British Airways to run a Boeing 777 to Madrid, offering Club World and First

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• Keith says:

  19 Dec19 December 04:41

  Do you think it will be possible to pay to select seats in First, or for status holders only?

• Sam G says:

  19 Dec19 December 05:13

  I would also caveat that standard practice in these circumstances is that the F cabin is only used if booked load warrants it. Also on ad-hoc uses of the 777 in Europe before WT+ has been either CE or ET

  So worse case you could allocate in F and be seat shifted to WT+ if CW was full at that point

  Though we will see in practice, my understanding this flight is well timed to connect with S.America flights so is usually very busy

  I wonder if BoB will be in place on these, will be a pain to swap out the bars and load the hardware

  • john says:

    19 Dec19 December 14:05

    IFE will probably be disabled though as is usually the case when a mid-haul A321 runs a CE route (such as Rome).

• barry cutters says:

  19 Dec19 December 06:48

  i don’t understand the economy seating. it was showing a 2-4-2 layout all the way back to row 42?? all 777s in the fleet are 3x3x3 in the back to my knowledge , with some about to become 3-4-3.
  is the 2-4-2 a mistake?

  • @mkcol says:

    19 Dec19 December 09:15

    Very odd.
    They’ve omitted the C & H seats but put in G.

    Having dug further what I see they’ve done is retain the seat numbering from Club & pulled it all the way back.

• LondonFoodie says:

  19 Dec19 December 09:24

  Just took the LHR-HEL yesterday and was very positively surprised to be on the A350. It is a fantastic product!

• James says:

  19 Dec19 December 10:19

  OT – has everyone who has taken Qatar ‘R’ class flights had their miles and tier points? I flew my outgoing flight 3 days ago and they still haven’t posted. I know BA said they weren’t going to but then I’m sure I read people were getting them anyway

  • Clive says:

    19 Dec19 December 10:55

    You should get them without problems but I believe that there is only one sweep for miles a week so be a little patient.

  • AndyR says:

    19 Dec19 December 10:56

    I got mine ok from flights in November. I believe they usually credit on Wednesday for Qatar.

    • James says:

      19 Dec19 December 16:34

      Thanks guys. Last time I remember checking and they were there. Was only concerned because of the hysteria back in April!

  • Nick says:

    19 Dec19 December 11:17

    They normally post on Wednesdays..

  • Zoggle says:

    19 Dec19 December 14:06

    Interesting point you make here. I flew Zurich – Doha – Adelaide in November, with Qatar all “R” fares (boarding pass said “J” though). Fantastic experience on both the 787 and the A350 ,it was only 6 months old 🙂
    My points did not come through until I used the “missing points” feature on the exec club site. I think, coincidentally, the points turned up the next day (Wednesday).
    However what did worry me was the response from BA regarding all 4 flights…. “The flights do not qualify for TP or Avios”.
    If you use the BA miles calculator, they show as being eligible, so BA seem to be sending conflicting signals on this topic.

  • keith says:

    19 Dec19 December 20:07

    I had to submit a form for missing Avios/tier points after not getting anything…although my wife had got hers OK. Took about a week and they have just posted.

• Piero Tintori says:

  19 Dec19 December 10:43

  You can also fly on a A330 Aerlingus – Malaga including their business class offering.

• Piero Tintori says:

  19 Dec19 December 10:44

  You can also fly on a A330 Aerlingus Dublin – Malaga including their business class offering.

  • Rob says:

    19 Dec19 December 11:32

    Didn’t know that ….. could be tempted.

    • Lumma says:

      20 Dec20 December 06:33

      Any idea how you book into business on this? The a330 seems to be the early flight, but nothing shows up for business class on the aer lingus website and no availability on avios.com first reward flights either. Can you book the flexible ticket (which is under €200 on the day I want to go) and select a seat up front?

• Bob says:

  19 Dec19 December 12:06

  Is it Rob Junior pictured on the photo above?

  Wouah! Time is runing quickly.
  I remember him as a child pictured in the A380 emirates bar.

  I can see him being, in a not far future, the HFP consultant in teenagers’ point of vue ;-).
  But school studies is a top priority, first of course.

  • Rob says:

    19 Dec19 December 13:58

    Yes, that is my 5 and a half year old. Pic taken last month. He just happens to be as tall as most 7 year olds.

    • Bob says:

      19 Dec19 December 15:33

      He is going to be a tall man then!

      That’s fun to see him on a pic doumenting a post. It is another reason making your site genuine.

      And he plays very well his role. Ok I know he had probably not noticed you were taking a pic of him at that time.

      What a great HFP team (with Anika too)!

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