A380: Am I the only one who finds it highly overrated and somewhat uncomfortable??
Jun 15, 2011, 3:36 am
#61
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Jun 21, 2011, 11:29 am
#62
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Good IFE choices for a short haul.
Seats are just ordinary SQ Y but DON'T expect more legroom in this jumbo flight!
Nov 26, 2015, 3:35 pm
#63
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: USA & UK
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Read the question! The guy flew in Y! Of course plutocrats can afford comfort!
No, it's not just you.
We flew economy LHR to MIA, BA 209, the most uncomfortable flight this poor bod has ever suffered.
Not helped by 4 hour delay.
Not helped by disinterested cabin crew.
Not helped by further 1 hour delay de-planing.
But hugely uncomfortable.
The return, on a 747, blissful, hugely helped by a great cabin crew.
No, it's not just you.
We flew economy LHR to MIA, BA 209, the most uncomfortable flight this poor bod has ever suffered.
Not helped by 4 hour delay.
Not helped by disinterested cabin crew.
Not helped by further 1 hour delay de-planing.
But hugely uncomfortable.
The return, on a 747, blissful, hugely helped by a great cabin crew.
Nov 26, 2015, 3:57 pm
#64
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 550
Read the question! The guy flew in Y! Of course plutocrats can afford comfort!
No, it's not just you.
We flew economy LHR to MIA, BA 209, the most uncomfortable flight this poor bod has ever suffered.
Not helped by 4 hour delay.
Not helped by disinterested cabin crew.
Not helped by further 1 hour delay de-planing.
But hugely uncomfortable.
The return, on a 747, blissful, hugely helped by a great cabin crew.
No, it's not just you.
We flew economy LHR to MIA, BA 209, the most uncomfortable flight this poor bod has ever suffered.
Not helped by 4 hour delay.
Not helped by disinterested cabin crew.
Not helped by further 1 hour delay de-planing.
But hugely uncomfortable.
The return, on a 747, blissful, hugely helped by a great cabin crew.
Nov 30, 2015, 11:35 pm
#67
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Dec 1, 2015, 12:20 am
#68
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Dec 1, 2015, 5:02 am
#69
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The plane makes no noise, no IFE box obstructs your legroom. Only issue is that the cabin is too large and so you always have one ore more true sphincters in there who behave like crap.
This is where an LH FA would come in handy. She could stomp over there and terminally bark at the offender and he'd be busy changing his diapers for the rest of the flight.
Dec 9, 2015, 2:41 am
#70
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Flown Suites and economy on SQ A380. Flown economy on LH and EK on the A380. Obviously the suites experience is going to be right up there but can honestly say that economy on EK, SQ and LH 380's were also good. Service not so good on EK.
May 4, 2017, 5:22 am
#71
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Sorry to bring back an old thread. But searched for A380 overrated and this came up.
Boy is the Y class on a BA A380 over rated. Once you have sat in your crammed seat...its like any other BA service. Absolutely rubbish. No comfort, no frills.
Boy is the Y class on a BA A380 over rated. Once you have sat in your crammed seat...its like any other BA service. Absolutely rubbish. No comfort, no frills.
May 4, 2017, 5:48 pm
#73
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Y cabin in SQ on A380 better than other airlines, and if you get a bulkhead/exit row, or an upper deck seat on the plans which have them, then it can be really good.
The only thing not so good it the amount of recline permitted on some SQ A380s planes (not all?) - which can be enough to make it difficult to get out of the seat behind.
The only thing not so good it the amount of recline permitted on some SQ A380s planes (not all?) - which can be enough to make it difficult to get out of the seat behind.
May 4, 2017, 9:41 pm
#74
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I feel the recline of Y on A380 too little. I was on A380 upper deck SQ317 LHR-SIN this week. The recline was not as generous as in outbound B77W SQ306.