What differences are there between First Class and Business Class on BA...

reno_rita

Later this year, I'm travelling First Class with BA longhaul (It's a miles reservation, I'm not that rich!). I've travelled Business (Club World) with them before, but I'm curious about what differences to expect in practice between the two. The main things I'm expecting are a better seat with more room, as well as (perhaps?) better food and drink. However, what else that's not so obvious might I be missing? I'm mostly curious at this point, but...

Originally asked by Andrew Ferrier on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

For a quick summary, there's this BAEC FlyerTalk sticky which covers quite a bit in a compact fashion. If you want the full details, your best bet is the dedicated British Airways microsite on First . On the ground, the main differences are: Dedicated checkin lines (outstations) and checkin area (Heathrow / JFK), with quicker queues than Club World More baggage (3 bags of up to 32kg each!) Escorts through security at the "more chaotic" outstations Nicer lounge almost everywhere, generally with self-pour champagne and some menu ordering of food Very nice lounges (Concorde Club Room) in Heathrow and JFK, which are basically a half decent restaurant (menus, proper tables, service etc) You can...

Full answer by Gagravarr: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/20408 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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