Atlanta to get British Airways Club Suite – on the brand new Boeing 787-10

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• Ian says:

  21 Nov21 November 06:15

  Quote “ Both of these aircraft have a wider cabin than the Boeing 787. To accommodate the Club Suite on the 787, the angle of the seats is adjusted, which means that seat and aisle width will remain consistent across the British Airways fleet.”

  Surely this means that the club suite will be smaller.

  • The Original David says:

    21 Nov21 November 06:30

    I’m struggling with the geometry of that too. Presumably the wall-to-wall width of the suite will be smaller, but the seat itself could be the same width if it’s rotated a bit. But a 787 cabin is only 12 cm narrower than an A350, so that’s only 3 cm they need to find per suite from the rotation. Maybe even less if they can squeeze each aisle by a centimetre or two.

    • George Kassouf says:

      21 Nov21 November 07:26

      click on the image https://headforpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/British-Airways-787-10-seat-map.png

      imagine the seats as matchsticks or if your have a poor sense of spatial awareness, go get some knives and forks from the cutlery drawer.

      you can alter the width of the seat space used & number of seats (whilst keeping the aisle width constant) just by changing the angle you’re positioning the matchsticks/ knives & forks in the seat space – all whilst keeping the actual space needed by each seat/ match/ knife/ fork as a constant

      • The Original David says:

        21 Nov21 November 08:59

        … all of which would make sense if we’re only considering the footprint of the actual seat. But given the “suite” includes the storage space and surfaces either side of the seat, some of which overlaps with the footwell of the seat behind, surely something has to be narrower there. You can’t put the wall 3cm closer to the edge of the plane and still have the same width of suite, whichever way you point the seat.

        Obviously only a few cm in it though, and still infinitely more surface space than the current CW offering.

  • Lady London says:

    21 Nov21 November 16:14

    It means seat pitch might go down?

• Waddle says:

  21 Nov21 November 06:56

  Apologies for the OT.
  I made an advance booking a while back for a weekend at Hilton Paris Opera and due to check in tomorrow. The booking was made on my Amex Green to trigger the Hilton £50 back offer. The money has not been taken yet but I lost my card last week and since had it replaced. I was originally just going to sort this out at the hotel have them charge my new green card. However, Ms Waddle has just been taken extremely ill which means we will likely not be able to make this stay. Is there anything I can do about this to not be charged? Should I call the hotel or Hilton directly to explain the situation?

  • marcw says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:00

    Call the hotel directly and ask nicely.

    • Shoestring says:

      21 Nov21 November 07:28

      yep all the card stuff is irrelevant

      the only way is why asking the hotel (Hilton CS will say the same) – or some insurance policies might cover this situation

    • Lady London says:

      21 Nov21 November 16:18

      They are more likely to be réceptive to a reschedule than a refund/cancellation. If it’s cancelling you want then Amex Plat should cover if you have it. Otherwise check the termes of any other Insurance you have before calling, if you can do so promptly.

  • Evan says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:52

    I was in a similar position in May with the Conrad Algarve – paid in advance on my plat to get the credit, whatever it was at the time.. .I just cancelled and claimed on my Nat West Black insurance as I could prove the illness etc. I did get the money back. Took a while.

  • Peter K says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:58

    I hope Mrs Waddle fully recovers soon.

• Rich says:

  21 Nov21 November 06:57

  Atlanta is also famous for Martin Luther King, is close to Augusta, is home to CNN, Blue Mountains for a road trip etc. with a fairly high crime rate thrown in but it isn’t quite as bad as you infer Rhys and the BA yield people will have done the math.

  • Scallder says:

    21 Nov21 November 09:22

    +1 for the Civil Rights insights – the National Center for Civil and Human Rights is impressive. You can give the Coke experience a swerve though!

    You definitely should visit the aquarium though, it is indeed very impressive. You can also do behind the scenes experiences to ‘meet’ and help feed some of the animals. My wife loves sea otters so I organised that as a surprise for her which went down very well!

    We had 2 days in the city as a start point for a road trip around the Deep South back in 2017 which was enough, so wouldn’t suggest spending much more time there.

    • AndyGWP says:

      21 Nov21 November 13:47

      We did two nights on a similar (sounding) road trip last year – agree and it was enough for us too

      • Scallder says:

        21 Nov21 November 14:33

        Hey Andy – we did Atlanta (2 nights) – Nashville (4 nights) – Memphis (2 nights) – Natchez, LA (1 night), New Orleans (5 nights) – Mobile, AL (1 night – just due to en route location) – Montgomery, AL (1 night). This was before BA launched their Nashville and New Orleans routes (from memory) but was a great trip!

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:

    21 Nov21 November 10:58

    I’m guess Rhys isn’t massively into hip hop either.

    • ankomonkey says:

      21 Nov21 November 16:37

      Or Lil Jon… Yeah!

• Dave S says:

  21 Nov21 November 06:57

  So BA will have a first class product with not much privacy but a “better” business class product.
  Not sure that makes much sense for first class passengers.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    21 Nov21 November 08:53

    First is still better than club suites.

  • Jonathan says:

    21 Nov21 November 10:25

    We have flown first on the 787 and really didn’t see any issue with privacy. Your fellow passengers are far away and the angles meant that we didn’t “see” anyone.

• Mark says:

  21 Nov21 November 07:04

  “The 787-10 is the longest version, both in terms of physical length and flying range, ”

  The -10 actually has the shortest range of the three 787 variants.

  • Rob says:

    21 Nov21 November 08:21

    You’re right, I’m wrong, will fix.

• Jamesay says:

  21 Nov21 November 07:05

  Dear God.. 3 toilets for 57 Club World passengers !!!! That’s nearly 10 people to a toilet in what is expected to be a “premium” service. Unacceptable!!

  • The Original David says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:16

    Would you like to borrow my calculator?

    • MD says:

      21 Nov21 November 07:23

      😂

  • Sussex Bantam says:

    21 Nov21 November 09:00

    Don’t get angry at 7am….its a bad start to the day…

    • Rob says:

      21 Nov21 November 09:29

      So is waking up on a plane with an urge to go to the loo to find a big queue!

  • Shoestring says:

    21 Nov21 November 09:41

    some slight exaggeration at the possible inconvenience here

    just checked on our Xmas flight out and it’s likely to be rows 8-28 (x6 across) sharing 2 loos, so 120 people or 60 people per loo

    sure, it’s a short flight vs CW to Atlanta but I don’t think that factor matters unless you think a lot of people ‘hold themselves/ plan the loo needs’ and don’t use the loo on a short flight on purpose

    and typically a queue builds up at various times, I’ve never had to wait more that about 10 mins if it’s 6 or 7 deep in the queue

    compare that to 3 loos for 57, so 19 people per loo – 3x better ratio than on my flight and at worst a 3 minute wait

    any more than 3 loos and the CW loo space is wasted/ redundant

    • The Original David says:

      21 Nov21 November 10:34

      Not sure why, but your post got me thinking: why don’t we see urinals on planes? Having a trough along the outside wall of the toilet cubicle would speed things up a lot, and let’s be honest, how many people are actually going to be taking a dump on a 12 hour flight…?

      • Shoestring says:

        21 Nov21 November 10:39

        yep I think AF are experimenting with that concept

      • @mkcol says:

        21 Nov21 November 10:59

        Have you ever stood up urinating on an aircraft during turbulence?
        Much safe, for a variety of reasons, to just have a posh pee.

        • Spaghetti Town says:

          21 Nov21 November 11:59

          Do you also remember that woman fly too, as well as men?

        • The Original David says:

          21 Nov21 November 13:41

          Yes, and having the men using a trough outside would free up the cubicles for the ladies! Everyone’s a winner! Or include one of these in the amenity kit: http://www.shewee.com

      • Yorkieflyer says:

        21 Nov21 November 12:17

        I’d prefer the urinal inside the cubicle 🤓

        • Mr(s) Entitled says:

          21 Nov21 November 17:24

          Or at least inside the plane.

  • Yorkieflyer says:

    21 Nov21 November 12:14

    But only one at a time, do not as crowded as you suggest 😀

  • Charlieface says:

    21 Nov21 November 14:21

    Best is Lufthansa Group’s A330 setup which is a huge bank of toilets down a little staircase in the hold. Obvs you still need 1 accessible but that also leaves space for more seats. Bear in mind the hold is usually maxed for weight, not space. I heard they were ripping them out for some odd reason, not sure if it’s true.

  • Lady London says:

    21 Nov21 November 16:22

    If it’s that bad on J how awful is it in Y?

• Anna says:

  21 Nov21 November 07:07

  Atlanta is a massively used connecting hub even if it’s not a major destination in itself. With the US and Caribbean being so poorly served from MAN, many people use Atlanta to connect to other parts of the US (e.g. Orlando at peak times when direct flights are ridiculously expensive) and to the Caribbean islands with Delta. There can be surprisingly little award availability on BA at peak times which suggests that families are also using the route from LHR.

  • mradey says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:22

    Yup, I’ve used Atlanta for Florida trips with the kids.

  • LewisB says:

    21 Nov21 November 07:52

    I’ve also used Atlanta before for Orlando. It did cross my mind to do a stop off for the World of Coca Cola!

• Zoe says:

  21 Nov21 November 07:45

  There was no BA redemption availability when my daughter needed to start her year in South Carolina and even Virgin only had room in Premium Economy. We got BA flights in mid December to visit her but didn’t see any of Atlanta.

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