I Fly British Airways Business Class Club Suites-Was It Any Good? 

I watch a lot of aviation videos, and I sometimes just watch and keep moving. But I hit the subscribe button when you dropped your champagne and did not edit it out. Great video, sir.

I chuckled when you mentioned a previous comment that you complain too much. My response to that person is that they should spend the time to make their own video reviews. You are 100% correct that paying an extra GBP1k comes with heightened expectations. I enjoyed your video and have now subscribed to your channel. Thanks for taking the time to share this video. Keep up the great work mate. 😃

Thanks for such a great review. Flying business with BA for the first time ever in a couple of weeks so super excited about this after seeing your review.

Nicely done especially the graphics. I just subscribed. Team BA because I flown the flag for 60 years and the enjoy the professional announcements and great meals / drinks.😊

Thank you for sharing your flight here. It is so nice to go for the upgrade on those long-haul flights. I do prefer the upgrade to stretch out and relax. The meal looked nice as well. Sorry it seemed that champagne glass had a litte bit of a problem. I am glad you had some paper towel to wipe that up.😊

Such a well made video! You earned a new sub and I hope reach more in the upcoming days!

loved the video not to long showed what was needed to the point, Great filming

I'm a new subscriber and so pleased I chanced upon your video. I loved it. You got the right balance showing everything that is necessary and no extra unecessary frills. I am definitely Team BA as I have flown with them many times and they are always top notch. Virgin are ok, but I collect Avios and use them for amazing flights with BA.

This video is really well made, I couldnt believe that you only have 300 subscribers

I frequently fly Air France but on BA business to Vancouver in a couple of weeks. Out on the A350 club suite and back on the older seats on a 777-200. Prefer the club suite which is similar to Air France, but still be good to check out the older BA seat. Really enjoyed the video and I thought it was put together really well. Glad you left the drink mishap in, we have all spilled a drink at some point in our lives 😂

Love their mocktails. Also I love that you can have a rear facing seat where it is not possible in first!

Superb review. BA all the way now they changed the Club World suite from that old tat to this new suite. Ive had the pleasure of first several times long haul and barring that superfantastic concorde lounge theres not a lot of different between 1st and club world. That Concorde lounge however is somewhere I could die happy!

As someone who travels quite a lot using low cost carriers or the occasional economy on a long haul flight.....my first thougths when I read the video title was "I bet it was"

great video. I really love BA and I'm loathed to try other airlines when all i have ever had from BA is fantastic service, both on the ground and in the Air. We have some european business class & hotel booked later in the year and amazingly it has come in cheaper than the same trip with both Jet2 and TUI! Keep up the interesting content! thanks!

B Gate Lounge the best one compared to other which can be super busy… you also get better food, chill vibes and better plane spotting… you can always walk back to main bit just leave enough time if you are doing connections away from B Gates

A great review, thanks. I like your reviews because you are honest but measured with it. I’ve always been partial to British Airways all of my life. The etiquette, training, food (love their chocolate mousse!), cleanliness, safety record etc are second to none. The business product is a cut above the rest - understated elegance, not so much of the glitz and glamour we see with other airlines. I’m Team BA. Virgin is a good competitor without doubt but there’s a certain je ne sais quoi about BA that is hard to convey. The airline exudes that quintessential British flavour that I don’t think one gets with Virgin!

I’ve not flown CW with BA, only premium to Vegas however plan to travel to Chicago in CW. Flown with Virgin to JFK Upper Class recently and I think it’ll take a hell of a lot of beating their service! Fab review though really enjoyed this 😊

Great video! I love BA, but Qatar Qsuite is hard to beat when travelling to Doha. Look forward to your next one! 👍

Great video, a difficult choice but I am team Virgin as the service was overall very good when I went on it and when booking with them in person I always get a great service. BA is good too though. I am flying Business Class tomorrow with BA in fact! Thanks for your videos mate.

Team BA for me. They have been consistently reliable for me for as long as I've been crossing the pond. Of the 5 times I've flown Virgin, I've had 2 cancelled flights and 3 equipment changes. I also slightly favor BA's food & drinks menu over Virgin.

A late entry to your competition I know - but here goes! I am now a Virgin Atlantic fan despite being with British Airways for 20 years. My first BA First Class flight was from Riyadh to LHR in 1991. It was amazing. I flew that route regularly for five years. Even the cabin crew recognised me! There was never anyone up front. Then I stared to use Club Europe, which started out OK then ended up as being the same seat as economy, with just a curtain separating the two cabins. The Club Europe experience was exactly the same as economy class, the same seat, the same service and a sandwich! Except the Club Europe sandwich was served on a crockery dish... hence our nickname for BA - 'sandwich airlines'. In 2000 I tried the now Virgin Upper Class and this was exactly what BA Club was back in the day. The meet-and-greet, check in and lounge experiences were sublime, as was the hard and soft product. OK - the VA crew were a bit quirky and not so straight-laced as the BA crew, but I have felt very at home on every Virgin flight ever since, and doubt I'll go back to BA!

Good stuff pal!

Thanks for the review! I think the overall virgin experience is much better than BA, but BA has many more destinations. Also, even on virgin, you can still get their outdated seats on the 787's as with BA. Am flying in the BA club suites this summer to vancouver.

Great review. Nice detail, balanced and not too long. Good sense of humour too. I like the BA Club Suite. Catering is decent (like middle class wedding reception food and the wine is ok. If you get a great crew it’s perfect. Are you expanding to Instagram?

A really great trip report, looks like BA were on form onboard your particular flight. I'd have to say I'm team Virgin- I find their experience more consistent than BA and I prefer their Clubhouse lounge, onboard entertainment and catering (I didn't like the look of the light snack served on your flight) but I think the BA Club Suite is a great seat. Service wise there isn't much between BA and Virgin, but overall I'd opt for Virgin over BA on routes where they compete.

There are two business class cabins, I recommend the smaller one rows 5,6 & 7. Only 13 seats in total and feels much more exclusive than the larger cabin with around 30 seats.

Really useful review. Flying to NYC soon and torn between Club and Virgin Upper. This may have swung it hearing from a good northern lad like miself. Team BA for me!

Team BA for me! To be fair I’ve only flown Virgin a couple of times compared to over 100 flights with BA. The choice of destinations is much greater with BA and it’s hard to beat the deals that BA holidays offer! Like most travellers, I tend to stick to one alliance to collect AVIOS which is a clever way to keep passengers loyal! Will be trying QR for the first time in a few months.

Team BA. I got to fly in the upper deck of a BA 747 as a 12 year old from Anchorage to London. Still the highlight of all the flights I’ve flown.

Only gone business class a couple of times, each time it was a free upgrade. Always on the way out which is ok but, as I am excited about the holiday, I tend not to think it’s worth the extra money as I hardly sleep and just enjoy the flight. However, on the way home… that’s when I would love a business class seat. Just to be able to have a good sleep on red eye flight back to the U.K. would be amazing.

BA for me. I live in North West of UK and have EasyJet plus costing £400.. have decided to try for Silver status with BA next year flying from MAN to T5.. better value then EasyJet & will enjoy business class to gain status then fly economy with bells & whistles silver will provide.. hope plan works!!

I used BA’s Business class for some years on my usual long haul to London. Service and food always very good and I could put up with their less than ideal layout (now replaced) because the price was very good. Unfortunately that’s no longer the case so I’ve switched to A.F. This means a layover in Paris but that’s no big deal, only a couple of hours and so far very hassle free. Considering the substantial price difference I’m staying with AF.

❤british Airways great vlog❤❤

Flying club suite to São Paulo in december. Buzzing 🍻

would have been good to mention if you payed cash or points for the flight

Excellent

I wanna try the business class but I always traver with family and cant leave them alone 😁

I'm going to give these Club suites a try sometime and film it for my channel. Might even pay a lot less for it :)

I recently flew BA from JFK-LHR, the ground service was very good. I found the service onboard very poor not worth the money I paid

For the BA vs Virgin question, I'm forced to say team BA as I've never flown on Virgin, but as I always seem to get exorbitant seat-selecting fees, bus gates and/or a tired plane with BA, I suspect that if Virgin offered a flight from my bedroom to my car, I suspect that I'd pick team Virgin!

Only flown BA between London and Barcelona. No complaints

Any airline that loses my hold luggage 5 times in 6 legs, once outbound and all in Business, ain’t going to get a recommendation from me.

How would you rate the service from the cabin crew overall?

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Hmmm. Team Virgin or Team BA?! Well my first ever flight was Heathrow to New York on a brand new A340 and at 16, was upgraded twice and flew Upper Class. But....my brother does fly the A380 for British Airways, so I should go with them. 🙂

Not sure who’d ever prefer psychedelic Virgin upper class and stare pink light all flight 🤷‍♂️

I've flown Briitish Airways on and off in the 80s and 90s I've done flights from Seattle nonstop to Heathrow Airport when it use to terminal 4 I've also done Houston in December 2006 next year I will be going on British Airways in July 2025 for week in Chicago for holiday seeing major league baseball ⚾️ going sightseeing maybe see a show I do want good service on British Airways

Hi! Thinking of flying BA business for the first time , but seen so many negative reviews, is it worth the upgrade from Economy? I'm flying to Athens with my bf next year and want to book ahead, any advice would be ace xxx

Team BA, the staff have always been great.

From my home city, Denver, BA doesn’t offer first, only business in nonstop service. So, at LHR I am relegated to BA business-class lounges which are often far too crowded. I usually head to the gate instead. You have to admit, the people-watching at LHR is always surprising. Sadly, the only other nonstop to London from Denver is United. United is utter garbage but their lounge in T2 is decent. Admittedly, it’s not as funky as Virgin’s Clubhouse or the BA Concord Room…

I’ve always preferred BA over Virgin. I think BA do offer a better product and on the whole they are classier than Virgin. I think the food and drink offering is better on BA, I also think the staff are generally fantastic on BA too whereas Virgin aren’t as good in my opinion. So I’m definitely team BA.

I'm 6ft 2 - I'm wondering if the bed would work for my height?

Oh heck no not 1500 hundred each way,,,,, time for a Cunning plan for en extra stop to reduce the price to 1500 round trip.

Business Class = Premium Economy Plus British Airways - Singapore to Heathrow - Business class on an A380-800 is a Premium Economy Plus experience. From the economy class sized toilets to the badly designed coffin shaped Business class pods - the experience is a substandard business class experience. Business class pod’s storage is a small drawer at the FOOT of the pod. The ‘privacy’ screens are opaque plastic sheets - so you are kept awake by your neighbour as their screen lights up your pod. When the seat is made into its coffin shaped bed - the cold hard plastic seat moulds are an unpleasant surprise for those that turn in their sleep. You have a choice of having your neighbour step over your calf-height footrest - hopefully not brushing your feet with theirs - or having to step over your neighbour's feet/footrest. With the footrest down - heaven-forbid you try to lever yourself into a more comfortable position as the slightest pressure causes the footrest to collapse into its floor level position. If you are in the aisle seat - which is open to the aisle - kiss goodbye to any privacy as not only will you be on view to all passengers - the crew will lean you to both serve your neighbour their food and talk to your neighbour OVER YOUR PRIVACY SCREEN. Singapore Airlines Business class on an A350-900 is far superior and well worth spending the extra NZ$1500 for a true and wonderful Business Class experience.

BA customer service has fallen off a cliff. I recently swapped to Virgin Atlantic for my work travel, which i don't pay. so my opinion is personal preference. I don't deny BA do some things better, but flying BA would mean dealing with their woefully poor customer service which has 10K ratings on Trustpilot and a score of 1/5. Virgin Atlantic Airways have 16K reviews and a score of 4/5. Virgin Atlantic planes are full of BA Silver and Gold members who've basically given up.

Team Virgin….. Only because my daughter works for them!!

Abig improvement compared to the previous 2-4-2 configuration which was nothing short of horrible

to answer your question, i have to say ba for multiple reasons. 1. it flies to a lot more places than virgin. 2. when it comes to ba v virgin when flying to americas i would pick neither just because of how costly they are but when going somewhere like doha i would pick ba just cause of past experiences

Team BA because Ive had far more free upgrades from BA than Virgin

I would have just taken Qatar Airways QSuites.

I've had the pleasure of the new CW Suite a few times now and it's another world compared to that shitty old CW cabin - facing total strangers and then having to spread-eagle yourself over their legs like a perv to go for a wee! If you're height-challenged you risk arrest once the plane lands after massaging some randoms legs with ya plums.! I must say that the new suites are a bit pokey once in lie-flat mode but hey ce la vie. I'm off to San Francisco next week on the BA A380 in First which is my fav' plane and fav' cabin in the BA fleet. PS I am Team BA - just because if I can swing a seat in First ( which is most of the time these days because I am a totally spoilt little sod! ) I get to slob out in the Concorde Lounge which has to be one of the best lounges going. You've still got that real radiant glow from Madrid too! or is that you raiding ya wife's make up back for some Terracota glow up lol....................Oh and is the extra cost worth it - hell yes, modern day economy is horrific, and if the think £400 for a trip to Scotland on a train, or £1,500 to get to Doha in comfort????? Bargain!

Just weird serving a bread roll with...a sandwich 🙄 Reminds me of Qantas when they served a slice of sourdough...with a sandwich 🙄

Team BA. Food better imo. VS product been the same for years

I’m team Virgin. The founder of Virgin overcame many challenges and risks towards his success.

what garbage selections of wine.. BA

Talk. Slower.