British Airways 747-400 Upper Deck | New York JFK to London Heathrow
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- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024
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It is every avgeek’s aspiration to fly between JFK and Heathrow and what can be better than doing so on the 747. British Airways has been operating JFK flights for the majority of the company’s history and the route also recently became the only air route that generated more than $1 billion in a single year.
British Airways’ club world product may not be the most updated with the design originating from 2006. However, the redesign of the beddings and catering in 2018 certainly sheds a positive light on what was one of the more infamous business class in the market.
With the flight being a red eye trans-atlantic, the lightning in the cabin is far from ideal for filming so the camera work may not be optimal.
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The 747 is and will always be close to my heart
Yep, sadly, the 747 will soon be gone cos of ditching four engine jets within a few years.
You can put the divider screen up as soon as the safety demo is completed. The sign under the screen says it just has to be down for the safety demo itself.
As always, thanks for bring us this flight review. The quality of your videos are getting better and better. Keep going, bro!
Another great vlog
The loss of the queen is a sad event but BA needs to work on seat design on some aircraft
This is the best value of money cash business class flight to London from the US. They offer amazing sale fares in this route for premium economy price on Lufthansa to Frankfurt.
The fee is great if you want sit on the upper deck. Keeps it open for those in the know.
Regards to seat selection charge ... Swiss also charges for advance seat selection in Business Class. No charge if you want to take a chance and wait until 24 hours prior to departure. For the price of Business Class, I think it’s unjustified but it’s a cash flow for airlines
SWISS does indeed charge for seats but only select ones. If I recall correctly BA charges for every single seats on the Upper Deck as well as all window/aisle seats on the lower deck (can’t remember if they also charge for center seats). I’m fine with reserving nice seats for elites but not releasing any seat at all in advance is quite outrageous.
Shanghai Flyer ... I totally agree with you. I usually fly Swiss First Class so not a problem. When I fly Swiss Business, I want the throne seat 4A so I swallow and pay the price because the chance of it being available 24 hours before departure is slim to none.
Nice coverage
That design fits well for traders between London and NYC as they can talk face to face. Really BUSINESS instead of luxury
Nice long take off roll. Wow.
Why don’t people get that with a charge for seat selection it gives those that book later on a better chance of a decent seat. It also gives those that aren’t bothered about a specific seat a saving on their ticket price of the amount it costs to pre choose!!! Id say bravo BA!
I think business class is just a place to put high milage rewards members. Perhaps they think less is expected
7:12 the RB211 is the most beautiful thing I've heard
back in mid oct, was booked on ba112 to heathrow was supposed to been a b747 aircraft , but switched it for a b777,was so dispointed
My return flight was also swapped, but from 777 to 747
How long did the flight take
I can't understand the $160 charge?? WHAT IS THAT???
Reverse seat are so weird. But you get to look at the other passenger the whole flight??
No. The divider goes up after take off, and you don't see them until landing. No big deal.
D W Me too! Only heard of the lower class in business are not capable to choose seat, but pay to select seat? Never heard of it before BA.
BAs seat policy is to discourage people paying for seats keeping the good seats available for their status passengers eVen if they book late which are available to them free of charge.
Exactly. There is method to the madness! :-)
No, I think you'll find that the seat selection price is set to maximise revenue. There will be a certain number of passengers without status that will pay to reserve a seat. What they are prepared to pay sets the price and BA will happily take it. Passengers (with status or without) who book late will generally accept what's left. If I was OWE or even BA GGLFL, then I couldn't expect to book a next day flight and grab 64K (not that it's possible since the demise of the BA 747).
It’s fairly well documented that he high price is to discourage non status passengers from booking a popular seat and if they REALLY do want a particular seat they will pay for it with some more popular seats attracting a premium. If it was just revenue generation he seats wouldn’t have different prices attached to them. Back in the day a status passengers could book or swap onto a flight last minute and get a key seat on the upper deck on he 747. Further evidence of his is based on he fact that some seats are only open to One World Emerald and not even one world Sapphire could select them or pay for them. If the seat selection fee was to generate revenue then all seats would be available to purchase despite key seats being kept for highest tier passengers. Contrary to what you believe seat choice is very emotive and if status passengers book late and find the ‘best’ seat in the cabin is taken by someone spending a bit at Sainsburys and poking with nectar points and hey are stuck by the galley or toilets they wouldn’t be best pleased.
You’ve also got ‘theoretical’ seating which blocks a seat next to a status passenger as long as possible depending on their CIV. Again if Revenue. Generation was key hey wouldn’t offer this silent perk but would ‘sell’ the seat next to their valued status passenger.to anybody for ext4a ££££.
@Lon _donJohn69 I've often benefited by an adjacent blocked seat because of the theoretical seating algorithm but, if a flight was full, then it wouldn't happen. A non status passenger could sit next to me if there were no other seats available.
And you said: "It’s fairly well documented that he high price is to discourage non status passengers from booking a popular seat and if they REALLY do want a particular seat they will pay for it with some more popular seats attracting a premium. If it was just revenue generation he seats wouldn’t have different prices attached to them"
Isn't this exactly revenue maximisation? To discourage the passengers who want to book a popular seat, but won't pay for it?
Seat selection is free of charge 24 hours before departure...shame you didn’t mention that!
Great video! Thanks for sharing your trip. I love the 747! So sad to see them slowing going away. Looks like BA is try to improve their soft product. I agree that the seat selection charges on BA are ridiculous. Glad your flight was good overall. I'm looking forward to your next video. Happy New Year!
747 will sure be missed. I can understand if upper deck seats have extra charge but when every single window seats are being charged that’s really getting annoying.. anyways happy new year to you as well 😊
Seems the GoPro isnt very good for low light! A pity really...
Yeah... still a long way to go
As much as I love the Queen of the skies, I am assuming you uploaded this video yesterday when you flew. I would think that BA would be fading the Queen out (sad as that may be) and replace with new Airbus a350 or B787
I think I'm gonna cry when BA retires the last 747. Truly a symbol of a better era of British Airways. An era with grace, inspiration, game changing moments, and unconditional love and peace. Now, we sadly don't see the past glory of British Airways anymore. Sad
And those new plane have new, normal seats for business class, if I didn’t remember wrong.
@@jayd1426 Yep, probably because BA wants to replace it with two engine jets, probably to reduce the risk of climate change.
@@DavBlc7 BA is the largest operator of 747-400 in the world and has been for some time, it will take a while for them to phase them out even in this Covid world. Their reason will be purely economic.
@@吃饭不影响我变瘦 The A350 is the only aircraft with the new Business cabin at the moment, they will retro fit to the 777 fleet when they get their big service. The 787's were all bought with the old and as relatively new planes that cabin will be around for some time.
The British Airways is quite Different from the Other . Is Insurance Excellent Quality to travel around the world 😎🤗🤔😈
excellent report mate , liked
Nice video! That seat is god awful.
The fish eye ball camera is really bad
Good job and becaful driving ✈️ to pilot pilot British airways....
BA would not get my business charging for seat selection in business class its outrageous
too many ads
Did you pay for 64K though? It should be free for Emerald & Sapphire and T-7 for Ruby status holder.
I pod for 64K since I did not have Sapphire at the time of booking
That's crazy making you pay extra to select a seat...leave me out of BA !! Love that 747 sound on take off !! Glad your nuts were warm ! 2 x 4 x 2 down stairs is even less appealing !! I think I would fly with another airline to be honest with the seat lay out BA have and the outrageous charge for seat selection...by by BA !! Thanks for another great and honest review mate !!
My nuts are also warm. That's because I wear pants.
Go and find another airline if you resent being what you call yourself 'a fare paying passenger' next time
The worst thing is that the seats are in reverse position. No good.
哇，你的英音也太好聽了吧，拍的也不錯
Lacks privacy ?? Shut up.
I watch a ton of travel vlogs, yes I understand re the seat selection price, but quit moaning fella.. I normally love ur reviews