[ Review ] British Airways A380 New First Class

Dinesh Vishwakarma · 发表于 2019-04-21 21:33:45

Edited by Dinesh Vishwakarma at 2019-04-21 19:06

British Airways Executive Club First Class[br][br]

[br][br]At the end of March British Airways launched a new “soft” First product which consisted of refreshed amenity kits, pyjamas, meals, drinks and tableware. Paul did a quick review for TLFL last week on a short flight to Doha. Now Paul and I have just completed our 12 flight tier point run to Asia and tried out the BA First product on the London to Singapore route to give it a full testing. This is a review of the outbound flight from London to Singapore.[br][br][strong]The fare[/strong][br][br]This fare was ex Milan and included an upgrade from business class to First by using a gold upgrade voucher which you get when you earn 2500 tier points. Our itinerary started with a back to back to Milan and then onto Singapore, Hong Kong and Jakarta before a separate side trip to Bali. I will shortly be doing an article about positioning flights and back to backs for those new to ex EU flights.[br][br][strong]Check-in and lounge[/strong][br][br]

[br][br][strong]BA First Wing[/strong][br][br]We checked in at the First wing which is available for Gold cardholders as well as those flying in First. As it was early in the morning, there was quite a queue. I didn’t have to wait long to get to a check-in desk as I only needed to go to the Visa check desk because I was travelling hand baggage only (quite a challenge for six days!).[br][br]

[br][br][strong]Looking towards the security entrance for First Wing customers[/strong][br][br]Once I had my boarding passes all the way through to Jakarta, I headed to the dedicated security at the First Wing which deposits you straight into the First lounge. There was a long queue, but it did at least move quickly – despite the inevitable people who wait until they get to the front of the line to start finding their liquids and laptops having stood there for 10 minutes![br][br][strong]The lounge[/strong][br][br]

[br][br][strong]Concorde Room bar at Heathrow[/strong][br][br]The Concorde Room is for First class passengers and GGL card holders. On the first leg to Milan, I would have been only entitled to Galleries First as I am a Gold card holder. Fortunately, Deputy Editor Paul is a GGL and Concorde Room card holder so he guested me in that morning. I had a quick bacon roll which was served with hash browns and was very average. Later on, when we were back from Milan and before the Singapore flight, we had a late lunch. [br][br]I thought I would try the rib eye steak:[br][br]

[br][br][strong]Ribeye steak[/strong][br][br]I liked the way it was presented, and the plates also looked smart. The steak had a great chargrilled flavour although it was a little tough in places and a bit thin. I asked for it to be medium and it was cooked exactly so. I particularly enjoyed the pepper sauce with it and overall thought this was a tasty dish.[br][br]I managed to get an appointment at the Elemis [a href="http://i.viglink.com/?key=7ea5907ac854c478be9a8187687e2ee2&insertId=3196986acf3141f5&type=L&exp=-100%3ACILITE%3A75&libId=juqyo1000101vqb5000MAg93acs8x&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turningleftforless.com%2Fbritish-airways-a380-new-first-class-full-review%2F&v=1&iid=3196986acf3141f5&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marriott.com&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.googleapis.com%2Fauth%2Fchrome-content-suggestions&title=British%20Airways%20A380%20new%20First%20class%20full%20review%20-%20Turning%20left%20for%20less&txt=%3Cspan%3Espa%3C%2Fspan%3E"]spa[/a] on the day as I had not managed to secure one in advance. You can book treatments from 28 days before the flight, and if you don’t do it at precisely 28 days, you will often find there is nothing left. However, it is always worth asking on the day. I had the power back massage. The therapist was lovely, and it was a relaxing treatment with a few free samples given afterwards. [br][br][br][h3][strong][a href="https://www.turningleftforless.com/british-airways-a380-new-first-class-full-review/"]Source[/a][/strong][/h3][div][span style="font-weight: 700;"][br][/span]

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