Aircraft has F cabin but only J fares
Jun 9, 2019, 3:20 pm
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Aircraft has F cabin but only J fares
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere--I've notice on several flights that BA operates an aircraft with an F cabin (773) but does not actually offer an F fare on the route. Right now I'm looking at the NAS<>LHR route which uses a 777; the seat map on ExpertFlyer just shows all F-cabin seats as blocked and highest fare bucket as J. On the rare occasion I've actually flown such flights (LHR.MAD both times) I was actually on an F fare for the longhaul (LHR<>PEK) but only booked into J seats on the Madrid leg. The F cabin was full as well though I'm sure they weren't offering F service on such a short flight--I'd speculate BA Golds get bumped up into the nice seats though OWEs often get similar courtesies. Anybody know what the deal is, here? I kinda can't stand the 8-across CW configuration and would avoid it longhaul if at all possible.
Jun 9, 2019, 3:26 pm
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Three class long haul routes and two class short haul routes (mostly MAD, where the widebody once a day is actually part of the schedule for cargo reasons, sometimes other routes), occasionally operated with 4 class long haul aircraft. Referred to as Flub around these parts. F cabin is only used if required, and would have J service. Some threads
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit......-777-a.html
BA460 [LHR - MAD] Club - Flub (777)
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit......-777-a.html
BA460 [LHR - MAD] Club - Flub (777)
Jun 9, 2019, 3:47 pm
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Thanks for the info; curious as all the NAS<>LHR flights seem to be configured this way. Seems like it'd be a good candidate to have an F offering, but I suppose it might be difficult to provision in NAS.