(UPPER DECK) British Airways 747-400 Club World | London Heathrow - Philadelphia
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Get £25 off your first Air BnB stay!
abnb.me/e/RO0O...
TWITTER:
/ avctrips
INSTAGRAM:
/ avctrips
Thanks for taking time to watch this fully comprehensive review today, which features a flight in British Airways Club World (Business Class) from London Heathrow (LHR) to New York (JFK) on a Boeing 747-400.
Airline: British Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 747-400
Flight Number: BA69
Class of Travel: Business Class (Club World)
Registration: G-CIVY
Seat: 63A
Actual Flight Time: 7 hours 13 minutes
Filmed on: iPhone 7
Date Filmed: September 2018
Notes: My 1st time on the 747 upper deck. My 3rd BA 747 flight.
Cost to Book: 50,000 avios + taxes.
What a mixed up day this was! After being booked on the BA175 to New York JFK which then got cancelled, I was re booked to Philadelphia. Otherwise, I would of been on quite late flight to JFK (11pm arrival) as the rest of BA’s services that day to NYC were completely full. I then got an Amtrak to New York Penn station off my own back for around £35 which was actually a lot closer to my hotel than Kennedy Airport is. Getting to the airport slightly later than planned and having to re book left no time for any lounges.
The good summed up:
- A great meal service. Afternoon tea was especially brilliant and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
- The 747 upper deck is fantastic and very quiet. Try and get a seat up here if you can!
- BA’s Worldwide Cabin crew are always hospitable and can’t do enough for you. An enjoyable service.
The improvements:
- Many complain about BA needing to update its Business Class hard product, this is coming in 2018 with the arrival of the new A350’s. Meanwhile, the current Business Class layout gives you a lot of privacy on the window seats.
Farewell British Airways 767!
• Trip Report: Goodbye B...
Another one of my British Airways long haul Business class Trip Reports:
• NEW CLUB WORLD SERVICE...
Southwest Airlines Trip Report:
• Trip Report: Southwest...
we are the makers of that chocolate thing that was 10/10 , many thanks ;-)
Neville Fisher what’s it called?
@@mikesmith6292 chocolate salted mille feuille
"That chocolate thing" > 😄
I last flew on BA in the late 1980s. Superb service in first-class. The staff couldn't do enough for you.
Great video buddy. It’s such a privilege to be in the upper deck of the one and only Boeing 747. I don’t honestly care about how old the 747 is. I always feel so happy and emotional to fly in the Queen. I love the 747 with all my heart. She is my own mother from the sky, taking me safely to a new place. She is my Queen. It’s my dream and wish to hear the Rolls Royce engines of the British Airways 747. Even if I don’t get to, that won’t take my love of the Queen of the Skies. Boeing 747, I love you!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I flew LHR - SEA in 62K in Feb. 2009. More room and more privacy than when I flew the same route in FIRST in 1F on a BA 777 the previous year.
I flew BA Club World in the Upper Deck from JFK to LHR last year. Despite all the criticisms of BA Club, the Upper Deck experience is quite magical and unique. It really feels private in the 2-2 config. And the service, from my experience, is exceptional.
I really enjoyed the upper deck. There’s certainly something different about being up there. Glad you enjoyed your flight and thanks for watching.
I agree
Nice report. I especially liked that you took the bus to the airport before a Business Class long haul flight!
Haha i always take the bus/coach to the airport, it’s so much cheaper and less hassle! Thanks for watching.
Don't understand why everyone hates the seats, I have flown the business class seats before and it was very comfortable, spacious and private.
We always fly in the upper deck with BA. Just feels so much more peaceful and cozy up there
It’s a great experience that should be on most travellers bucket list! Thanks for watching.
BA are very underrated.
Just wonderful! Comfy & real food. Oh how I hope I can schedule in...Flown 747 x 4. Great rides! Is this your favorite trans-Atlantic choice? If not, what is? The floatation vest vid was 😂..."...tie the straps in a bow to ur side." Me over Atlantic ocean ditching: "Now is that left over right, or right over left?"😂Velcro? Love ur trip reports! Safe travels!
Thanks for watching. The 747 is certainly one of the more fun ways to get across the Atlantic compared to the two engine jets, given a choice I probably would choose it on a day flight and perhaps a newer jet like the 787 on a night time flight due to the quieter cabin. Thanks for continuing to watch my videos!
A very enjoyable video to watch - good contents - safe travel always
Thanks for the kind words. Same to you too!
Good video. It looked a good flight. A treat to fly on the 747 and get upstairs. I did in one of their 300's from Singapore as a boy.
Really good flight, i very much enjoyed. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
I just discovered your channel and you have another subscriber. I really enjoyed your BA trip report.
Really glad you enjoyed watching the report. Thank you for subscribing, your support is appreciated.
Great vlog, really enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching!
Great stuff! That actually looked quite enjoyable (for British Airways standards LOL). I'm going to miss the upper deck so badly when it is all gone....
Thanks for watching! I won’t lie I do enjoy a flight in Club World, the crew and food are always up to scratch in my opinion. The upper deck is really a nice experience and now one thing i’m glad to say i’ve done.
Nice to see that the soft product has improved significantly.
The food is great. The bedding is also really comfortable and the new seat is coming (eventually).
Thanks for sharing this good report.
Thanks for watching!
well i was upgraded to 63a last week and can say flight was great !!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed your flight. Thanks for watching.
Awesome video! Did you use iPhone camera or any other video app? Also would like to know did you use gimbal?
Thanks for watching! I just use my IPhone 7 then iMovie. I’m not sure what gimbal is though!
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video. I ended up with about 40+ minutes of footage from this flight and wanted it at about 16 for the final cut - but this what I got! If you’re ever booked on a BA 747 in Business Class, I thoroughly recommend trying to get on the upper deck!
This is not a review. It's a promotional video! I was a Captain with BA for many years. Their business class was probably the best on the market. Unfortunately, it is now rated down with Kenya Airways, which says it all. I am no longer associated with BA & it's dreadful boss, Willie Walsh, & I['d rather pay full fare on other airlines, than get discount on BA. ( & I'm Jack not Jess, due to which e mail works here!)
jess morrison u
AVC Trip Reports . When do you upload a new video again?
British Airwyas is awesome :)
Cool flight and food. B. A are abit annoying with cancellations but never had a bad experience on board.
Thanks for the great review. I have a trip coming up in July and I was sad to being bumped from BA1 to a 747 out of LHR to JFK. For months the upper deck showed no availability and after reading all of the negative reviews of their outdated J product I wasn't looking forward to riding on the 8 across lower deck. However, just this week a seat just opened up on the upper that I was able to grab so while the seat is the same as the ones below I am excited about the upcoming ride. It will be my second time on the 747 UD (First was on an LH 747-8).
Fort Mifflin at 16:44 was once meant to keep the British out of Philadelphia. I guess they hadn’t counted on the day you could just fly over it! 😉
How times have changed! Thanks for sharing that and thanks for watching.
Great video! Thank you. We’re flying BA Club for the first time in a couple of weeks, I’m so excited and your video was really informative!
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you found the video useful. Hope you enjoy your flight.
I remember the old original BA 747s - the First Class offered you the 'bubble' upstairs. There was a bar and crew would serve you with drinks, coffee , tea etc. Nice seats to relax and meet other people! Now you just sit in a cocoon and meet nobody - just play with IT junk. Lovely trip once with TWA upper deck - great people once met...
I’d of loved to have flown BA’s 747’s classics, thanks for sharing that!
Great video, enjoyed! The internet may not have been working because I noticed you had aeroplane mode on when the site was loaded
Thanks for watching - really pleased you enjoyed. I think I had my wifi switched on though!
I take the upper deck filming hassle any time ;-) - great report
... would take .. i need more coffee
The upper deck is certainly worth it. Thank you for watching!
That’s the dream right there. Upper deck 747 looks marvellous. Great video.
Thanks for watching Blake. Yes it’s a great experience if you can get up there, very little aisle traffic and only 2 cabin crew, so a bit like a private jet some say!
7:44 In all the flying I have done and I have done a huge amount of Short haul & Long Haul.Because I was born and live in London that view always always make me feel a strong sense of loss as if I am never returning home.
It really is a great view on a sunny day. Thanks for watching.
Great video nice to see a refurbed 744
Cheers for watching.
I Love Your Music end of vid On The Record Player !! NICE
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Good report, this is how they should be done in my opinion!
Thanks for your feedback, i’m glad you enjoyed the video!
That Air Belgium A340 looks awesome with those blacked-out cockpit windows! @3:01
Indeed! Thank you for watching.
Delta had a 1/1 configuration for business class in the upper deck...before they got rid of them. That configuration sounds super dense!
It is a super dense configuration. It’s 2-4-2 on the main deck, 8 across! Thanks for watching.
Yay for Amtrak!!
It’s the Delaware River you’d passed over on approach to runway R27. The Schuylkill, a much smaller river, feeds into the Delaware, much as the River Hull feeds into the Humber, and is for pleasure craft only.The Delaware River is what makes Philadelphia a port city.
Thanks for that!
Thoroughly enjoyable report. Looks like a very impressive service. I don’t understand the grief BA get.
Thanks for watching Tim. People do have bad things to say about the seat i find but I’ve always found the crew and food to be excellent, coupled with a good amount of avios redemption opportunities like i did here.
Brilliant video! I can see in the galley haha
Thanks for watching mate. Talking of 747’s i’ve not got around to watching your latest Qantas video yet.
I’m travelling club world from LHR to LAX later this year and want a window seat. What would be your recommendation?
64A/K (on 747) are really good if you can get them as they have direct access to the aisle. Any window seat on the upper deck I throughly recommend mind on the 747 or A380.
Great video, I discovered you through ‘wingin it with Paul’.I really like your clear and concise reports!
Thanks for watching and coming across! I’m glad you enjoyed it - i’ll actually be trialling a voice over style video soon instead.
Thanks for watching and coming across! I’m glad you enjoyed it - i’ll actually be trialling a voice over style video soon instead.
It looked a great flight!
I always enjoy club world as the crew and food are great. Thanks for watching the video.
@@AVCTripReports i've never had the chance to try it! Hopefully one day i will!
Lots of good avios availability if you ever fancy it - that’s how i got this flight!
Flying upper deck in June. Last time I flew upper deck was 25 years ago on Northwest from L.A. to Tokyo, the days before they had the lie flat seats. I'm looking forward to the upper deck again.
Hope you enjoy it. It’s a very ambient and pleasant space.
Thankyou, great video, flying in the bubble was always nice, going business Tampa to gatwick later in year, hoping service will be good, reading to many mixed reviews
An enjoyable video.
Thank you for taking the time to watch.
Five star coverage
Thanks for watching!
This looks much nicer than Nonstop Dan’s meals from a recent review lol..
I wonder why their business class product is so inconsistent ..
great report , like
Thanks for watching and the contiued support.
Looking at that beef fillet made me hungry and it’s 10oclock at night here
Thanks for watching mate. I really did enjoy the beef.
Love Heathrow airport.
Very Nice video
Thanks for watching.
Great video 👍 you managed to capture my house from the air with your shot of filton airfield aha it’s literally at the end of my road
Thanks for watching. Glad you managed to spot your house but as you probably know there’s sadly not much left of Filton airfield.
AVC Trip Reports sadly not no, the runway is still there however recently it has become a lorry park for various companies around the area. Still have the air raid shelters at the perimeter fence though which is cool :)
Since the insurgents of Middle East carriers, BA are now just ‘ok’ in premium cabins
Thanks for watching the video and leaving a comment!
@Claude Bedard that may be so, but the level of service in business on BA and the American carriers is woefully poor compared to the middle east Airlines. They've been caught with there pants down and have never caught up. Even Rwandair in business is better than BA"s Club World. The economics work if you get the business, whoever owns it, be it a billionaire or a state or a conglomerate of pension/hedge fund managers who suck the life out of every business.
Hello! First of all, Great trip report! Secondly, how was the service from the FA'S? Customer service? And lastly, at 13:55...what seat were you admiring the view of the wing/engines from? Harry
superb landing.
Thanks for watching.
Philadelphia guy here. U passed over the Delaware river right before landing
Thanks. I later found out the river i mentioned is a bit further on and the Delaware feeds into that river!
BA are fantastic!
It's unbelievable watching this with Covid now around, considering today in first class domestic (on American carriers), they hand you a bottle of water and a hand-sanitizer wipe.
Im seeing such negative comments my husband was a member of the BA club class i even have his membership card i hope everything is as good as it used to be ?
0:00 what a nice sound of the a320 or a321
I have always enjoyed flying BA. Used to fly them from Bermuda alot.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video!
Was the display good quality?
Yes, very good HD i think. Thanks for watching.
guidoune/lobster-roll (?) while over Maritimes. That's class.
Just for clarity, Newport is not a city, it’s a town.
Thanks for watching. Newports been a city since about 2002 i think.
I like this video
Not found of the loud drums at the end.
Thanks for watching!
Yes sir BA and all Europe Airlines and the rest of the world for that matter know what real Airline service is,
. But not in America.... listen up America airline companies! Take a lesson here
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Alaska airlines has the best customer service and best food
17:06 Huh, I've never noticed the Krueger flaps retracting between the engine nacelles when reverse thrust is applied before. Is that normal?
mezsh Normal on reverse selection. To minimise the risk of debris and ice/slush/water being thrown up into the cavity and mechanisms. In certain conditions the super cooled airframe will cause cold water to freeze on contact thus potentially causing damage on subsequent retraction or extension. They also experience a high level of buffeting from the reverse stream which can accelerate wear to the linkages and mechanism of the leading edge devices.
@@sishack Very informative, thank you!
Nice
Thanks for watching!
Lucky you on a 747
They are becoming quite rare!
The U S 'heritage' carriers are the worst. Try either DL or AA just once and you'll wish you'd taken BA instead.
Thanks for watching. I’ve Not tried Delta or Americans business class.
I’m very lucky to travel to the east coast with Work from UK. I always try to get a 747 over a 777. Seat 64k upstairs on the right of the aircraft. It’s backwards facing but you don’t have to climb over anyone to move about. Right near the stairs too if you want to stretch your legs. People love to bash BA on you tube. Yes some of it looks a bit dated but transport through T5 Heathrow is painless and the reality is you spend most of your time doing other stuff on the plane rather than eat and drink. Could be on any aircraft. I have understand about 70% have been updated now. I get a load of snack and make a den and watch family guy!!
Thanks for watching. The upper deck has a nice quiet atmosphere in my opinion and T5 is a great terminal to travel from.
I personally dislike the business class seat setup, 1 forward and 1 backwards. Look small and claustrophobic.
I can’t say i’m a massive fan either. The legroom is really good however unlike some business class seats which force you into a sort of foot coffin.
What u want ur own plane
Like BOAC, BA still has great service and 747s!
US carriers don't have either
The 747 will really be missed when it disappears from the skies, probably as much as Concorde is. Thanks for watching.
SALT AND PEPPER SERVED IN THE SAME SACHETS AS MCDONALDS LOL
Thanks for watching.
Why aren't you speaking?
Thanks for watching, however not all trip reports have people speaking in them.
Didn't know there were flaps on the leading edge, only trailing edge, learn some new every vid ,!
Just make sure you don't get their unrenovated 747s which still have 20year old seats. Got stuck with that to JFK 3 months ago. Appalling product. Watch out for mid J configuration on seat guru and avoid at all costs.
Thanks for watching. Luckily some of the Mid J’s are being refurbished to the standard of the 86J aircraft!
thes4uce to be honest I don’t care about the unrenovated 747s. It seems just fine for me. I still feel comfortable. I don’t honestly care about the age of the 747. I just felt so happy and emotional to just be on the 747.
Omg those jumbos are so old.
You should 'NEVER' mix alcohol drinks on a long haul flight You will regret it at trips end or earlier--
Thanks for watching.
Really needs dialogue
Cracks me up, these guys who pay $12,500 for a seven-hour flight, and they brag about being able to stock up on all of the soda, chips, and candy bars they want -- for free!
Luckily I paid with miles then! Thanks for watching.
@@AVCTripReports but 12500 ?? really
@S Muir if I were a million r, I,would,pay,for, what,I,wanted..waste or whatever😍
WAIT A MINUTE how do u know??? Your from America not Britain. NO.
U crack ME up
That's right, if I could afford to travel that way, it would be my decision to stock up on what ever is available, whether first class OR cattle class
14B isn’t Upper Deck
Flying Business class with BA is the worst decision you can ever make. The seats are horrible and even I as a German say the service is not good and usually we take pride in being the most unfriendly people you can be around.
Thanks for watching.
I thought it was nice
BA - the World's most expensive low cost, no frills, we're run by the accountants airline.
Good video and editing but you really cannot put slap on a pig.
Thanks for watching and your feedback.
BA - poor quality compared to other airlines
Thanks for watching the video.
Wouldn’t waste my money flying BA
Thanks for watching!
AVC Trip Reports no worries mate , still a good video though !!
Beef khate ho
Haram khor
Old planes Awful staff Bad everything.
A joke airline.
It's fashionable to knock B.A. these days because they are no longer the prestige airline they once were but to say the staff are awful is simply not true from my experience. I use B.A. Club World on a regular basis because they give me some great deals and I've never found the service to be anything other than professional and helpful. Of course it depends who is on board on any particular day but I've had bad service on Delta and United (never again!) which was far below anything on B.A.
It seems to be more and more people feel this way! Sadly, I feel this is a very British thing, "we won the war now there is nothing else for us to do"
cameronpaul agreed. I’ve never really had a bad experience with BA to be honest. The short haul services in particular are perfectly fine really and pretty much the same price as the budget carriers. Like you said, it’s a very fashionable opinion that they suck and everything about them is terrible, but I do wonder sometimes how often many of those people actually fly with them.
Kev in England first of all; BA operates a sustainable and relatively modern fleet that fits the routes they operate, not sure why you mean my bad everything as it's a big to vague. Food however, I will agree with you on that. Once again a joke airline is a bit vague so not sure where to touch on with that. In the 21st century with airlines like Ryanair and easyJet operating a cheap and still comfortable industry, I do think BA's days are coming to an end.
The video makes the journey look nice.
BA has the worse business class seats. Maybe only rivaled by the ones from air New Zealand
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video.
RUBBISH My girl flew that shit and she said it was horrible she would never ever fly it again It was poor service and the cabin staff stank She was scared to death she would be raped and murdered by a kook idiot form N/Z
Why would anyone fly on a plane over 25 years old with an inferior product and crew who are hit or miss-mostly miss who make you feel you should be honoured to be served by them?
Thanks for watching!
They treat you as if you're personally responsible for the death of Princess Diana.
BA = meh.
Thanks for watching.
Why would anybody really want to pay for this overpriced bullshit?
Thanks for watching.
Shut up peasant
@@ianrobertson5798 go fuck yourself kid
I've flown transatlantic business class with American, Air France, Delta, Lufthansa, SAS and United. All were superior to this.
Thanks for watching!
American carrier business is definitely worsethan BA