FLUB class: travel in First (F) cabin but with Club (J) service on 4-class aircraft
#301
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 382
1) Does status affect anything? I'm silver and this isn't a particularly status heavy route.
2) Do I still choose my seat before OLCI or not?
3) If one is put into the first cabin do they receive the ground benefits? Eg first wing/CCR or purely same experience as club with different seat?
4) Anything else to know/do to further my chance of moving to First cabin?
2) Do I still choose my seat before OLCI or not?
3) If one is put into the first cabin do they receive the ground benefits? Eg first wing/CCR or purely same experience as club with different seat?
4) Anything else to know/do to further my chance of moving to First cabin?
2) Ill leave this for someone else to comment on
3) no its just seat - inflight service and everything else is still club world
4) cross your fingers
#302
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,713
Hi,
Forgive me for not reading the entirety of this thread but I have a flight with this 4 cabin layout coming up. As I understand it my best bet it to do OLCI but not print out a boarding pass and hope for the best.
Have a few questions:
1) Does status affect anything? I'm silver and this isn't a particularly status heavy route.
2) Do I still choose my seat before OLCI or not?
3) If one is put into the first cabin do they receive the ground benefits? Eg first wing/CCR or purely same experience as club with different seat?
4) Anything else to know/do to further my chance of moving to First cabin?
Thanks
Forgive me for not reading the entirety of this thread but I have a flight with this 4 cabin layout coming up. As I understand it my best bet it to do OLCI but not print out a boarding pass and hope for the best.
Have a few questions:
1) Does status affect anything? I'm silver and this isn't a particularly status heavy route.
2) Do I still choose my seat before OLCI or not?
3) If one is put into the first cabin do they receive the ground benefits? Eg first wing/CCR or purely same experience as club with different seat?
4) Anything else to know/do to further my chance of moving to First cabin?
Thanks
#303
Join Date: May 2016
Programs: BAEC - Gold, IHG - Spire Ambassador
Posts: 645
Hurrah, I was FLUBed at the weekend. My Club seat would not recline and the cabin was full so I went up a cabin. It was a night return from YYZ and I was given First bedding. it was a lovely treat.
#304
Join Date: Mar 2020
Programs: British Airways GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond & Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,660
#307
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Shoreham By Sea
Programs: BAEC Gold Guest List
Posts: 1,479
Ive been frequently looking at expert flyer with my attention on the LHR MCO route.
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
#308
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 359
Had FLUB on yesterdays BA219 LHR-DEN. Wasnt able to select an F seat, but my J seat went missing overnight. First Wing check-in seemed confused by it when she showed me the seat map.
Flight was so busy, they had to call extra crew in 3 mins before going (according to those serving us in F cabin). J service with F bedding.
Nice treat!
Flight was so busy, they had to call extra crew in 3 mins before going (according to those serving us in F cabin). J service with F bedding.
Nice treat!
#309
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: NCL
Programs: BA Exec Club: Gold HHons:Diamond FB:Ivory Accor:Plat Hertz: PC USA:GlobalEntry
Posts: 248
FLUB'ed out and return to YYZ over the Jubilee weekend.
Cabin was treated as CW except for bedding, same staff, food and drinks, even the curtains into CW were left open.
Cabin was treated as CW except for bedding, same staff, food and drinks, even the curtains into CW were left open.
#310
Join Date: Jan 2022
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,713
Ive been frequently looking at expert flyer with my attention on the LHR MCO route.
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
1.) You are able to select Flub seats and you get booted back down to Club in whatever seats you get given, particularly annoying if you end up in middle old CW seats, or the 6 of you end up spread all over the cabin. Bad.
2.) You don't try to select seats Flub seats and nothing happens and you get whatever Club seats you had aplready chosen. OK.
3.) You choose seats in Flub and they stick. Great.
4.) You do nothing and at checkin or the gate, you get bumped up to Flub. Great.
There is no evidence that choosing Flub seats if able (as in option 3) is any more likely to get you into Flub than doing nothing (option 4). If you do choose Flub seats and they stick, it is likely that you would have been found and flubbed anyway. I have no inside knowledge, but I would think flubbing a whole mixed-status party of 6 (or splitting the party up) is less likely than flubbing singles and couples.
Again, it seems like picking Flub seats is pointless and risky. I know it might be difficult the resist the siren song of Flub seats, but try to!!
#311
Join Date: Oct 2005
Programs: BA GGL & GfL, AA LTP, Marriott (sigh) Ambassador, Hilton Diamond, Accor Gold, Avis Preferred
Posts: 3,311
this entire thread basically boils down to: do nothing and select the best club seat you would want because even if the seat map opens, you can always get de-flubbed and end up in a terrible J seat you never would have selected...then, hope for the best at the airport because it seems futile to attempt anything online at the risk of screwing yourself over.
#312
Join Date: May 2022
Location: Berlin
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 59
Followed the advice here - checked in for my LHR-MCO flight but didnt download BP - at check in at BER found out Ive been moved to 3K.
My brother on a separate booking isnt too happy - by chance hes next to my original seat (12K) in J!
My brother on a separate booking isnt too happy - by chance hes next to my original seat (12K) in J!
#313
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 31,105
Ive been frequently looking at expert flyer with my attention on the LHR MCO route.
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
To the best of my knowledge, today if the first day there has been anyone seated in the F cabin.
With the recent relaxation of the testing requirement, this may mean a few more bums of seats and the F cabin being used for frequently.
To those who have grabbed a Flub seat in the pat, I have a question.
In our group to fly in August, there are 6 of us. 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 blues. We are all on the same booking. If it does open up, would I be able to seat us all up front or would it just be the gold card holders?
#314
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: here and there...
Posts: 4,216
Im on a TLVLHR flight in a few days time. FLUB is being used pretty consistently these days, as services are very full.
In the BA app, I see that my seat is the Club World seat Ive chosen and the eight First seats as full/unavailable. However, on ExpertFlyer the seat map shows six of the F seats assigned and two blocked, with my current seat vacant.
Im guessing something may be afoot with FLUB, but doesnt the app usually show when youve been moved?
In the BA app, I see that my seat is the Club World seat Ive chosen and the eight First seats as full/unavailable. However, on ExpertFlyer the seat map shows six of the F seats assigned and two blocked, with my current seat vacant.
Im guessing something may be afoot with FLUB, but doesnt the app usually show when youve been moved?