enviroian

My brother in law is flying back to LHR tonight from DFW on the 11 PM 777 flight. Does anyone know or how to find out if this plane has the newer upgraded PE cabin?

Thanks!

FlyerTalker39574

enviroian

thanks. How does flight aware tell me if the PE is updated?

corporate-wage-slave

WTP is rows 21 to 25, and it looks like it is G-VIIM. (I think VIIF was yesterday's service). I found the latter out via Flightradar24. According to thebasource - in the aircraft section - this is Thales, so a good IFE, though not quite as good as Panasonic. According to the Dashboard thread in this forum, it also has Wifi.

If you need to ask again, it's really helpful if you include the flight number and make the title a little more descriptive to make it easier to assist.

enviroian

Thanks. I tried searching for a thread to assist me but the search function on here sucks so it revealed nothing.

I thought BA only flew one flight a day from DFW so that's why I didn't post the flight number.

So it's an upgraded PE or not? Sorry I can't tell from your answer only that the IFE is good.

corporate-wage-slave

If you don't give the flight number, then everyone who wants to help is probably going to need to look it up first in order to get the registration, hence it's useful to provide.

"Upgraded PE" would need to be defined. I think there are about 4 sorts of WTP seating out there, there is legacy WTP which you see on mid 747s, somewhat battered. There is the rather nice WTP on A380s and 787s, and there is the slightly different, smarter version on the new LGW aircraft. The fourth seat - which applies here - is effectively the same as the legacy version, but with newer upholstery, power sockets and less likely to to have faulty head-rests etc. So effectively renewed legacy seating. But still some gap between that and the A380 / LGW seats. I think you can also argue that the Super J seat is a bit different too, but it's pretty close to the fourth seat in my list.

mikeyfly

Yes it appears to have a decent IFE and an upgraded seat

Oxon Flyer

PE (22K) in G-VIIF, from a flight last month. As noted, the IFE was ‘decent’.

enviroian

Thanks all for the assistance and suggestions.