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I did BA A380 business class from IAD to LHR last year when I took my mom on a VV cruise of the Mediterranean. I was not impressed at all, paying $2k a person without seat selection was terrible. We were stuck on the lower level (so no nice storage compartment on the side) and my mom’s seat broke halfway through the flight and wouldn’t go up. The attendants were terrible and each kept telling her to put her seat up until they realized it was broken (this happened with 4 different attendants until they finally all knew her seat was broken). After that experience, I’ll never give BA a cent. Much much better options out there with better seats and tech (Air France, KLM, United, Delta etc)
@@AussieinUK-x8z I was already getting a bit pissed off with B.A. a few years ago, though to be fair the crew were always good and no complaints overall with the food. However I decided they weren’t any longer value for money particularly after trying A.F. The cringe worthy safety video was just another sign of an airline in decline so I’m not using them anymore. Interesting to see how you got on.
I fly Business/first class when ever the flight is more than 5 hours. Especially on the 14 hr flights I used to do each year. I like Delta and United. The Jet Blue Mint class is super for traveling solo, but you're too separated from your partner, if traveling with someone. I could barely see the top of my wife's head last summer. The worst was TAP Portugal. That was cramped and the food looked/tasted like it plopped out of a cat food tin. Have not done a BA flight in over 40 years, so it was good to see what they're offering. Thank you.
This is SUPER helpful info…we’re trying to do an international bucket list item in business class (via rewards)… Its been a nightmare trying to just narrow down an airline (not to mention which plane & route). So its GREAT to hear opinions on which business class ppl find best for long hauls 🥰
Hysterical, Rich! Coincidentally, Veronica and I are flying to Paris via business class on a A380 in a couple of days. We have a Viking "France's Finest" itinerary awaiting us. Your review was timely indeed. I am ready for my Aviation G&T!
Oh, the thought of travelling solo in this configuration was enough to trigger my anxiety - I wouldn't be able to stop making eye contact with my neighbour, haha!
What a delight to see this video! We just flew the BA A380 back from a Ponant cruise (Venice/Dalmatian Coast) two weeks ago. The top section of the plane is really unique. Your review was spot on and thank you so much for explaining the mystery of the "dressing under the salad." Absolutely love your vlog with your great insights and humor!
Amazing review! This is the first time I’ve viewed your vlog. The algorithm must now love me because I never knew I needed a review like this. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at a flight review. Hilarious one liners! New sub here! Well done and thank you 😊
Love your sense of humour Richard 😂. Thanks for this review , I think I’ll let my husband take the window seat for a change on our BA business flight in January 😂. I’ll take Helen’s choice and actually get to watch the TV. Hope there’s a Heinz cream salad on our flight 😋
i few toronto to heathrow on a BA 777 in business class and the seat broke during the flight (i'm not a heavy man) and could not get the seat back up for landing so the flight attendant put me into an empty first class section seat...even that seat was worn out with little doors that would close and chipped edges plus the seat fabric came unstitched about 3" long...i'm sure the next passenger sitting there would not be impressed after pay a huge amount for it...BA planes need a lot of TLC.
Really appreciate this review, as most are for solo travelers. Looking at an international trip with family and BA's business class is notably less expensive than other carriers. Only competitors are Virgin Atlantic and maybe Air France. If we had to pay KLM or Emirates prices, we'd just be economy. Even if it's not quite as nice, being able to lie down due to back issues could really make it worth it, especially with 2 long overnight legs. Don't mind the ying yang seating, so we can see/talk to each other. The screen being unusable was really inexcusable, though.
You had me laughing out loud! We’re 55 & 56 and like excited children looking forward to our first “Business” outing ever! Hope you’ve treated yourself to some Salad Cream since 😂👍🏼
cool video since i just booked this, LHR-BOS for next summer. Been concerned about the comments about these seats with others having to cross over my legs when i am seated in the aisle.
Only ever flown Club Europe and it was ‘okay’. Food was fine and crew have always been great. Even had a royal on one flight from Berlin that took up the entire front row. In one flight the crew were handing out mini bottles of champagne unopened telling us to ‘take them home’. The Heathrow lounges I surprisingly enjoyed - not the best in the world compared to Qatar, SIA, Emirates or even Virgin Atlantic, like you said always crowded but I always found the food offerings excellent and the afternoon tea scones and sandwich very fresh and delish. But those Int seats look very 20 years out of date (although if the alternative was economy I’d wouldn’t complain).
Your description of the BA hand held device was hilarious. I really don't like the CW seats but the A380 upper deck window is much better with the bin storage. The yin-yang arrangement is not good except for couples/friends/family. At T5, the T5B lounge is my favourite out of the business class lounges. Very entertaining video.
Great video! A couple of weird questions. If you were alone sitting next to the window(s), what's it like being served across from your next door stranger? And ... how do you get out to go to the restroom?
Indeed, two very good questions both of which highlight the issues with this layout! Ok, if travelling as a couple (though still an issue for the person near the window when they want to get out) but really not great for solo travellers 😞 Thanks for watching 👍
I flew Emirates A380 to Dubai and *it was magnificent* so I was curious to see what other A380s were like - especially since I planned to fly to the US next year. This BA A380 Business Class looks awful... and what's with the "back facing seats" where three's literally no privacy with the person sitting next to you? I may as well select the 777 instead.
When I last flew with this business class on a BA777 the staff gave me a menu to fold up and hold the screen out. For without the card, like your it would not stay out and usable.
Hard to beat the Virgin Atlantic Lounge. Those seats are a big no for my hubby and me. We did get some wonderful chuckles from this review. Thinking there may have been some adult beverages involved. Loved the button for no children 🤣. Looks like you are enjoying another great trip. (Or already enjoyed). Thanks for the amusing review.
@@visitwithus you two always look like you really enjoy each other’s company. Very refreshing. Thanks for sharing your experiences. We decided to try SB after one of your ship tours. Very excited.
We do enjoy the setalitte lounges much quieter and certainly much cleaner. We complained to BA about the lounge at T5 it was a disgrace. BA is way behind other major competitors. A major lack of underfunding and a couldn't care less approach by senior management. Its such a shambles that they should resign en mass and bring in a NEW winning team. Rant over a very well presented vlog.
I quite enjoyed that, but if I had been sitting near you, I think the commentary would have done my head in 😂 If booking early, single people can book a window seat at the end that has direct aisle access and is absolutely the pick of the seats. Without that I am very reluctant to pay good money to fly this dated product.
Haha! I promise you probably wouldn't have heard me. The sound has been heavily processed to remove the background jet noise, which would've masked anything I said. 😂
@@visitwithus I almost always go First with BA as I have hated their CW shit show for the last 15 years. The use of Avios to upgrade is the best spend you will ever make. The Concorde Room alone is worth the upgrade along with the privacy. I always go for several walks on the plane, and the biggest laugh ever, is walking through the CW cabin with folks on aisle seats sleeping with their great big fat arses sticking out into the aisle with their deep hairy cracks on full show by torchlight, and as you pass they give out a gargantuan fart, loud enough to drown out the roar of several RR engines and blow the froth of a cappuccino being consumed 5 rows away. The Layout is also a pervs charter to have a crafty little 'rub' on their neighbour's legs if they have to climb over them en nuit. A M8 of mine met his wife that way - well she's not actually his wife but he successfully rubbed up against her mid-flight in a pair of jog pants so she's as good as. Thank God for Avios...and First Class.
BA's A380 Business Class is SHABBY and awkward AF. There are a few 'choice' seat locations that give you more privacy without having to climb over your neighbor when you need to get up, but overall...it's a hard pass. Their 777's have been upgraded to suites , so that's a different story. Also, their food choices suck ass. It's very curry-centric. I love Indian food, but most people don't want Lamb Vindaloo on a 10 or 11 hour flight. Whoever is in charge of their menu is CLUELESS. That said, their crew members are usually super super nice.
It was booked for us by our TA- I guess it was cheapest? flew it all the way from Montana, US to Tel Aviv and back- thank goodness we had American for our domestic leg. 6 flights in total, 4 in the BA business class. Awful awful. Love the extra touch of having to pay extra to pick your seat- sorry, that’s a cut rate economy class feature. In the end we paid more than a better airline’s business class, just to sit by each other away from the toilet!
You can imagine my disappointment that they’ve already changed the equipment for my flight back from SIN next April from a 777-300 to the dreaded a380 ying yang 🙁
@@edwardsalmon5658 See, that’s the annoying thing about airlines. You book expecting a particular aircraft and (in my case) get all hyped for it only for them to change it for an old banger. 😕
I flew on B.A on a 747-400 back in 1987, from LHR to LAX in business class upstairs., nothing special to write home about. You got what you paid for and nothing more!✈ If i flew on a A380 it wouldn't be on B.A, but Emirates would be my choice!.
To old.....No it's BA, the suites are decent, the New New CW you are in is, well it sucks, the big issue is, on the 3 CW flights I took they ran out of food options by the 3rd row of CW, so we were stuck with the veggie option, fried rice, not fried rice with something, just fried rice. Funnily, we just did JFK-IST on Turkish, in business, they somehow managed to put out a worse meal than BA, the saving grace was ITA, FCO-JFK, my new favorite airline in the world, even better than SQ.
Give me Emirates or Etihad any day. That BA business class is not so pretty nor functional, however you did fly an Airbus A-380 !! Yup 8 years in cabin decor does show it's age and it does not age well it seems.
Yes the fact it was an A380 made up a little for the age, but it’s a shame when you book a flight that you can’t choose the aircraft! Still yet to try an Airbus a350-1000.
This has to be the worst business class ever! that food looks stale and cold. I have flown Emirates Singapore Business & first and nothing has come close yet!
Wonderful review! Your narration had me in stitches. I don't care for this configuration at all even when traveling with my SO. The service is always top notch though !!
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I did BA A380 business class from IAD to LHR last year when I took my mom on a VV cruise of the Mediterranean. I was not impressed at all, paying $2k a person without seat selection was terrible. We were stuck on the lower level (so no nice storage compartment on the side) and my mom’s seat broke halfway through the flight and wouldn’t go up. The attendants were terrible and each kept telling her to put her seat up until they realized it was broken (this happened with 4 different attendants until they finally all knew her seat was broken). After that experience, I’ll never give BA a cent. Much much better options out there with better seats and tech (Air France, KLM, United, Delta etc)
Oh dear, that sounds awful. We at least had wonderful service even if the seating arrangement is far from perfect.
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Gave up on BA a few years back and it would take something magnificent to tempt me back!
@@AussieinUK-x8z They’re certainly not what they used to be. 😕
@@AussieinUK-x8z I was already getting a bit pissed off with B.A. a few years ago, though to be fair the crew were always good and no complaints overall with the food. However I decided they weren’t any longer value for money particularly after trying A.F. The cringe worthy safety video was just another sign of an airline in decline so I’m not using them anymore. Interesting to see how you got on.
I fly Business/first class when ever the flight is more than 5 hours. Especially on the 14 hr flights I used to do each year. I like Delta and United. The Jet Blue Mint class is super for traveling solo, but you're too separated from your partner, if traveling with someone. I could barely see the top of my wife's head last summer. The worst was TAP Portugal. That was cramped and the food looked/tasted like it plopped out of a cat food tin. Have not done a BA flight in over 40 years, so it was good to see what they're offering. Thank you.
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This is SUPER helpful info…we’re trying to do an international bucket list item in business class (via rewards)…
Its been a nightmare trying to just narrow down an airline (not to mention which plane & route). So its GREAT to hear opinions on which business class ppl find best for long hauls 🥰
‘I dont what to push it, in case something happens to the airplane’….i cracked up..sounds like what I would be thinking. thanks for your review🚢🙂
@@eminiarvii Thank you for watching, and agreeing that it is the most dangerous button on the whole aircraft.
Hysterical, Rich! Coincidentally, Veronica and I are flying to Paris via business class on a A380 in a couple of days. We have a Viking "France's Finest" itinerary awaiting us. Your review was timely indeed. I am ready for my Aviation G&T!
@@seanveronicajoyce8092 Thank you for watching and enjoy Ryan Reynolds finest! Just don’t ask for ‘Deadpool and Tonic please’. 😂
Oh, the thought of travelling solo in this configuration was enough to trigger my anxiety - I wouldn't be able to stop making eye contact with my neighbour, haha!
@@FraserAtSea Haha! And the screen seems like such a rude snub. An impossible conundrum.
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What a delight to see this video! We just flew the BA A380 back from a Ponant cruise (Venice/Dalmatian Coast) two weeks ago. The top section of the plane is really unique. Your review was spot on and thank you so much for explaining the mystery of the "dressing under the salad." Absolutely love your vlog with your great insights and humor!
Haha, thank you, we’re glad you enjoyed it 😊
You’re hilarious sir! Flying this aircraft is pretty high on my aviation bucket list - it’s just such a beauty. Thank you for sharing
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I could not with the remote control options lolz!! This review was non-stop Quirk City and I loved it.
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Amazing review! This is the first time I’ve viewed your vlog. The algorithm must now love me because I never knew I needed a review like this. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at a flight review. Hilarious one liners! New sub here! Well done and thank you 😊
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Love your sense of humour Richard 😂. Thanks for this review , I think I’ll let my husband take the window seat for a change on our BA business flight in January 😂. I’ll take Helen’s choice and actually get to watch the TV. Hope there’s a Heinz cream salad on our flight 😋
@@gillbatterton5400 Mmmm. Heinz Salad Cream. 😋 The taste of the 80’s. 😆
Ageee 100% stunning
i few toronto to heathrow on a BA 777 in business class and the seat broke during the flight (i'm not a heavy man) and could not get the seat back up for landing so the flight attendant put me into an empty first class section seat...even that seat was worn out with little doors that would close and chipped edges plus the seat fabric came unstitched about 3" long...i'm sure the next passenger sitting there would not be impressed after pay a huge amount for it...BA planes need a lot of TLC.
@@jeffross5424 Agreed. These need updating.
Very nice Report, thank you very much❤. The Seat configuration ist for me, as I am a single, a No go😮
Thanks for watching Karsten. I agree, the layout isn't optimised for the solo traveller.
Really appreciate this review, as most are for solo travelers. Looking at an international trip with family and BA's business class is notably less expensive than other carriers. Only competitors are Virgin Atlantic and maybe Air France. If we had to pay KLM or Emirates prices, we'd just be economy. Even if it's not quite as nice, being able to lie down due to back issues could really make it worth it, especially with 2 long overnight legs. Don't mind the ying yang seating, so we can see/talk to each other. The screen being unusable was really inexcusable, though.
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You had me laughing out loud! We’re 55 & 56 and like excited children looking forward to our first “Business” outing ever!
Hope you’ve treated yourself to some Salad Cream since 😂👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it and no we haven’t succumbed again 😂
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Fantastic review, we still haven't stopped laughing. Did you hit the pop in the lounge 😂
Thank you. Unfortunately for me (Helen) he’s always like this, with or without a tipple (or two!) 😂
cool video since i just booked this, LHR-BOS for next summer. Been concerned about the comments about these seats with others having to cross over my legs when i am seated in the aisle.
Only ever flown Club Europe and it was ‘okay’. Food was fine and crew have always been great. Even had a royal on one flight from Berlin that took up the entire front row. In one flight the crew were handing out mini bottles of champagne unopened telling us to ‘take them home’. The Heathrow lounges I surprisingly enjoyed - not the best in the world compared to Qatar, SIA, Emirates or even Virgin Atlantic, like you said always crowded but I always found the food offerings excellent and the afternoon tea scones and sandwich very fresh and delish. But those Int seats look very 20 years out of date (although if the alternative was economy I’d wouldn’t complain).
Completely, and tbf the seats were very comfortable, if a little dated.
Thanks for watching - and for the interesting ‘Royal’ story 😁
What this video taught me - if flying BA don't forget to pack an excellent sense of humour. You'll need it.
@@digidol52 It helps! 😆 Thanks for watching. 👍
Your description of the BA hand held device was hilarious. I really don't like the CW seats but the A380 upper deck window is much better with the bin storage. The yin-yang arrangement is not good except for couples/friends/family. At T5, the T5B lounge is my favourite out of the business class lounges. Very entertaining video.
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Great video! A couple of weird questions. If you were alone sitting next to the window(s), what's it like being served across from your next door stranger? And ... how do you get out to go to the restroom?
Indeed, two very good questions both of which highlight the issues with this layout! Ok, if travelling as a couple (though still an issue for the person near the window when they want to get out) but really not great for solo travellers 😞
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I flew Emirates A380 to Dubai and *it was magnificent* so I was curious to see what other A380s were like - especially since I planned to fly to the US next year. This BA A380 Business Class looks awful... and what's with the "back facing seats" where three's literally no privacy with the person sitting next to you? I may as well select the 777 instead.
When I last flew with this business class on a BA777 the staff gave me a menu to fold up and hold the screen out. For without the card, like your it would not stay out and usable.
@@bobbolitho2554 That’s ridiculous eh? 😆
Hard to beat the Virgin Atlantic Lounge. Those seats are a big no for my hubby and me. We did get some wonderful chuckles from this review. Thinking there may have been some adult beverages involved. Loved the button for no children 🤣. Looks like you are enjoying another great trip. (Or already enjoyed). Thanks for the amusing review.
@@Lucky2be537 Thank you for watching. Unfortunately (for me), Rich is just always like that. No beverages needed. H 🙄😆
@@visitwithus you two always look like you really enjoy each other’s company. Very refreshing. Thanks for sharing your experiences. We decided to try SB after one of your ship tours. Very excited.
@@Lucky2be537 Haha! We’ve been together over 3 decades so we think ourselves very lucky we still talk lol. Enjoy SB. You’ll love it! 😍
We do enjoy the setalitte lounges much quieter and certainly much cleaner. We complained to BA about the lounge at T5 it was a disgrace. BA is way behind other major competitors. A major lack of underfunding and a couldn't care less approach by senior management. Its such a shambles that they should resign en mass and bring in a NEW winning team. Rant over a very well presented vlog.
Happy that you got the chance to get it off your chest 😆😆😆
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Did you perhaps have a wee drinkie in the lounge Richard prior to boarding? 😂
@@OudrageousAdventures I cannot divulge! 😂
Poor Helen......travelling with kids is hell!
Haha, indeed 😂
Thanks for watching (and appreciating my pain 😆)
Thanks for the vid Richard. BTW, will you ever consider doing a review on Yorkshire Airlines? 🤣
In Alan Bennet class of course!
😂😂😂
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This was different but i like it >(^^)>
@@sychanXXI Thank you. Every now and then we like to throw out something a little bit different. 😊
I quite enjoyed that, but if I had been sitting near you, I think the commentary would have done my head in 😂 If booking early, single people can book a window seat at the end that has direct aisle access and is absolutely the pick of the seats. Without that I am very reluctant to pay good money to fly this dated product.
Haha! I promise you probably wouldn't have heard me. The sound has been heavily processed to remove the background jet noise, which would've masked anything I said. 😂
Short answer - yes.
Haha, indeed.
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@@visitwithus I almost always go First with BA as I have hated their CW shit show for the last 15 years. The use of Avios to upgrade is the best spend you will ever make. The Concorde Room alone is worth the upgrade along with the privacy. I always go for several walks on the plane, and the biggest laugh ever, is walking through the CW cabin with folks on aisle seats sleeping with their great big fat arses sticking out into the aisle with their deep hairy cracks on full show by torchlight, and as you pass they give out a gargantuan fart, loud enough to drown out the roar of several RR engines and blow the froth of a cappuccino being consumed 5 rows away. The Layout is also a pervs charter to have a crafty little 'rub' on their neighbour's legs if they have to climb over them en nuit. A M8 of mine met his wife that way - well she's not actually his wife but he successfully rubbed up against her mid-flight in a pair of jog pants so she's as good as. Thank God for Avios...and First Class.
For me, this looks far too cramped for Business, looks so tight Rich, do you think that's the case?
It was cosy 😂 (but comfortable 😴)
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BA's A380 Business Class is SHABBY and awkward AF. There are a few 'choice' seat locations that give you more privacy without having to climb over your neighbor when you need to get up, but overall...it's a hard pass. Their 777's have been upgraded to suites , so that's a different story. Also, their food choices suck ass. It's very curry-centric. I love Indian food, but most people don't want Lamb Vindaloo on a 10 or 11 hour flight. Whoever is in charge of their menu is CLUELESS. That said, their crew members are usually super super nice.
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It was booked for us by our TA- I guess it was cheapest? flew it all the way from Montana, US to Tel Aviv and back- thank goodness we had American for our domestic leg. 6 flights in total, 4 in the BA business class. Awful awful. Love the extra touch of having to pay extra to pick your seat- sorry, that’s a cut rate economy class feature. In the end we paid more than a better airline’s business class, just to sit by each other away from the toilet!
Completely agree about having to pay (a lot) extra to choose a seat - unforgivable at this price point!
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You can imagine my disappointment that they’ve already changed the equipment for my flight back from SIN next April from a 777-300 to the dreaded a380 ying yang 🙁
@@edwardsalmon5658 See, that’s the annoying thing about airlines. You book expecting a particular aircraft and (in my case) get all hyped for it only for them to change it for an old banger. 😕
I flew on B.A on a 747-400 back in 1987, from LHR to LAX in business class upstairs., nothing special to write home about. You got what you paid for and nothing more!✈ If i flew on a A380 it wouldn't be on B.A, but Emirates would be my choice!.
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Bed option doesnt look great. Cheers for showing
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You made me laugh
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
To old.....No it's BA, the suites are decent, the New New CW you are in is, well it sucks, the big issue is, on the 3 CW flights I took they ran out of food options by the 3rd row of CW, so we were stuck with the veggie option, fried rice, not fried rice with something, just fried rice.
Funnily, we just did JFK-IST on Turkish, in business, they somehow managed to put out a worse meal than BA, the saving grace was ITA, FCO-JFK, my new favorite airline in the world, even better than SQ.
FYI, Salad cream + ketchup+ a little pepper = a pretty good Marie Rose sauce.
Haha, yes, we remember doing that too 😋
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Give me Emirates or Etihad any day. That BA business class is not so pretty nor functional, however you did fly an Airbus A-380 !!
Yup 8 years in cabin decor does show it's age and it does not age well it seems.
Yes the fact it was an A380 made up a little for the age, but it’s a shame when you book a flight that you can’t choose the aircraft! Still yet to try an Airbus a350-1000.
BA ?? No thanks,
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Hilarious that you have to put cautionary notes for Americans.
@@roybackhouse117 I wasn’t aware that I did. 😂
This has to be the worst business class ever! that food looks stale and cold. I have flown Emirates Singapore Business & first and nothing has come close yet!
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British Airways is just dreadful. Austrian premium economy is better than what you experienced. And those weird backwards-facing seats. No thank you!
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😂😂😂
Horrible product, should be sold as premium economy
It’s a bit more than that but I get what you’re saying. 🙂
Wonderful review! Your narration had me in stitches.
I don't care for this configuration at all even when traveling with my SO. The service is always top notch though
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We agree. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍