Flight: British Airways BA 286 from San Francisco to London
Duration: 10 hours 20 minutes
Equipment: A388(Airbus 380-800)
Class: Business
Seat: 59D (Middle Section)
Seat Specification: Lie Flat Seats, Seat pitch: 72″, Seat width: 20″
MilesPointsTravel Disclaimer: This review is solely the work of Karen. I personally did not fly this segment.
British Airways Business Class (Club World) features full-flat seats in 2 x 4 x 2 configuration on lower deck and 2 x 3 x 2 on upper deck. Because this airline charges for advanced seat request even for Business class, I waited till check-in time to select a seat and was resigned to get an aisle seat in middle row on the upper deck.
The seat felt quite narrow and exposed (aisle seats) lacking privacy. Not all seats have direct aisle access.
Both the appetizer and entrée choices were good.
After dinner, I went to sleep and slept for about 5 hours. Crew woke us up for breakfast about 2 hours before landing.
Bottomline:
Seat: ***
Service: ***
Food: ****
The seat is very narrow and being seated in aisle felt exposed and lacked privacy. Also non-aisle row passengers have to step over the foot rest section of seat-mates to access aisle.
Service was ok for the flight. Dining options were quite decent considering British Airways gets bad rep on dining.