British Airways (BA)
- Flight: BA 831
- Class: Club Europe (Business)
- From: Dublin (DUB)
- To: London Heathrow (LHR) – Terminal 5
- Aircraft: Airbus A319
- Seat: 2A
- Cost: €1200 for DUB-LHR-NYC return in Business Class
- Date: August 2015
We all know the story by now. Intra-European business class, by and large, is a joke. You are seated in economy with a blocked middle seat (unless you are flying SAS where you don’t even get that). If you are in Row 1 you do get some extra legroom but sat in row 2, as we were, you’d be better off sat in an exit row in Economy.
BA doesn’t offer PDBs in short haul J either. In an attempt to provide some point of differentiation between the products though we were offered some paper thin hot towels.
Still, BA must be doing something right because this flight had 10 full rows of ‘Club Europe’ seats. Surely these people were all on cheap ex-DUB fares, right?
There’s plenty of cool traffic to spot at DUB
A beautiful morning in Dublin
Idyllic views shortly after take-off
Given that I hadn’t really eaten yet I began to salivate like a Pavlovian dog, as the aroma of cooked meat and cheese filled the cabin.
The breakfast was pretty tasty although it was swimming in oil.
Seeing this picture I just remembered another thing. Nobody offered to hang my jacket on this flight. I had to be extremely careful with the oily breakfast.
Shortly after our trays were cleared we commenced our descent and landed into an uncharacteristically cloudless LHR
Conclusion
The verdict? BA Club Europe, great if you want to spend Business Class money flying in an economy seat, eating an oily breakfast with crew that don’t even offer to hang your jacket for you.
Otherwise… not so good.
- Part 1:
- An evening in Dublin
- Part 2:
- Conrad Dublin
- Part 3:
- Dublin Executive Lounge – Dublin Airport
- Part 4:
- British Airways : Club Europe (Business Class) – Dublin to London
- Part 5:
- British Airways Concorde Room – London Heathrow T5
- Part 6:
- British Airways : First Class – London to Newark
- Part 7:
- Andaz 5th Avenue : Splash Suite
- Part 8:
- New York photos and recommendations
- Part9:
- American Airlines : Business Class – New York to London
