Unusual seat map
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2019
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Unusual seat map
Hi all
Just had my BA flight to JFK in mid-October cancelled and been rebooked onto an earlier BA-operated flight on the same day. Seat selection is now free which surprised me as they were charging 65 each before, and the seat map isnt what I expected - four-across in CW on 772 (see below - EDIT: I cant post the image as Im a new member, but it is Seat - Aisle - Seat Seat - Aisle - Seat, all facing forward).
First thought was that this could be one of the refurbished planes with new Club suite but seen all the info suggests it isnt due to commence on this route until the end of October. Could it be a non-BA aircraft on a BA-operated flight, or does this not really happen?
Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere.
Thanks!
Just had my BA flight to JFK in mid-October cancelled and been rebooked onto an earlier BA-operated flight on the same day. Seat selection is now free which surprised me as they were charging 65 each before, and the seat map isnt what I expected - four-across in CW on 772 (see below - EDIT: I cant post the image as Im a new member, but it is Seat - Aisle - Seat Seat - Aisle - Seat, all facing forward).
First thought was that this could be one of the refurbished planes with new Club suite but seen all the info suggests it isnt due to commence on this route until the end of October. Could it be a non-BA aircraft on a BA-operated flight, or does this not really happen?
Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere.
Thanks!
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First thought was that this could be one of the refurbished planes with new Club suite but seen all the info suggests it isn’t due to commence on this route until the end of October. Could it be a non-BA aircraft on a BA-operated flight, or does this not really happen?
Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum, hammond_cheese, I hope you will tell us of your experiences of this aircraft in due course. Welcome to the forum.
Further reading
Very Odd Seat Map (this has probably what you had in mind)
Boeing 777 Club Suites: route info and updates
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/brit...my-flight.html
and the A350 threads have some cross over information:
Flying BAs Airbus A350: deliveries, routes, reviews and more
#10
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Join Date: Sep 2019
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Been reading a bit about seating on here - my wife and I took pretty much the last two seats available to select, on the back row but not together (see picture below). Sounds like it will definitely be worth doing early OLCI in case any pair opens up. However, failing that, do you think the person between us in row 17 would have an issue swapping to the window seat? Can't imagine anybody would prefer to sit in the middle if they were on their own, but perhaps there is something I don't know!
Cheers
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#14
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Lots of people get auto allocated seats due to their profile preferences - this person may be set to "Aisle" and would be more than happy to swap to your window seat as they'll still be aisle and window !