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The new Aer Lingus A321LR business class seat is revealed

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Australian Business Traveller, of all people, has got exclusive images of the business class seat that Aer Lingus is using on its new A321LR fleet.

Aer Lingus has 14 of these aircraft on order.  Whilst they will look like standard short haul aircraft from the outside, they have capacity to fly transatlantic. 

Aer Lingus A321LR business class seat

Aer Lingus has also announced plans to use them on selected short haul routes, both to keep the aircraft busy during the day and to allow premium passengers a good connection experience.

The seat is, not surprisingly, the same ‘Vantage’ product used on its A330 and Boeing 757 fleet.

Aer Lingus A321LR business class seat

There will be 16 seats per aircraft with a staggered layout in order that the feet of the person behind can fit under the seat in front.

This is a layout which usually works well unless you don’t like your feet being in a cubbyhole.

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Comments (91)

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  • T says:
    1 Feb1 February 10:57

    OT: I have to book flights with Wizzair in a few months, and again later in the future (worth around 8-10k), however, as some of you may know, they don’t accept AMEX.

    What is the best way to make this spending ‘worth it’? Is there any way to pay with AMEX/which other card would you recommend?

    A few days ago, I didn’t have to think about this as Curve launched AMEX – however, this is no longer the case …

    • Mikeact says:
      1 Feb1 February 11:05

      Go through a TA that does?

      • Alex says:
        1 Feb1 February 12:45

        join wizz discount club – costs about 20-60 £ (depending on the level of membership) but slashes ticket price considerably. You can’t get this discounted price through TA though…

  • Ben says:
    1 Feb1 February 11:04

    OT. I am currently silver with BAEC and will be very close to Gold this year. My year ends in April but I have a flight a week after my year ends. I have seen a couple of times on here people asking BA to push it back but im wondering how to go about it? Call, email, etc and also do I need to give a reason or are they flexible? Thank you

    • Rob says:
      1 Feb1 February 12:01

      This is is automatic BA policy so don’t worry. Simply call and say you want the 2-week extension.

      • Ben says:
        1 Feb1 February 12:14

        Oh ok thank you. I thought I might have to give a sob story about my first time achieving gold. hahaha.

  • ADS says:
    1 Feb1 February 11:12

    “There will be 16 (business class) seats per aircraft”

    i’m guessing the layout will be:
    2-0
    1-1
    2-2
    1-1
    2-2
    1-1

    so 8 seats with undisturbed aisle access (assuming the front row does), and 8 seats where you either have to climb over, or have a climber overer! far from ideal.

    • Dwadda says:
      1 Feb1 February 18:11

      Pity the singletons don’t enjoy the sliding privacy door that Jetblue has with the same layout for their biz class.

    • ADS says:
      10 Feb10 February 01:27

      looking at the photo again – maybe it’s going to be:

      1-0
      2-1
      1-2
      2-1
      1-2
      2-1

  • SK says:
    1 Feb1 February 11:37

    Can someone please tell me if its worth spending 107500 Avios + £510 for a flight to Beijing Outbound premium economy and Inbound Club World?

  • Kai says:
    1 Feb1 February 11:52

    OT: Made an AA flight booking via Amex Travel last night and wants to change the dates now. Called Amex just now and they informed me I’d have to pay a change fee now since the cooling off was only until midnight yesterday. Doesn’t make any sense to me as it says 24 hours on AA’s website. Shall I push further or contact AA? Thanks.

  • Celia says:
    1 Feb1 February 12:10

    BA ad – isn’t it Winnie the Pooh rather than Paddington…….. just saying

  • Nick_C says:
    1 Feb1 February 12:10

    Well that’s 90 seconds of my life I will never get back.

    What does it tell you about the airline? It was more like an advert for the (English) Tourist Board. Maybe it will appeal to the Japanese.

    Almost as pointless as the Boeing ad currently running on Sky News. They want us to go out and buy a going? Or choose flights operated by Boeing and shun Airbus? Who knows.

    Waste of money. Invest in the product and it will sell itself.

  • Celia says:
    1 Feb1 February 12:10

    It’s quite important to differentiate honey from marmalade

    • Anna says:
      1 Feb1 February 14:19

      Indeed, and Paddington was from Peru so can’t truly be classed as “British society” 😂.

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