777 LGW Club Suite?
Aug 29, 2023, 2:58 am
#16
Join Date: Aug 2023
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 3
I flew to St Lucia last month out of LGW and the seating map started as the old Club World, then became Club Suite a couple of months before, then returned back to the old cabin a month before the flight!
Aug 29, 2023, 4:52 am
#17
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: England
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 278
Are you sure it's a 56J? It's more likely to be a 77L with 48J. Also as per the advice here don't get your hopes up at all. BA are likely planning to have a CS fitted airframe operating at LGW due to scheduled maintenance at the time, but changes to the seat map between now and then are very possible. If I were you I would keep a regular eye on the seat map, and once you get to 3 days before departure, check it constantly.
Yes you are correct ! I just saw on the seat map that the first seat row is 1 and the last seat row in J is 14 , but I did not count them -there are only 12 rows ! Still if its full that will still leave 16 people to downgrade.
I'm not that fussed to get CS as its a night flight it would be more of an experience for the outbound, its just a nuisance as having paid for seats in row 1 we might well find ourselves dumped in the middle pair or downgraded ,when it in all likelihood changes back to the traditional LGW layout.
Aug 29, 2023, 4:53 am
#18
Join Date: Dec 2021
Programs: Executive Club Gold
Posts: 9
I fly to CUN next Monday and it changed to CS around 10 weeks ago. Thought it was strange but a win nonetheless. I thought that with under a week to go id be safe, but apparently not after reading some of the stories above. Currently booked in 1E & 1F and wondering should I switch to window seats so im not stuck in a bank of 4 if it does change to CW.
Oct 20, 2023, 4:38 am
#19
Join Date: Aug 2021
Posts: 7
12 November flight from JFK to LGW is currently showing CS.
Funny enough, I would actually prefer to fly in the old CW since we're flying with an infant and the old set up is more convenient if we snatch the 4E/F seats.
So based on what people have said, safe to assume that there's a decent chance that it gets swapped?
Funny enough, I would actually prefer to fly in the old CW since we're flying with an infant and the old set up is more convenient if we snatch the 4E/F seats.
So based on what people have said, safe to assume that there's a decent chance that it gets swapped?
Nov 23, 2023, 12:54 pm
#21
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,857
You have been moved to one of the two Club Suite aircraft operating out of LGW. See Aerolopa for precise layouts.
Nov 23, 2023, 12:56 pm
#24
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Programs: Mucci des Hommes Magiques et Magnifiques
Posts: 19,107
LHR based aircraft operating out of LGW with Club Suites.
https://www.aerolopa.com/ba-77l
https://www.aerolopa.com/ba-77l
Mar 6, 2024, 4:05 pm
#25
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 40
Lgw - cape town club suite
Ba 2041 lgw - cape town on 15th march is showing club suite, this likely to stay you think? I Imagine cape town is one of the routes they would prioritise out of gatwick where possible so makes sense to have it but i know operations can change everything
Mar 6, 2024, 8:50 pm
#26
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Melbourne
Programs: QF
Posts: 147
At some point, they are going have to make CS a permanent thing for Gatwick, when those 777s get replaced. Whatever the replacement aircraft is, whether it’s a hand me down from Heathrow, or a new order, they would have CS. I’d be very surprised if they ordered a new batch of aircrafts fitted with the old CW.
Mar 6, 2024, 11:41 pm
#27
Join Date: Apr 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 115
Work on the basis that it’ll be old club and if you get CS it’s a bonus. Beware if you pick seats and it changes likely it will be a muddle.
Mar 7, 2024, 12:35 am
#28
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 2,287
I had CS showing out of CPT to LGW a few weeks ago and it was swapped a few days beforehand. Travelling as a couple, I was far happier on our return in CW than the outbound in CS anyway
Mar 7, 2024, 2:38 am
#29
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 94
Not happening (if BA want to maintain the same level of revenue). The older 787s are the -8s and some of the older -9s. Any replacement smaller than a -10 would be a massive loss of capacity for the LGW fleet.