My partner and I had the recent opportunity, in exchange for 280,000 Alaska Air miles, to experience British Airways First Class flying round trip from SFO to Italy. Two questions piqued my curiosity. (1) What is the difference between First Class and Club World? and (2) Is it worth it?
Both First and Club World have seats that convert into completely horizontal beds. The seat in First is six inches longer and perhaps a couple of inches wider, not of great consequence for a person of average dimensions. Either seat will allow a good night’s sleep, assuming you are able to sleep on a plane in the first place. This is not what the fuss is about. The difference is privacy. I was seated in seat 3A which faced forward and slightly to the left toward the three windows of my “suite.” From that vantage point, I could not see another […]
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