[NEWBIE LOUNGE] Ask Your Questions Here (Flame Free) 2018
Mar 8, 2018, 12:58 am
#181
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 18
68A/K is a better seat IMO and my favourite Y seat on the A380. You have unlimited legroom and also easier access in and out of the seat and it is farther forward for disembarking. Things that might bother some people are that you have to lean forward to see out the window properly otherwise you only see the wing and the slightly reduced seat width as the tray table is stored in the arm rest but that also applies to 80A/K. 80A/K have the door protruding in front which slightly limits being able to stretch out. Bottom line: stick with 68K.
Thanks for the good advice.
Mar 9, 2018, 12:07 am
#182
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
The additional seats in Row 80 (A and K) will be found in all current A380s from A6-EEU onwards, so includes all 2 class which started at A6-EOP. If an older plane was substituted, 80 A and K might disappear again, so another good reason to stick with 68, although there may well be other technical reasons they couldn't use an older frame on this route.
Is this the first report of somebody actually paying for exit row seats?
Is this the first report of somebody actually paying for exit row seats?
Mar 9, 2018, 12:59 am
#183
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 18
The additional seats in Row 80 (A and K) will be found in all current A380s from A6-EEU onwards, so includes all 2 class which started at A6-EOP. If an older plane was substituted, 80 A and K might disappear again, so another good reason to stick with 68, although there may well be other technical reasons they couldn't use an older frame on this route.
Is this the first report of somebody actually paying for exit row seats?
Is this the first report of somebody actually paying for exit row seats?
Looking at the current loadings I don't think it will be a full flight so I would probably have been able to stretch myself out anyway.
Lesson learned for next trip
Mar 9, 2018, 3:03 am
#184
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
Mar 9, 2018, 9:53 am
#186
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: MAN DXB ✈️
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 6,831
Mar 9, 2018, 12:01 pm
#187
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
Posts: 4,269
Mar 10, 2018, 3:02 am
#188
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: In transit
Programs: AF/KL BA GF EK EY LH QR
Posts: 587
Mar 16, 2018, 3:13 am
#189
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 732
Does anyone know if row 6 on the 777 has more room around the footwell area? I'm quite tall and often have troubles with "coffin" style seats (e.g QR). I've found typically there is more room on the bulkhead seats. If so, how does one get these seats? They are greyed out on my flights, presumably because there are also bassinet seats. Is there an optimal strategy to get these?
Mar 16, 2018, 7:13 am
#190
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston, MA
Programs: EK Gold, A3 *G, AB Gold, Jetblue Mosaic
Posts: 1,386
There is no footwell in row 6 so pretty open. It feels more spacious legroom wise but I'm only 5'10"
Mar 16, 2018, 9:31 am
#192
Ambassador, Emirates
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: LGW / AMS / CPT
Programs: SA KL BA EK
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And by the way, on most 2 class frames the leg room in row 6 (which is then the last row in J) is enormous as that is where the J galley is on a 3 class frame ) but that has been removed. Does not seem to be the case on ALL 2 class frames though, but on most I am aware of.
Mar 16, 2018, 10:03 am
#193
Moderator, Emirates
Join Date: Oct 2012
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Mar 16, 2018, 10:26 am
#194
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: In transit
Programs: AF/KL BA GF EK EY LH QR
Posts: 587
Mar 21, 2018, 4:45 pm
#195
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Falls Church, VA
Programs: United, Starwood
Posts: 279
I need some help understanding the upgrade section. It says select flights to upgrade. On a two segment flight (SEZ-DXB-IAD), one segment is in green to upgrade (SEZ-DXB), and the other is in red (DXB-IAD), but offers the auto upgrade option. It should be 180000 total miles to upgrade the entire flight (60k times three passengers). But the upgrade cost listed in the bottom box has 81,000 miles listed (presumably for the cleared first leg), and 162,000 miles needed for the auto-upgrade leg. Am I correct in assuming that the two numbers would be added together, which would be more than the 60k per person for the entire flight that it's supposed to be? There is an upgrade now button that I'm presumably eligible to hit now to upgrade the first leg, but I'm afraid that it will take miles away from the auto-upgrade option and cause it to not clear. I'm just generally not sure what's going on. If anyone else has a clue, I'd love some help. Thanks!