Fraser

Does this have an effective date? My mother's JFK-LHR at the end of the month is showing 2-4-2 configuration, even today, and has been non-CS since she booked it in October. When the schedule was lighter (only 2-3 flights a day) JFK did have all flights with CS.

johnpal

Received an email that BA was changing aircraft on our flight from SFO to London in April from A380 to 777. Oddly they gave us a map of the Business Class section to select our new seats as we had paid for them on the A380 but the map they presented was just 8 rows with just 4 seats across. Every seat map I have seen of an 777 in Business Class is 8 seats across. I think they presented the wrong aircraft for us to select our new seats. Also the row numbers (4 thru 12) do not match any of their 777 map configurations. I selected new seats but we'll see how this plays out. I did not pay extra for seat selection only to be placed next to a bathroom or galley....

SonicStar817

There was no specific date given when the press release was made, but more often than not the JFK flights are operated with a Club Suite configured aircraft.

BrianDromey

Check the AeroLopa website, you might find something close to the seat map you were presented with. There are a few 777 variants with 1-2-1 seating, these are the Club Suite aircraft. None have 8 rows though. There are 777-200 4-class and 3-class with Club Suite now as well as 777-300s with Club Suite as well.

https://www.aerolopa.com/ba-type-77m

There have been reports of MMB not displaying 777 seat maps correctly, so it could also be that.

mikeyfly

It’s showing nine across Y, so good news for the 75% of passengers, not squished into 10 across with the better seats upfront…!

VSLover

i literally just noted that DEN swaps are frequent and saturday i bought a ticket with CS and here we are today back on to old CW

PGberkshire

I suggest you fly a better airline, like Qatar if having a good seat is important to you....

Cedar Jet

YVR is now an A380 from A351 CS...annoying going back to that pathetic excuse for a hard 'business class' offering. Fingers crossed schedules change again to A351.

1Aturnleft

No doubt it's heaving now given the reduction in cabin size from 76 seats on the 77H to 48 on the 77J. Despite MLE typically being premium heavy (one of the reasons why the route transferred over from LGW to LHR in the first place), my guess is there's currently more demand down the back on your particular dates in Economy which has bought about the aircraft swap.... it gives BA another 70 seats to play with which may work quite well revenue wise in conjunction with BA Holidays. I've noticed in the past month or so a significant amount of J redemption availability being released on LHR-MLE for multiple flights in the tail end of March which would indicate to me Club hasn't been selling particularly well... I don't think I've seen in excess of 4x J redemption availability during high season bookable at 4 months notice on the route ever. Typically BA offer 3 services a week on the route. I believe in March 2022 BA is proposing to operate 5 flights a week which may be diluting the passenger demand over previous years and allowing people to spread out over the course of any given week.

MLE is also one of those routes where the lead in booking time is less meaning there may be a surge in premium seats nearer to departure on any fare level, not just in discounted I/R class. I guess the advantage of having the route at Heathrow now is BA can tailor finely tune the aircraft type according to demand... this could still work in your favour and the aircraft swapped out again. It's still too far out to be getting unnecessarily disappointed. Just roll with the seat change for now and hope that F/J demand picks up enough to warrant another aircraft change back to a 77H.... the most premium heavy config in the BA long haul fleet.

DelTroon

On researching how I can get to BKK now that there is no direct F option from LHR, I was a bit taken aback to discover going via DOH with Qatar results in a 777 configuration on DOH/BKK with no direct aisle access and two adjacent seats.

wb1969

LAX has gone from A380 to 777 in April. Means CS so not disappointed.

Saligo

My LAX-LHR in February has changed from 77M with CS to a 77G with the old school CW. Not a fan of the old CW product, might have to upgrade to First.

Arsey00

My LAX Friday is also a 77G. And my quadrice(?) rebooked ticket can't be upgraded. I've waited patiently for a swap back but obviously no luck.

pdbe25

I have an A380 flight from LHR to DFW in September. How will I know if the aircraft type has changed?

Globaliser

If you go into MMB, you should be able to see the planned aircraft type for your flight. If this changes, then there has been an aircraft change.

You may get an email from BA to tell you, but I wouldn't advise relying on this.

You can also use a service like ExpertFlyer to alert you if the published aircraft type or configuration is changed.