Club Suites on LHR-BKK - when ?
 

I won't travel BA long haul on 8 abreast in business class but my family will on Amex 241 tickets. I would if we could use the newly announced Club Suites.

Any ideas on when they might arrive on the LHR-BKK route ?

Your 241s will have long expired by then.

When Hell freezes over?

Anywhere from 5-10 years short answer is no one knows what the refurb plan is.

The CW seat really isn’t that bad especially for families and couples

Rather than starting a new thread for every "when will we get Club Suites on my route" per airport, perhaps we could have one master thread where we can just copy and paste "We don't know yet" over and over again.

Considering the inferiority of the birds presently on the BKK route, the route priority obviously means waiting for Club Suites to BKK to be v-e-r-y long.

An option is HKG/SIN and connect on CX?

Edit: Agree on a master thread suggested by @Airprox

I'm also puzzled by the aversion to 8 abreast. Once I'm in my window seat I have no awareness of how many across it is. What is the issue? :confused:

I‘d like to know why.

It is an easy and lazy criticism which completely ignores meaningful comparisons of the current product such as square footage, presence/absence of foot coffins and direct aisle access.

Perhaps, but I see BKK getting the 787 rather than the A350, which is quite large (and has ±55 seats in CW vs 35).

I have to say, if you are comparing SQ 777 / A380 / long haul A350 seats in a reclined position, I fully agree. I hate those 'twist' seats and I intentionally choose 787s (even though I dislike the aircraft itself) and regional A350s to avoid those 'twist' seats.

I am completely baffled as to why anyone thought those twists were a good idea!

BA seats at least don't leave me nearly needing a wheelchair unless I either sit upright or go flat (I have back problems that take very badly to twisting so I am not joking about a wheelchair...).

I don't really mind the current BA CW seat as long as I'm at the window. I even tried it last month (I'm normally in F...) and thought it was pretty comfortable for reclining, sitting and sleeping.

Club Suite on BKK? Probably before Inverness but likely after Tampa.

Having just flown LHR-BKK and return in the 'classic' CW I have to say it was very comfortable.
As a tall (6'3") person the direct aisle access window seats, I had 5A and 11K, were far better than any of the coffin seats.
IFE woeful but I always bring my own.
Cabin very quiet even when nearly full.
Food and drink service flawless and fantastic crew in both directions, one even let me use his wings pin to change my SIM card as I had forgotten the little tool!
Don't let this configuration stop you from thinking you'll enjoy the trip.
As always, YMMV

OK, personal preferences matter.
Sleep and comfort are valuable. For a comfort sleep, it's proven that being able to turn with shoulder width, and a firm supportive bed helps. The SQ seat beats BA in both areas.

Yeah, except I get 2 x 241 every year :)

Been there, done that, won't do no direct access to aisle (I know a couple of BA seats have that), price is often 50%+ over ME3 and though direct, I prefer Eva or Thai (though Thai is daft pricing 95% of the time).

This was similar to my initial read and I thought I'd come across a potential opportunity to book into the current configuration and then have it changed to the new suites but only on Avios so I can cancel for £35.

Coffin seats vary, massively.

I flew Swiss recently and it was atrocious. Even the throne seat I bagged on the way back was small on footspace. Bad design I say. I'm 1.8m.

I don't want a footstool or not having any space. I've rather grown up in business class (on my own funds) on ME3 and mostly on Etihad so the bA experience is / was often poor and now I don't fly them, though they were very good on LHR-LUX last week.