Middle Club World
Jun 21, 2007, 9:48 am
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Middle Club World
How good are the middle seats in BA Club World? I understand that on main deck of 747 and 777, it is two backfacing seats separated by massive privacy barriers from everybody else, but with little separation between them... good for a couple, bad for sleeping with a stranger... It is hard to find a good picture. One picture:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1201503/L/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1201503/L/
Jun 21, 2007, 10:04 am
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Correct.
Arguably, its also bad for a couple as you both have to step over someone to get to the aisle. You also can't switch if one of you finds they don't like facing backwards.
If you take a pair upstairs or by the windows then you are facing each other, which is far easier for talking IMHO. One of you has direct aisle access, and if one of you feels wobbly facing backwards then you can switch. Upstairs on a 747, the person by the window also benefits from the storage locker at seat level.
Arguably, its also bad for a couple as you both have to step over someone to get to the aisle. You also can't switch if one of you finds they don't like facing backwards.
If you take a pair upstairs or by the windows then you are facing each other, which is far easier for talking IMHO. One of you has direct aisle access, and if one of you feels wobbly facing backwards then you can switch. Upstairs on a 747, the person by the window also benefits from the storage locker at seat level.
Jun 21, 2007, 10:09 am
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Having never sat in the middle seats with company (did hop over to an empty pair to spread out once), is there any form of privacy screening between them at all? That photo looks like there might be something that pulls out.
Jun 21, 2007, 10:11 am
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... the exception being the pair at the rear of the cabin, where you can walk between the next seat and the bulkhead. They are good seats for a day flight when you are travelling with a friend, you can drink together and giggle and feel like you are in you own private little world with the screens up between your seats and the aisle seats... then easily nip to the loo without disturbing anyone.
Jun 21, 2007, 10:40 am
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Given the lengths the designers went to to provide privacy on one side of the seat it is rather a joke in the middle.
Jun 21, 2007, 10:46 am
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Actually no one provided any feedback on this, but for the middle 2 seats, given the arm rest can now be lowered and there is NO dvider along the whole length of the seat, is it possible to recline both seats and use it as a double bed?
Jun 21, 2007, 10:55 am
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The middle two seats are good for a couple who want to sleep on an overnight flight. Its dark and private in the sense that crew/pax walking along the aisle do not disturb you.
Its is not as good for day flights as it is harder to attract crew attention (but then that is what the call button is for) and you have to cross over the aisle pax if you want to walk around. You will also not really see out of the windows.
It is also good for people who are nervous about flying since the seats are the furtherest from the window and the view is usually blocked.
Its is not as good for day flights as it is harder to attract crew attention (but then that is what the call button is for) and you have to cross over the aisle pax if you want to walk around. You will also not really see out of the windows.
It is also good for people who are nervous about flying since the seats are the furtherest from the window and the view is usually blocked.
Jun 21, 2007, 10:56 am
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or for some under the duvet nookie
Jun 21, 2007, 10:59 am
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They sound great for clandestine and discreet entry into the Mile High club!
How much of a chore is it to clamber over the PAX in the isle seats?
How much of a chore is it to clamber over the PAX in the isle seats?
Jun 21, 2007, 11:33 am
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When the passenger on the isle has his/her footrest up, the seat flat, and limbs extended thereon, how hard it is to get over said person (and, yes, the seat too) without teabagging various parts of his/her body?
Jun 21, 2007, 11:43 am
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Jun 21, 2007, 12:45 pm
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... the exception being the pair at the rear of the cabin, where you can walk between the next seat and the bulkhead. They are good seats for a day flight when you are travelling with a friend, you can drink together and giggle and feel like you are in you own private little world with the screens up between your seats and the aisle seats... then easily nip to the loo without disturbing anyone.
Originally Posted by mwalsh
When the passenger on the isle has his/her footrest up, the seat flat, and limbs extended thereon, how hard it is to get over said person (and, yes, the seat too) without teabagging various parts of his/her body?
Okay I have sat/slept in the D seat on the lower deck and whilst asleep I didn't wake up, even though there were two youngish kids in the E&F seats who I'd bet didn't stay put all night.
Last edited by Jimmie76; Jun 21, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Jun 21, 2007, 1:33 pm
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"... the exception being the pair at the rear of the cabin, where you can walk between the next seat and the bulkhead. They are good seats for a day flight when you are travelling with a friend, you can drink together and giggle and feel like you are in you own private little world with the screens up between your seats and the aisle seats... then easily nip to the loo without disturbing anyone."
Unless I'm mistaken 20E,on at least the mid J new config, is a cot/bassinet position so would be blocked out? is this the only cot position on the main deck?
Unless I'm mistaken 20E,on at least the mid J new config, is a cot/bassinet position so would be blocked out? is this the only cot position on the main deck?