though based in LHR but am OWS through AA.
Flights are on a 3 class (no first) 772 but WT starts on row 16 (AB/DEF/JK) while it seems to be row 15 at the beginning on this thread. Can't find the good seat map on SeatGuru either so decided to ask here.
Any idea what the best seats might be ? All row 16 is blocked, 17 C/H blocked too, and I won't pay 240 pounds for exit seats on row 26. Rest of the cabin is wide open for both flights.
Also, if I were to book A&C or H&K seats, as I'm OWS is there's a good chance the seat next to us will be blocked like on short haul? Does this work for 17 C/H too?
Thanks for the help!
I'm a bit lost with seat selection for an upcoming roundtrip LHR-IKA with the wife on BA. I rarely fly BA long haul though based in LHR but am OWS through AA.
Flights are on a 3 class (no first) 772 but WT starts on row 16 (AB/DEF/JK) while it seems to be row 15 at the beginning on this thread. Can't find the good seat map on SeatGuru either so decided to ask here.
Any idea what the best seats might be ? All row 16 is blocked, 17 C/H blocked too, and I won't pay 240 pounds for exit seats on row 26. Rest of the cabin is wide open for both flights.
Also, if I were to book A&C or H&K seats, as I'm OWS is there's a good chance the seat next to us will be blocked like on short haul? Does this work for 17 C/H too?
Thanks for the help!
Oct 27, 2017, 8:42 pm
#98
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 11
B747 400 LHR/MIA Best sea
Sorry if this question has been raised previously. The best WT seats on this flight would seem to be on row 28 with the 2nd best being 29A or 29K. Looking at the options it seems that all of row 28 and 29A and 29K are blocked / unavailable. As alternatives what are peoples views on 29B/C or 31B/C. We are looking for a relatively quiet flight with a quick exit at MIA
Oct 28, 2017, 2:02 am
#99
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: KSA
Programs: BA LTG, UA Gold, EK Silver, Hilton LT Diamond, Marriott LT Titanium, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,242
Sorry if this question has been raised previously. The best WT seats on this flight would seem to be on row 28 with the 2nd best being 29A or 29K. Looking at the options it seems that all of row 28 and 29A and 29K are blocked / unavailable. As alternatives what are peoples views on 29B/C or 31B/C. We are looking for a relatively quiet flight with a quick exit at MIA
29A/K are the best seats on the plane (in Y) if they become available as you get a window and there is no seat in front so you have all the legroom you need.
As for other seats. They are all the same so 29/31 BC are equal (although obviously 29 is closer to the front).
Note that on this type of 747 the IFE is from the stone age and therefore close to unusable. Bring your own entertainment on an ipad or eqv
Oct 30, 2017, 2:06 pm
#100
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 11
Thank you moral_low_ground for your helpful reply to post#98. As a relative newcomer to this forum can you or indeed anyone tell me, based on your experience and knowledge, how long before a flight is it usual for BA to release and make available blocked restricted seats like for example 29A or 29K in WT in a 747
Oct 30, 2017, 2:29 pm
#101
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,157
Thank you moral_low_ground for your helpful reply to post#98. As a relative newcomer to this forum can you or indeed anyone tell me, based on your experience and knowledge, how long before a flight is it usual for BA to release and make available blocked restricted seats like for example 29A or 29K in WT in a 747
It may already be the case that your seat is already taken (Gold card holder for example), however that is not to say it won't be released again as above so worth checking regularly and repeatedly. If you post your flight and date someone may be willing to check if it is blocked at present or occupied (on ExpertFlyer, I don't subscribe to this)
If you don't want to post that publicly then I can have a look for you via PM, if you so wish as I should be able to see the full seat map on ba.com
Pete
Oct 30, 2017, 3:02 pm
#103
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,157
Will be flying on a 74S to JFK this coming weekend - my wife and I usually prefer either DE or FG when in Y (nobody else climbing over us to get out).
How egregious are the IFE boxes on the 74S? Any preference of DE vs FG?
As an aside - plane looks like it is lightly loaded - at ~4 days out, there are only 31 seats reserved / blocked on the seat map, including ours. Does it usually fill up at T-24, or could we expect to spread out a little?
How egregious are the IFE boxes on the 74S? Any preference of DE vs FG?
As an aside - plane looks like it is lightly loaded - at ~4 days out, there are only 31 seats reserved / blocked on the seat map, including ours. Does it usually fill up at T-24, or could we expect to spread out a little?
http://benjaminjtravel.com/2017/03/1...london-dallas/
Here is another from emeraldmedia
Looks like the DE is better as the box is much nearer the outside.
As for what you can see on the seatmap I wouldn't read too much into this as even 4 days out is a long time from departure especially for that route.
There will probably me many non status travellers who will check in at OLCI. JFK is of course a very heavy business route as well as long weekend travellers so there may well be last minute bookings re the former. You can always post on the seatloads thread though but it can be dynamic.
The HKG route is a bit like that too and is very much not only a leisure route but business route with a lot of last minute corporate bookings but I'm going a bit OT there but pointing out similarities.
Oct 30, 2017, 4:43 pm
#105
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,157
There aren't that many photos going around re WT etc so perhaps report back what you thought yourself?