British Airways releases first images of First Class on the Boeing 787-9

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• Adam W says:

  9 Sep9 September 06:31

  I think posting about that might have upset HfP’s main affiliate partner.

  • Worzel says:

    9 Sep9 September 06:34

    Let’s scrap the comment then and brush the issue under carpet !

• Paul says:

  9 Sep9 September 06:31

  I have flown 787 on LAN and QR in last couple of months. In both cases in business class and in both cases with same number of windows as BA is showing here. LAN was 2x2x2 however QR was same as BA First and whilst the seat footprint was smaller it was not cramped (and the service was outstanding)
  It’s good to see BA doing something with premium products but frankly it not enough to make me pay and their biggest issue is still cramped world.

• Imran says:

  9 Sep9 September 06:44

  Hey Raffles,

  Just a heads up that BA are running a code off long haul flights today, giving £63 off any long-haul flights. Code is CELEBRATE

  thanks

  • Rob says:

    9 Sep9 September 07:39

    Thanks – will take a look once the kids are at school 🙂

• Mike says:

  9 Sep9 September 09:38

  Looks nice, will give it a go to San Jose next year.

• Alan says:

  9 Sep9 September 10:01

  Am I likely to be on one of these when I fly First to Sao Paulo in Jan?

  • Rob says:

    9 Sep9 September 10:51

    No – these planes are only trickling in slowly and are being used only on the routes I listed. Even on those routes, you are at risk of a late switch if some mechanical work is needed because BA won’t have any spare 787-9 aircraft to cover.

• GCMemb says:

  9 Sep9 September 15:18

  OT but seen a lot of news about Amex decreasing the conversion to British Airways rate (albeit all seem to be American articles). Is this affecting UK accounts too? Did I miss an article where you covered this?

  • Alan says:

    9 Sep9 September 15:34

    I suspect no article because as you say this is a US change – although it has come up in the comments here a few times in the past couple of weeks. They already have much more generous earning rates than here anyway and BA have changed their main card partnership in the US so the old one is now less generous.

  • Rob says:

    9 Sep9 September 15:39

    US only. It is being done because BA wants the ‘official’ Chase-issued BA credit cards to be more generous than Amex cards. That is not an issue in the UK because a) Amex issues the BA card anyway and b) the BA card is more generous (comparing fee and Avios earned) than Amex Gold or Platinum.

• Mark says:

  9 Sep9 September 19:35

  The point about these having fewer F and J seats needs to be considered in the wider context though. The fact that these have fewer F seats is balanced to an extent by a reduction in the number of 3 class aircraft once the 767s are all retired (and of course G-VIIO now out of action). Without doing the calculations I would have thought the average number of J seats is increasing with the reconfiguration of the 747s and the retirement of the 767s.

• Khalifa says:

  11 Sep11 September 13:12

  Beautiful, But I wouldn’t call it First Class, Looks like a Business Class product.

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