British Airways A320 Club Europe Review (A PLEASANT SURPRISE)

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Welcome onboard this British Airways A320
Class: Club Europe (Euro Business Class)
Origin: London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
Destination: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Flight Time: 41 Minutes
Wheels up time: 7:10 PM
Landing time: 8:52 PM
Aircraft: Airbus A320
Registration: G-EUUA
Date: July 23, 2019
Recorded with: iPhone Xs
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Welcome to iTripReport's flight reviews, which I focus on reviewing both the soft product and hard product of airlines around the globe. I strive to give you guys a first person perspective of different aspects of the flight. Including the ground service, onboard service, and those views that come with the flight. As you can see, I record quite a lot of the experience to make sure I record what you want to watch. As always, thank you so much for watching.

[@TheFredlove1]

Thank you for the review:) always look forward for a new one :) hello from YUL

[@dennisdalessio8238]

Great review. Never flown BA but will be flying in Oct and Nov in Club Europe. Thanks

[@martinshapley7700]

Great video Have done London -Milan many times in CE and always excellent

[@voipschmoip]

The best pad thai food was on a Club Europe flight from MAD-LGW 15 years ago. Flying them again on Wednesday. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@MileHigh_Aviation]

Awesome video man! Liked

[@flightdeparture2426]

Good View British Airways Have Good Decorated Seates Great Video!

[@MichaelBSteeleAviation]

Now try flying that A320 In Club Europe to Greece for almost 4 hours. You would feel a lot differently about it. Food is cool and all but the hard product is what matters most. A 3-3 seat layout is crazy for a premium cabin on a narrow body. I'll take the 2-2 in the US all day with a cookie and you can keep the 3-3 with the food. I will agree that the BA flight attendants are amazing. I'll take those over the ones AA has all day LOL

[@peterfinn6098]

The AA crew love the Brits though, they know that a full can of tonic can do 2 mini gin bottles and seem to be generous giving us the booze since they know we are boozers.

[@iMeyrick]

I flew Club Europe from LHR-LIS return. On the outbound flight I was in row 1 which was amazing, you get a much better service as on the way back I was row 2. But both journeys were amazing, what BA lacks in a business class product is made up by the service you receive. I firmly believe BA have some of the best cabin crew in the industry.

[@flyingdentist]

excellent flight video.

[@asz6965]

Saudia does offer meals and drinks in its short route flights ( domestic / regional ).

[@christophertipper1615]

I have flown them and the seat was so nice and the mood lighting is great

[@rajbahadurverma6762]

Very Nice Video

[@ryanridder4576]

Wow, I can’t imagine a meal served just as they’re about to land!

[@thecitytraveller1318]

I think BA has a nice product on is buissness class in Europe. Thanks for the review

[@petermonckton6797]

we flew BA Club Europe in Feb Gatwick to Tenerife good experience with good service and food, the service as l said was great and the steward was brilliant he kept bringing us the white wine (endless rivers) so many that we put 4 bottles into our hand luggage for later. Our next rtn will be in Feb 2020 looking forward to that but better the day after BA 777 to Punta Cana in business class

[@peterfinn6098]

Im glad you enjoyed BA and I am sure it is better than in the US since the airlines are based on different models since full deregulation. BA were even better at one point, serving full hot breakfasts on 35 minute flights down to London as was their rival British Midland with even business class on UK domestic flights.

[@cyriluebbing22]

Nice

[@kinskifilms]

Thanks for uploading this video. I'll be flying the British Airways A320 Club Europe from London Gatwick to Amsterdam in March and didn't realize the seats had coach legroom and width, which was disappointing to find out. However, I am hoping the meal will keep me distracted enough on my short flight to not notice. Though, I am 6' 3", 245lbs so I might have to coax my wife to take the window seat.

[@M_O1997]

Fantastic video! Really enjoyable.. And yes I've flown in Club Europe before on the Dublin - Heathrow route and I must say the service was outstanding, BA's one of the best airlines I've flown with!

[@Yoshifanmusic1]

I love British airways

[@UAordfan]

the thing is-in the US flight attendants aren’t even allowed out of their seats until 10,000 feet. On a flight like this FAA regulations render it absolutely impossible to provide a service like this. If all service items aren’t collected before descending below 10,000 feet as well, the FA’s can be in serious trouble if not fined by the FAA. It’s unfortunate but just the way it is in the US, nothing the airlines can do about it

[@leathomas9983]

I flew BA Club back in the late 80s when it really was something special on LGW to Gibraltar, although a 737-200 it was awesome. More recently flew LGW to Malaga on A320 and seriously disappointing with everything - the onboard service, catering and baggage handling led me to complain to BA - the only saving grace was that it was such a cheap upgrade that I didn’t feel too cheated.

[@NCrist100]

They don’t give out the hot towels anymore, they give sanitised hand wipes

[@JettTyler17]

I've done a few occasional flights on BA Club Europe. Personally I wouldn't pay for European Business class unless it was a celebratory occasion or a connection to/from a long-haul flight package. The BA460/461 flight is the best flight for Club Europe as its operated by Boeing 777, not an Airbus A320-series. Whilst the seating is a bit of let down, at least unlike the USA, we get lounge access- I'm always down for that!

[@jasonmoors1191]

Interesting that you are an American of Mexican descent,flying to France on a French made aircraft(Toulouse) flown by a British carrier.Noticed the leading edges down, at the gate at LHR,odd configuration.VERY impressed by your inflight service on such a short flight,roughly like flying IAH-DFW,such a meal service would be impossible on US carriers.I'm guessing you flew over Le Bourget airport on final approach--how did you get from CDG to your hotel? Seeing that you arrived late afternoon,did you have a French-style dinner sometime later?

[@diogoampinheiro]

There are two reasons why boarding gates are announced with minimal notice: i. Commercial: More time is spent shopping, giving Heathrow Airport Ltd. extra revenues ii. Operational: Many aircraft are operating on a minimum turnaround time (A319/A320: 45min; A321: 50min). Due to LHR being very tight in terms of capacity, stands are very limited, and sometimes there are last minute stand changes, affecting both the inbound and outbound flights. To avoid having passengers at the wrong gate, these are usually published when there is confirmation of stand. This is especially true if a stand change needs to be done from T5C to T5B, T5C to T5A and T5B to T5A as train only run T5A-->T5B-->T5C.

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

Which catering is better skychef or do&co?

[@Kitchentotaste]

Always BA !

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

I think it’s a cost cutting measure to remove mood lighting

[@thanosgr9]

Flying this out tomorrow and I'm quite bothered by the seat set-up. I am one of those that doesn't care at all about food / drink during the flight as I don't eat that kind of food, nor I drink anything apart from water, so I guess there's 0 appeal to me in BA's business class.

[@hanssonee]

14:38 ❤️

[@CloeCorpse]

thanks for doing this :). am a bit disappointed cos i paid £500 for business and the seats are same as economy but just with a little table. but it’s worth it for me since it’s a pandemic and extra space is worth the money :)

[@Khh444]

Can anyone help. Im thinking to fly Cyprus Heathrow business class. I havent flown for years so thought I'd treat myself. Not sure what to expect. So many videos show diff standards. Will i get food and drinks?

[@goldenkoi23]

To answer your question at 3.26, to use the lounge in B gates too. You could of had 25 mins in there easily

[@ITripReport]

I would’ve, unfortunately I had no idea BA flew their A320s into the B Gates. Did get to use it on my flight back home though. MUCH more calmer than the main ones

[@Ben-xe8ps]

The real problem is that service levels on US domestic flights, even in the joke that calls itself First Class, have fallen so low that even this compares favourably to it. The service on this flight was about right and quite acceptable except that the lack of a pre-departure drink and no offer of a newspaper was disappointing. Not sure why the crew took so long to actually begin the service though. The seating in Club Europe is an absolute disgrace. In the past the BA aircraft had more legroom in the forward rows. The adoption of the low cost carrier 30 inch pitch anywhere aboard the aircraft is not good but to have it in Club Europe is an absolute disgrace and part of BA joining the race to the bottom. One thing that is very telling is the fact that on what should be a prime business route with a large amount of high yield traffic, business class on this aircraft is 4 rows maximum 16 seats.

[@aviationmco]

Im gonna miss the old intro music tbh

[@asiflalani8746]

One thing I will say about BA is that their service is exceptional. Their hard product may often leave a lot to be desired, but they make up for it with amazing FAs

[@zaphod4245]

The thing is that this is completely normal for European short haul airlines, literally every one is the same, Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Swiss, you name it. All the same kind of seat. BA does have a great meal service, better than any of those examples

[@Mmaulin12]

Lufthansa and SAS also use containers for A320s

[@4v64]

What’s do&co ? btw great report. seems like a European thing to serve meals on board even if only like 40 mins.

[@odeiraoloap]

A catering company out of Austria. They are the main caterers for Turkish Airlines and Austrian Airlines. They are lauded for having some of *the best* food you can eat on a plane.

[@YelpBullhorn]

@@odeiraoloap ..... Turkish Airlines consistently win best airline food award.

[@harry556b]

The leg space is horrible, can't even imagine the economy *shudders*

[@ahmadaminss]

Wondering, no screens for passengers!!😮

[@justincui]

Airbus even makes NEOs without moodlighting?

[@jakethepitador2558]

Why would BA stress out the flight attendants by forcing them to work a full meal service into a 40 minute flight?! This is nuts.

[@SHZ_Tristan19]

Its standard on European Business Class flights for most airlines

[@jakethepitador2558]

@@SHZ_Tristan19 it might be standard on most European airlines, but it just seems ridiculous to me. Just my opinion.

[@londonpommie]

Normally the lounge dragons will quite happily tell you the gate your flight is operating from, way before HAL update the screens in the terminal. BA's new Club Europe catering definitely isn't standard in Europe, it's far better than most business class catering on short haul European flights.

[@eurouc]

@12:00 crew instructions that the window shades must be open for landing. As they should be. I’m not sure if it’s an EU safety reg. but makes perfect sense and in stark contrast to the US where some customers keep their shades closed the entire journey with no crew intervention.

[@syedahmed9559]

I think it's ridiculous that BA can pass club Europe as business class it's actually shambolic. The seats are narrow, food isn't too great and should I mention that there isn't any inflight entertainment system!? For the amount that you are paying, there should be at least more legroom instead you get the same seating accomodation as the normal economy flight. I understand that in business class, the middle seat doesn't get occupied and that there is a barrier however, last week I went to Turkey in club Europe and the middle seat had no cover on it

[@KingTriton1837]

There's a Harry Potter SHOP?? 🧙🏼‍♂️

[@PalaminoHills]

Have you tried a voice over for your videos. READING captions is really a downer.

[@CloeCorpse]

i actually really prefer it

[@PalaminoHills]

@@CloeCorpse Me, too. SUBTITLES is lazy video work.

[@scruffy50531]

I can’t stand BA and have icky memories of them, only time I’ll travel is on award space internationally in economy if the surcharges aren’t outrageous

[@xr6lad]

Agree. BA business seats within Europear nothing short of disgusting. I’d sacrifice an empty middle seat for bigger legroom HOWEVER I do love their new catering. I think the meals have been very good with Do & Co plus the crews have been happy and fun and really made the flight. They just kept giving us champagne and other drinks constantly. She even gave me the whole mini bottle of champagne and said if you want another just ask. This was a 2 hour flight to and from Berlin.

[@zaphod4245]

The thing is that this is completely normal for European short haul airlines, literally every one is the same, Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Swiss, you name it. All the same kind of seat.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Wait so you speak Spanish?

[@rodjames1860]

Club Europe can be a hit and miss affair, there doesn't seem to be a standard anymore. But I guess comared to American airlines, BA is exemplary.

[@Unuthryear]

Why don't you do long haul reports for these international flights. All European business is same. 40 minute positioning flights ...meah

[@ITripReport]

I got a video on the return flight, which was on one of their 77Ws, I’ll have it up in a couple weeks

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

Boeing mood lighting is better the design of it

[@fedexsoap]

anyone else see that cake at 1:15?

[@SuperOpticJ]

Nice 🤣

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

Engines on 320s are louder than the 737

[@JohnSmith-jy4qj]

Not in my experience. Not at al

[@billriley7745]

Hate speeded up film.

[@cyriluebbing22]

Nice