First Class Long Haul Etiquette Question
 

My young business partner and good friend has decided to join me for a week in (mostly) France at the end of my trip in April. I managed to get him an award Club seat on the same long haul LHR-SEA return flight I will be taking in First.

Is there any issue with him coming up to the First cabin and sitting on my jump seat for a bit during the flight? If so, is it likely that a kindly FA would offer him anything from the upfront bar?

I will (of course) be guesting him into the CCR prior to this flight :-)

Thanks!

If you just have a word with your First crew early on in the flight or once you've settled in, it will not be a problem.

They will happily serve you a drink or 2 from the bar, but will most likely ask that its not during your meal service.

Thank you. I'd assumed as much however that it would likely be crew-dependent.

Hi,


I think some first class seats do not have a buddy dining option ( or extremely awkward) as the tv monitor is fixed. I think it is the 789?

Regards

TBS

Historically speaking and as showing currently, this will be a 787-10, with rare substitutions of 787-9. I don't think there is any real difference in the FC cabin between these two types, although the 787-10 has the new club suites product whereas many/most of the 787-9s have the old club world dormitory seating.

Are you serious?

No, the First class cabin should be for First class passengers only.

In the event you're being serious, then yes, I too am completely serious. It's not as if OP is planning to have a party with an entourage of guests. It's actually a familiar request of First customers and have always respected it as being a glass of wine or a G+T on the buddy seat before said guest tootles back off rearwards.

Ofcourse this is only if (as pointed out by others above) there is indeed a buddy seat on the particular aircraft.

You’ll be able to bring a guest up in the 777s & A380 with the older seats. You won’t be able to on the 787s or the refitted 77W

Even the A380 buddy seats aren’t so comfortable that you would want to spend more than a few minutes!

You can definitely fit a friend on the 787 F seat for a quiet drink or two and I did so recently. They have to be happy to perch on the foot locker. If you time it right the crew usually oblige happily and offer a drink - but please don’t put them in the awkward position of asking your friend to leave the cabin - and keep it to the two drinks or so mark. It’s a nice gesture, not to be taken advantage of.

It goes without saying not to try this on an overnight flight when other F passengers nearby are sleeping.

Shirley I am being serious.
If this is really BA's policy, then I suppose it's reflective of the fact that we're really talking about J+.
I don't think any other reputable airline allows guests in F, drinking from the F liquor cabinet. :shrug:

I have been on AF flights and it has been known to happen and also refused by the crew on a different flight. Will be the same on BA, the IFM will decide.

Personally and I think this is still policy a visitor can only come to visit in First if the buddy/footstool as a seatbelt fitted.

Who are all these people that can fit into the buddy seat? I tried it once to have a quick chat with my wife, and it was far too narrow at the shoulders to be something for more than perching for a couple of minutes!