I see that on
BA planes this seat does not exist!!
Not exact matches
American Airlines is particularly well known for releasing so few award
seats on its own
planes, so you're likely stuck with
BA if you want to go to Europe.
The second issue raised in prior reviews was the level of recline, I asked
BA online services to conform the level of recline up front, the responses moved between evasive and not knowing, I can confirm that this row in the
plane G - XLEB does have the standard level of recline as other
seats so for at least that
plane the level of recline is not an issue.
All the main cabin extra
seats 17 - 19, except for the bulkhead
seats are great, if you can't get B or F. I took this flight instead of going direct from Boston on
BA, because the
BA planes are old and uncomfortable.
Because the
BA 787 - 9 is larger than the 787 - 8, it has something the smaller
plane doesn't — a first class section, along with 42 Club World (business class)
seats, 39 in premium economy and 127 in regular economy.
BA says that it knows that premium passengers don't like to fly at the back of the
plane, even if in a business class
seat.
But nonetheless,
BA's Executive VP Simon Talling - Smith reached out to TravelSkills with some interesting info: When it comes to configuration,
BA is putting all premium class
seats (14 in first and 97 in business) at the front of the
plane, on both the main and upper decks — this makes for a quieter flight, and faster boarding / deboarding.