The 'Extra Legroom Seats in Club' Guide to the 747
Dec 9, 2007, 2:29 pm
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The 'Extra Legroom Seats in Club' Guide to the 747
Now they are all embodied with the latest seat, time for my little survey to be published. I am focussing on those seats that offer a little extra room when the seats is in bed mode. This is good for 6ft and above people who - like me - can't stretch out fully in the 'normal' seat. It is based on hard evidence - sitting in many of the seats and inspecting the rest.
Main Deck
Between Door 1 and 2 (applies to 70J planes only)
12J - offers an extra 3" of space. While an aisle (and thus less desirable for sleeping in owing to light, noise), it is unusually private with no foot traffic and only a little noise from the F galley
13D has a shield (more details below) but there is around 1" between the footrest and the shield)
14A - offers an extra 2".
14EF - offers an extra 1" - would be more but the bassinet intrudes into the footspace slightly
14K - 2.5", slightly more than 14A.
13B, 13G do not offer extra space. They have a shield around the footstall, which wraps around one side and 3/4 of the end of the seat.
Aft of Door 2
20A - offers an extra 2".
20EF - offers an extra 2" - the bassinet intrudes into the footspace slightly but still leaves more room than 14EF
20K - offers an extra 2".
17BDGJ have the wraparound shield
Main Deck
Between Door 1 and 2 (applies to 70J planes only)
12J - offers an extra 3" of space. While an aisle (and thus less desirable for sleeping in owing to light, noise), it is unusually private with no foot traffic and only a little noise from the F galley
13D has a shield (more details below) but there is around 1" between the footrest and the shield)
14A - offers an extra 2".
14EF - offers an extra 1" - would be more but the bassinet intrudes into the footspace slightly
14K - 2.5", slightly more than 14A.
13B, 13G do not offer extra space. They have a shield around the footstall, which wraps around one side and 3/4 of the end of the seat.
Aft of Door 2
20A - offers an extra 2".
20EF - offers an extra 2" - the bassinet intrudes into the footspace slightly but still leaves more room than 14EF
20K - offers an extra 2".
17BDGJ have the wraparound shield
Last edited by Swanhunter; Dec 13, 2007 at 1:54 am Reason: Additional information on 13D
Dec 9, 2007, 2:32 pm
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Upper Deck (all 747)
60B - 1" extra space. N.B on the longest routes where a full relief crew is carried (i.e. HKG, SIN) this is a crew rest seat
60J - 1.5" extra space
62AK - effectivly unlimited space. However, since the shield was removed on conversion your feet can get rather cold if the seal in the door isn't perfect.
63J - 3" between the footrest and the back of the crew seats
64A - effectivly unlimited space, but does get some noise/light from the galley
64K - 3" extra space, and shielded by the lav from the galley
63B has a shield, and no extra space at all.
60B - 1" extra space. N.B on the longest routes where a full relief crew is carried (i.e. HKG, SIN) this is a crew rest seat
60J - 1.5" extra space
62AK - effectivly unlimited space. However, since the shield was removed on conversion your feet can get rather cold if the seal in the door isn't perfect.
63J - 3" between the footrest and the back of the crew seats
64A - effectivly unlimited space, but does get some noise/light from the galley
64K - 3" extra space, and shielded by the lav from the galley
63B has a shield, and no extra space at all.
Last edited by Swanhunter; Dec 13, 2007 at 1:58 am
Dec 9, 2007, 2:46 pm
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Many many thanks for this. ^^
I had been hoping for exactly this - but I thought it was too much to hope for. Quite the most useful thread (for me) that I've seen for ages. I usually get 62A or 62K which (as I'm certain you know) have essentially unlimited extra legroom, but I guess the day will come when I'm not that lucky. The fact that some seats have this extra room is, for me, by far the biggest single advantage of NNCW.
Are you looking for further contributions? I'll take my tape measure on my next CW flight in 15 days' time (currently in 62K, but who knows if that seat will even work on the day).
I had been hoping for exactly this - but I thought it was too much to hope for. Quite the most useful thread (for me) that I've seen for ages. I usually get 62A or 62K which (as I'm certain you know) have essentially unlimited extra legroom, but I guess the day will come when I'm not that lucky. The fact that some seats have this extra room is, for me, by far the biggest single advantage of NNCW.
Are you looking for further contributions? I'll take my tape measure on my next CW flight in 15 days' time (currently in 62K, but who knows if that seat will even work on the day).
Dec 9, 2007, 3:04 pm
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Nice work Swanhunter and thanks for sharing this info, very useful on those occasions when our personal favourites are unavailable to us.
Dec 10, 2007, 10:50 am
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Anyway, let's hope that shorter passengers actually prefer having a bed that has a proper footend. They should be warned that if they sit in Swanhunter's seats they might slip out beyond the footrest.
Dec 10, 2007, 10:58 am
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Glad it's been of use. The UD guide will come on Thursday after the overnight back from marvellous Mumbai, but of course any contributions/observations welcomed. Especially if anyone feels like taking a tape on board rather than relying on my mark 1 eyeball measurements. 
Dec 10, 2007, 11:08 am
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Dec 10, 2007, 12:29 pm
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fwiw, I recommend the 6'6" seats at the front
Dec 10, 2007, 5:08 pm
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With all due respect to you, young dwarf, does it make any difference to you if you can stick your feet out beyond the footrest or not if the bed, with footrest, is 6' or so long anyway? I wouldn't have thought you would actually sleep sticking out over the end of the bed unless you had to.
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Dec 10, 2007, 5:31 pm
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Great work swanhunter. I presume you are allowing for the slightly different variations in the new club world? (eg I've had 3 different footrest models that I've noticed.)
Dec 10, 2007, 5:35 pm
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Dec 11, 2007, 2:11 am
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Also, you wont have spotted the downside to the seats in the front because your feet wont make it as far as the cramped foot area (one area of first that could be improved).