Whilst it’s not this far out if you look at BA490 and BA492 on 23 March you will see that on one flight there’s at least 10 rows of Business Class... The reason approx 64 of us from this board are travelling over 2 flights to Gibraltar for a day or two.

Unlike the US carriers that have a fixed number of rows, typically 3 or 4 in Europe the airlines will typically sell as many CE seats as they can, clearly at a premium. It’s the same seats as coach however in Business Class the empty seat is not used and in most cases has a table on that seat though this isn’t on the newer aircraft.

Its good that you are on one ticket as you are protected and 1hr is the minimum connection time.

As yiu are connecting outside the uK yiu won’t need to clear the border but you will need to go through transfer security. I’d say you have 15-20 mins wiggle time if your flight is late and you are travelling HBO you should be able to get to your new gate 20 mins before boarding, if you are lucky you might come in at a B gate. Chances are your onward flight will be from a B or C gate so if this is the case the transfer security will be a lot quicker and you should be able to potentially negotiate with the flight connections to let you through say 30-35 mins before departure as you are closer to the gate.

As as others have said, sitting in I. Raw 10 or 11 o 12 wont take more than a few minutes longer than row 3 to get off. Your biggest problem will be the punctuality of the flight. At the end of the day if it’s 45 mins late sitting in row 3 isn’t going to get you on your plane but as others have said you can fly to JFK, pretty sure you can ask BA to get you to EWR and depending on circumstances you might qualify for EU261 as well.

Check out the guide to transferring st Heathrow and the EC261 guide for reference and to aid planning

you are flying close to Swedish mid summer.

That is super peak travel period and Swedes plan a long away ahead. So, they beat you to it. The most to take away from this is: Dålig tur!

If you fly Arn a lot you’ll know that Arn is a home route for a large number of GGL and a material set of GGL4L, so unless club is fully full row 1 will stay blocked. Your average Porsche or Mercedes owning Östermalm swede will have booked long ago.

You will still get the same product in row 10 and it’s quite possible the flight moves to an A321 where club can go into the teens for rows. It can mean faster service as BA can add a crew member and (basic probability) you’ll have a better chance of getting your first meal choice the bigger club is, not that the breakfast choice is that great.

Rather than whining, and then ‘blocking’ the constructive advice of other posters, perhaps learn to be more culturally aware and understand differences

It will make for a much more enjoyable trip.

mid summer and July is peak Swedish summer. Happens every year....

I have done transfer security but sometimes a secondary security check pops up when going back to the US

that would be nice but don’t think it will help with connecting

LOL constructive advice?

And “be more cultural aware” > how dare you .... you have no idea of my situation/ background/.....

i didn expect to be constantly be insulted by people who “know better” because of their surperior intellect

Moderator close this I am done listening to smartalexes

Transfer se unity at B terminal though is better than the main A terminal so if you arrive at a B or C gate use that, will save you 15-20 mins. If you are travelling F you might even get an escort through the transfer process to speed things up. Hope all goes well.

With respect, if everyone is singing off the same song sheet perhaps the problem is not them?

Your attitude through the latter stages of this thread has been combative and when evidence has been presented (from BA crew no less), it’s been ignored.

Matter for you.

OP are you related to “rick93” over on Australian Frequent Flyer? Wondering if we have a serial troll.

it’s ok to open the emergency door and disembark faster. There are consequences though.