Claim your FREE £5, get TONS of super benefits, and sign up for CURVE METAL here: bit.ly/2mjiRuI Read my review on Simple Flying: simpleflying.com/flight-review-british-airways-a350-1000-club-suites/ Have a great Christmas everyone! I've been travelling Australia and beyond for the last few weeks which is why I've been quiet on here. Catch me every day on Instagram and Twitter! Handle: Paul_winginit on both! SO MANY amazing videos to come on this channel - thanks for tuning in and see you more in 2020 with some really ambitious plans... :-)
Jay Deshpande hi Jay! Me too, the 747 is really loved by all the BA crew that are licensed to fly on it, I’m very lucky to say the least! I live near St Athan, South Wales so I sadly see them being scrapped too.
Your content has reached a consistently high standard congratulations Paul. But how the hell do you keep the pounds off with all that airport lounge and aircraft food?
You also once mentioned a trio of refreshments served on a later flight that “saved you from having to eat dinner” when you arrived home... which I’ve never said and pretty damn sure I never will as I like food too much! Also, I’ve no-to-low self restraint. 😔😂
Thank you Paul. I love your reviews because you actually speak eloquintly about ALL aspects of travel. So refreshing and enjoyable, i sometimes feel like i'm right there with you!!!
Awesome! I booked myself on an A350 in Business just a couple hours ago and now this has now come up! What a nice coincidence. I'll be reviewing it too. Can't wait!
The Red of the Livery goes through the top windows but not on the model and their is spaces at the front windows for First class are spaced 2 space 2 space unlike the model.
@@Chicken_3475 you’re right! It should have 10 windows in front of the door which are visible, and one which is paint d over (the window closest to the door)
I love seeing this plane fly over my house on approach to YYZ I see it at about 7000-15000 feet and it’s one of the largest planes I see fly over including the KLM and Lufthansa 747-400
Your quick shot of the old BOAC livery blew my mind. As an 18-year old Yank exchange student, I flew Boston-Glasgow-Manchester on a BOAC VC10! During the descent into Manchester, I spotted a large stark-looking Victorian style building that to me looked like a Bedlam. A few hours later, I discovered that the place was my new school. The year I spent at that "Bedlam" turned out to be one of the most important and positive ones in my life. One mate I met there was my best man at our wedding in Honolulu, and he even returned to help us celebrate our 40th anniversary! Over the years, your videos have become exceptionally professional and sophisticated. Well done. Aloha from Hawai'i.
@@Ahuntsicspotter Well, OP is saying BA will start competing with Delta on that route, which is true. www.britishairways.com/en-us/destinations/portland/flights-to-portland
Nice job ... I do love BA .. had the great luck of flying in “ R” class 4 times - fast - tiny - but comfy seats - drop down arm rest & I never had a seat mate - with 30 to 60 ppl on board. Thx for updating - since I don’t travel as I did & havnt been in club since 2009 ... !
I have to point out, G-BYGC (BOAC) and G-BNLY (Landor) really are stunning, I am to young to remember the BOAC aircraft, though I did fly on a BOAC VC-10 as a small child and to stupid to appreciate the Landor scheme, but they both look stunning on the 744's.
This advice about the air passenger duty has saved me a small fortune. The price from Lhr to Tlv is significantly more expensive than the inv Lhr Tlv fare. £300 each on a business return making it the same price as a PE return from LHr, less the hassle lol. So looking forward to our 2 trips in Business. I loveBA and had outstanding service from their ground staff in the uk but the service in TLV was absolutely incredible and personal. Thanks for the review and the INV info.
I hope I’m not the only one that will miss BA’a signature aircraft, the 747, at Heathrow. That’s how my love for flying started. Seeing BA 747s outside the Terminal 4(previous BA Terminal) windows. Will be very difficult for me to say goodbye.
Welcome to Canada more specifically Toronto Pearson International Airport. You will be docking at Terminal 3. Once you clear toms and collect you're baggage oh can head to the terminal link and board the UP Express to Downtown Toronto Union Station. Or feel free to use the TTC to save money. For only $3.25 you can travel anywhere in the city.
This is another impeccable video & this business club seat is a vast improvement to their old club world outfit. British Airways new business club seats are a breath of fresh air & long may it continue !
Paul, great video again! Thank you so much! I have seen all the BA A350-1000 videos from, what I call, the holy trinity of Aviation bloggers...yourself, Sam Chui and Noel Philips. All great reviews but I really felt yours gave a very balanced and factual view of the product from BA which is important as it allows the viewer to make their own decision. My impression (looking at the seat maps of BAs fleet and the words from their CEO) is that they are hoping the A350-1000 will be a high capacity work horse for them on routes where there is high demand for lower priced fares...having flown to Chennai and Bangalore (one of BAs A350 routes) on BA myself [the first time I flew to Chennai was on their old 747-200s!], I can see why [the customers for BA in those two areas really very rarely can afford to fly regularly in BAs first class]. Whilst I love your reviews, I do wish you had posted this video much closer to the time you flew. I do understand you are a busy man but things like service issues you spoke about in your video could well be seen as incorrect by someone who saw your review today and decided to fly tomorrow (thinking you had flown more recently). That's the only piece of negative feedback I have ever thought of your videos. I hope in future you are able to post your videos sooner after flying...if not please do try and explain in your videos (not just in the written description) that you had flown much earlier. Anyway, thank you so very much for the videos you produce...sadly I have been unwell and subsequently unemployed therefore not able to travel. Your videos are a great way to help me feel like I am able to travel because my favourite part of travel is an airline journey!
Pauls is my fave reviewer as he likes travelling and seems like one of us. Some other reviewers seem like rich guys reviewing stuff to pass the time and I get irritated by moans about 'the first class bed not being quite wide enough' when most people will never get near business never mind First. Paul seems to enjoy the lot, whatever the seat.
@@kenetickups6146 but there is also the right to choose the method/tone - some comedians can make a two hour special out of complaints, but some reviewers cant be stood for five minutes. you ever worked in customer service? those complain about anything for i have rights types get free spit sauce and nothing more :)
I love it if you land 27L or 27R at LHR since at good weather you've a wonderful view over London. Last time when I flew to London with BA I flew to LCY and back from LHR at Club Europe.
Oh man, those shower suites are luxury compared to the old days. It used to be the only place you could get showered at Heathrow was a converted janitors closet. Of course few people knew about it, so making reservations weren’t an issue.
A350 experience seems nice. Flying in World Traveler Plus on the A350 from Austin in the summer. But, nothing beats the upper deck of the 747 for me. I still and will always love the Queen of the Skies
The wrong thing on the model A380 was that it had 1 more extra window on the top. It has 5, is supposed to have 4. And the red thing is not going over the window but above it.
I feel the suite door will be a bonus when you are trying to get some sleep on a red eye flight. I find crew and other pax wandering up and down the aisle disturbs me and the door will provide a bit of a barrier.
The crest ‘To Fly To Serve’ is missing .... it’s very difficult to compare BA Club with Virgin A’s Upper Class, Virgin do not have a ‘First’ product so combine first/Business together to come up with Upper Class, plus they have a funky image which is good, BA having a true ‘First’ product need to differentiate the business product so I find difficult to compare, personally I have always found the BA service excellent and Crew attentive, compared to Virgin so is my personal airline of choice,
That popular design of reverse herring bone seat. I've always wondered why they don't do it as herring bone. That way the passenger would be next to the window, and further from the Isle for more privacy. Just remove the plastic shroud from the seat and there'd be nothing obstructing the window. The storage compartment would be between the passenger and the isle, giving privacy without the need for the gimmicky door that BA introduced.
Interesting review. I’d like to see a like for like comparison of US airlines, Middle Eastern, Asian and European airlines business class suites or products on the A350-1000...
Being pedantic this is actually a modified Collins Super Diamond product - Diamond is 2-2-2 whereas Super Diamond is this 1-2-1. Thanks for another great video!
Travelling the Club Suite to NYC in February on a 777. Was lucky enough to fly the A350 to Phuket with Finnair in November in their Business Class. The A350 is a beautiful aeroplane. I'm expecting big things from this seat!! Shame however that BA have chosen to stick to their ancient fleet of 747s and 777s on their most profitable and premier route to NYC. I have a sneaky suspicion that the First Class cabins and ancient Club World product 7 abreast is the motivation. Lots of $$$$$$
Hi, Chris. I’m travelling on a 747 in club world to JFK in June next year and coming back to LHR on a 777 also in Club- How can I tell if the return flight is in the club suites?
@@logicalthinking4376 Hi. BA are slowly retrofitting some 777. At the moment it's only BA112 on the inbound from JFK but keep an eye on the seat map for your flight on seatguru.com or via the seating plan on your manage ny booking section. You're looking for the 1 2 1 arrangement. Retrofitted 777-200ER New York-Kennedy (JFK) BA173 London Heathrow (LHR) 11:20 a.m. Departure ⇒ New York (JFK) 2:05 p.m. Arrival BA112 New York (JFK) 6:30 p.m. Departure ⇒ London Heathrow (LHR) 6:30 a.m. (+1) Hope that helps.
I personally think BA stick the 747 on shorter long haul routes for fuel economy reasons. New York makes great sense as the fuel can be easily offset by ticket prices
Oh! Is that why more and more planes seem to have taken out the individual air nozzles? I mean, I guess I should have guessed but I never think of air ventilation as an expense as such.
I wish to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Thanks for the Great Videos and keep up the great work….Cheers and Best Wishes from Canada
Hi. The door is allowed to close after take off and the seatbelt sign is off. I’m glad the door is there as it feels a bit more secure while asleep. The only way for complete privacy would be an enclosed pod but that would create an all new safety concern. Very happy with this aircraft. The attendants remained friendly throughout a busy full flight.
It's sad that the Gallerie lounges have better choices of food at breakfast. I went to the Northern lounge in the afternoon and the choice of food was bad. The only positive thing was that I got 3 free Baileys at the lounge and 1 during the flight back to TXL.
Certainly a step up from the old "new" CW seat, the food also looks better, though I have to say, unless you don't like curries, ALWAYS go for the curry option on BA or VS over anything else, it is something they always do right. I'm not sure if this is one of the Do&Co routes, but their food is always great, so with the small errors I am guessing not ???? The problems with BA have never been related to the crews, it's the management team. I have no status with BA or OW and unfortunately I was put in a position where I had to book them to get 9 of us to the UK, in J and sadly VS didn't have enough seats, so after dropping close to $40k it did stick in the throat somewhat to be asked to pay for seat assignments, until I pointed out that there were 9 of us so it is free per the BA website.
Awesome vid. No offence but you could really benefit from keeping your voice audio level the same throughout the video. It happened so much where I could hear you normally and then suddenly you were really quiet. But again, the quality of the video was excellent, thanks I really enjoyed it.
The turbines are underneath the wing in the model. This has been flagged as a Mandela effect because many people noticed that all of a sudden, it appeared that turbines were suddenly far forward in front of the wing on most planes. When did this suddenly happen? The creator of the model may have retained a previous memory of how it was and built it that way. I had not read any comments but noticed this myself, simply because I look out for these things. The Mandela effect is about history not being consistent with our memories and though humans can be fooled, there are some memories that are deeply ingrained though. Not easy to explain when something you are enthusiastic and knowledgeable about appears to change overnight.
I first gave up on BA back in 1984, after two flights had broken down (one in the air and one halfway down the runway) plus they lied about what was going on. I thought I would give them another chance from London to Bangkok, return in about 2014 seeing as they had twenty years to improve. The first leg from London was OK, the return trip the plane didn't even turn up in Bangkok until the day after the schedule. BA's attitude was 'what's the problem?'. But BA offered the only direct route saving a lot of time so I tried again, Bangkok to London return business class. The neighbors next to my isle seat had to either step over the end of the flat bed configuration or ask me to put the seat up when they wanted to get out or back to their seats. The end of the flat bed had a significant amount of surface cut out to allow the seat to go flat, but that meant trying to get comfortable while slightly twisted. BA's attitude to all this was as if I was privileged to be allowed onto their airplane. They seemed going back to my first flight with them to be under the impression that I had paid to enjoy their service - not to get to a destination on time.
Hello There good to see you back, a lovely perspective and great narration/commentary throughout, overall a fantastic review. P.S. good to see the future comparisons that you are planning on doing. Cheers Peter Mc 🙂
It looks as though Virgin, are finally upping their game, they have still got a way to go, but they are getting there, good to see that they are investing in all the main classes. Cheers Peter Mc 🙂
for a 1-2-1 configuration A350 I don't think center storage bins are necessary. If its a 2-2-2 A350 like lufthansa sure they should have center storage bins
Sorry for the z at the end of the comment. Anyway I’m flying economy & sitting at the very back of the aircraft but still looking forward to the flight thanks to your video👍👍