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Flight reviews and information

  • 01-06-2009 2:18pm
    #1
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭


    I'm due to fly from LHR to Capetown this summer on BA, and I was wondering how to find out what kind of aircraft they'll be using on the flight?

    Also, I'm told there are websites where people review long haul economy flights so that you can find out how comfortable the journey should be etc. One even mentioned a review of the food!!

    Does anyone know A) Where I'll find out what kind of aircraft they'll use, and B) What review sites are any good?

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    I don't, but as always I suggest that people who have paid big bucks to an airline are quite entitled to ring the airline and actually ask them those pertinent questions.

    It's not a secret.

    They should know-ask them:D

    That's what I'd do anyway.


  • #3
    Foggy43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    It will be a B747-400. BA59 I presume.


  • #4
    Trotter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭Trotter


    Foggy43 wrote: »
    It will be a B747-400. BA59 I presume.

    I managed to root around the BA site with my booking ref and you're absolutely right. It'll be my first spin on a jumbo jet. Hopefully it'll be spacious enough in cattle class. Its an overnight flight so I'll be trying to get sleep of some sort.

    Here's the seating map. If I check in early enough, I'll try and grab seats on rows 51-53.

    seatplan_747_wt.gif

    Thanks for the help!


  • #5
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Hi,

    I flew BA to Jo'berg a few years ago. The space down the back is as dire as any cattle class to be honest. Expect to be cramped I am afraid .

    The IFE was ' ok ' not a patch on Emirates , or Virgin, however that was in 2006 so maybe it's updated now , there were seat back TV's but not ' on demand ' movies so they started at certain times .

    Food ....ok ( tbh I have forgotten what it was like so it's can;t have been either good or bad ) Virgin's food esp the breakfast is revolting ( or was last time I flew them ( 2007 ).

    Best thing about it , they serve Fullers London Pride , if you like your beer :-)


  • #6
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Trotter wrote: »
    Does anyone know A) Where I'll find out what kind of aircraft they'll use, and B) What review sites are any good?

    Your booking will have the aircraft type listed on it.

    BA website may give you service/meals/entertainment descriptions.


    Try Skytrax for reviews and seatguru for best seats. As with all cyberweb reviews prepare to ignore the crazies who expected full a la carte servivce in Economy!

    BA reviews: http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/brit_awys.htm
    BA seat tips: http://www.airlinequality.com/Spcl/tip_BA.htm


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  • #7
    Foggy43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    Davidth88 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I flew BA to Jo'berg a few years ago. The space down the back is as dire as any cattle class to be honest. Expect to be cramped I am afraid .

    The IFE was ' ok ' not a patch on Emirates , or Virgin, however that was in 2006 so maybe it's updated now , there were seat back TV's but not ' on demand ' movies so they started at certain times .

    Food ....ok ( tbh I have forgotten what it was like so it's can;t have been either good or bad ) Virgin's food esp the breakfast is revolting ( or was last time I flew them ( 2007 ).

    Best thing about it , they serve Fullers London Pride , if you like your beer :-)

    BA have installed a Rockwell Collins on demand or AVOD IFE system. Operating about 2 years now. All longhaul 747-400's and some of the B777's have it. Better not forget the longhaul B767's. They have it installed also and with 16 B747-400 being withdrawn from service are are making a comeback again at LHR on the longhaul scene..


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