Any rumours for F updates?
Dec 27, 2017, 11:49 am
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Any rumours for F updates?
I spoke to You first earlier about an F flight in late April I have and asked the guy if there were any changes or updates planned for F. He stated that due to the new menus and bedding in J being rolled out something will inevitably happen in F to keep it suitably ahead.
Obviously nothing else given away but has anyone heard of any updates due to land soon?
I saw the flower in the toilet and a weird amouse bouch type course was about to be added back or has been recently.
cheers
Obviously nothing else given away but has anyone heard of any updates due to land soon?
I saw the flower in the toilet and a weird amouse bouch type course was about to be added back or has been recently.
cheers
Dec 27, 2017, 12:00 pm
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The only specific is an unadvertised rollout of the White Company bedding to First, in line with CW. I wouldn't expect much more in the next year or so, the focus is understandably going to be CW.
Dec 27, 2017, 12:06 pm
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Dec 27, 2017, 12:24 pm
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I heard this too, but from a different source. Not yet certain though. Is this definitely going ahead?
Dec 27, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Yes, as I understand it, and on JFK there have been some posts from travellers who have seen this rolled out already. CIHY also has confirmed elsewhere. Presumably the previous sous mattress remains due to the length of First.
Dec 27, 2017, 12:54 pm
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Dec 27, 2017, 12:57 pm
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Dec 27, 2017, 2:05 pm
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I did say that the new pillows in First are also from the White Company but we didn’t know this until we looked at the label onboard.
I believe WT plus is the next inline for an upgrade.
Dec 27, 2017, 3:21 pm
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I spoke to You first earlier about an F flight in late April I have and asked the guy if there were any changes or updates planned for F. He stated that due to the new menus and bedding in J being rolled out something will inevitably happen in F to keep it suitably ahead.
Obviously nothing else given away but has anyone heard of any updates due to land soon?
I saw the flower in the toilet and a weird amouse bouch type course was about to be added back or has been recently.
cheers
Obviously nothing else given away but has anyone heard of any updates due to land soon?
I saw the flower in the toilet and a weird amouse bouch type course was about to be added back or has been recently.
cheers
Next major change will be when the 350-1000s start to arrive. There will be a large reduction in F seat count and possibly the product removed from more routes altogether. Some possible A350 set-ups that were considered have no F seats at all. That will likely see the next big changes.
Dec 27, 2017, 3:53 pm
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The mattress that BA provides in F is sad. To get any comfort, I use my duvet as part of the mattress. But... the mattress and bedding on Qantas is awesome. BA is so far behind that I see little chance that they will even catch up with many other carriers.
Dec 27, 2017, 3:54 pm
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The way I read it is that the seat area will be larger but with fewer seats, and the inherent supply vs demand around that.
I remember not too many years ago when F on BA was never discounted, when other carriers still had lazy boy recliners instead of lie flat beds in F. It was quite a treat and a novelty. Apart from a bit of tweaking, the basic seat design and footprint hasn’t really changed in 20 years. Certainly in the past ten years pretty much everyone else has caught up and have overtaken in terms of hard product.
If I may reminisce, on another note regarding J, BA really stung Virgin when they launched their CW flat beds not long after VS launched their short lived J2000 seats, the ones where you woke up finding yourself hunched up in a footwell. CW was ground breaking at the time, and just like F other than a few tweaks there’s been no real innovation for 15 years.
I remember not too many years ago when F on BA was never discounted, when other carriers still had lazy boy recliners instead of lie flat beds in F. It was quite a treat and a novelty. Apart from a bit of tweaking, the basic seat design and footprint hasn’t really changed in 20 years. Certainly in the past ten years pretty much everyone else has caught up and have overtaken in terms of hard product.
If I may reminisce, on another note regarding J, BA really stung Virgin when they launched their CW flat beds not long after VS launched their short lived J2000 seats, the ones where you woke up finding yourself hunched up in a footwell. CW was ground breaking at the time, and just like F other than a few tweaks there’s been no real innovation for 15 years.
Dec 27, 2017, 3:59 pm
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(Spoiler: I think it’s the same mattress, they just turn it over for hard or soft setting).
Dec 27, 2017, 4:41 pm
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Maybe I’m weird but I find the bed setup on BA F to be very comfy. If you want mattress comfort, try JAL F, where you are offered an option of either a hard or a soft mattress.
(Spoiler: I think it’s the same mattress, they just turn it over for hard or soft setting).