British Airways A350 Premium Economy Review (LHR-DXB)

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I’ve always heard really great things about British Airways premium economy (World Traveler Plus), and my expectations were high before experiencing it for myself on their all-new A350-1000.
This is footage from flight number 107 from London (LHR) to Dubai (DXB), and the aircraft registration was G-XWBA. I was seated in 24A for this 7 hour flight.
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[@madeira69]

For a second 5.03 I thought ba had the first overhead window!!!! 😂😂

[@acelmoni2833]

True 😝😝😝😝

[@JuliaSmith1]

5:03

[@paulthomas9981]

well you are from usa

[@mohammadsaleemali1703]

Joe Mendes sameee

[@qwerty69600]

Good to see someone doing an honest review of BA's current products. It seems trendy now to constantly hate on everything BA does - usually by people who clearly don't fly very often. Nice video man.

[@afcgeo882]

qwerty Often or not, people are allowed an opinion on BA, especially that it’s VERY apparent they have downgraded their services over the last few years. This is a brand new plane, so that improves things, but move this to an older one and you once again have sub-par everything.

[@me-it9jn]

George L they revamped their service and hard products a couple months ago, and it looks pretty nice now

[@owenmatteo9527]

Instablaster...

[@hanj31]

I think people only hate on BA’s old business class

[@timjenkins8538]

The A350 is an amazing machine. So quiet and very efficient. I have just stepped off one after flying with China Airlines. Amazing crew and service. I always look forward to your videos! Keep up the good work.

[@daniyalbbd5281]

Asian airlines are two notches up when compared to European ones . Unfortunately in British airways, if you're not white you won't get a good treatment from crew

[@shaunpierce4174]

At last, a travel vlogger with a sense of humour.

[@rossvlogs3617]

Loving the content buddy. Keep it up. Voice overs are brilliant.

[@herenow6953]

Really like your style 👍😊 loads of reviews of this new A350 but yours the most unique and love the dry humour - glad that BA can still put on a decent show (my flag carrier). As an aside, the A350 wing is a work of art - I adore the sweeping lines and winglet ❤️

[@globaltom898]

great video as always sanspotter! The A350 is still on my bucket list.

[@stevenlee_1]

Glad to see another great SANSpotter video! It's always nice sitting down and watching the SANSpotter vibe in stressful times. :)

[@sanspotter]

Thanks so much Stevie! Glad my videos are so therapeutic. 😁😁

[@Airplanegeek777]

Nice review. Thanks for flying BA!

[@shoe_s]

Yes! You came through, I remember you saying that this review would be coming!

[@sanspotter]

I was planning on doing the TWA hotel video this week, but this got the most votes. Oh well - that video is coming next!

[@Disneythroughourveins]

thanks for sharing - we enjoyed watching xx

[@petermc7098]

Hello There, a really decent perspective and a fantastic review on the BA Premium Economy experience, love this perspective! Cheers Peter Mc 🙂

[@tongantraveler5719]

Lol thanks for the huge shoutout! I really love your reviews and am a huge fan! I ran and showed my wife immediately lol! Btw I’m half Tongan on moms side. So from the island of Tonga near Fiji, So it’s pronounced a little differently but appreciate the attempt!

[@sanspotter]

Haha, I just knew I was gonna botch that pronunciation! 🤭😅 How is it pronounced? Let me know and I’ll be sure to get it right next time. 😁 Glad you enjoyed it otherwise!

[@steph8022]

Yay for letting us vote on your upcoming reviews! The food on BA looks pretty decent by the way. Seems like you got an amazing blue sky day in LHR which I believe is quite rare!

[@sanspotter]

What’s funny about that is I thought for sure the TWA hotel review option would get more votes. 😮 I guess I underestimated how many people like British Airways! Oh well...the TWA is the next video (coming in two weeks). 😆

[@88fressh]

Good review..keep it up.Your delivery is dope

[@MadeiraAirport]

Awesome report on an awesome plane!

[@rollingtroll]

Another video! Cool :). 4:57 I do love that city. Both from the air and from the ground. 7:15 Can't help but wonder what the person next to you must be thinking you're doing, with that gopro hovering above your food. Comfy flight stuff. Well captured :)

[@sanspotter]

Haha thanks! Yeah, I always feel sorry for the people sitting next to me since I must seem like the biggest weirdo on earth to them. 🤪😅

[@MomentsInTheSky]

That did look like a good meal service Scott..I’d have been happy with that!

[@sanspotter]

I knew you’d enjoy that Neil! 😁 Just wish I got to experience the club world product like you did though. Oh well - next time!

[@TheJetwayLife]

Great video as usual! Reminded me of our chat about the crazy incidents we've had while filming trip reports (what with your camera equipment falling into the belly of an a340 and my cult leader encounter 😂) Hope you had a comfortable flight back on the 777!

[@sanspotter]

Hahaha, thanks! Actually, no it wasn’t a very nice flight back on the 777 actually...should still be a fun video though!

[@mad1538]

@@sanspotter on BA? I hate the 777s. Old and crammed and no recline

[@rajesh4cat]

Thanks for your wonderful video, Well done!!!

[@flyingdentist]

Premium economy is a nice way of flying Especially in modern jets like the A350.

[@ralphyhk]

Great video mate

[@johns4651]

Well done for getting on the new BA A350. I am amazed you have not mentioned the brand new, totally redesigned business cabin that BA has only just started introducing, the Club Suite at 10:50. Hopefully you will review it one day!

[@sanspotter]

Thanks John! Yeah, no mention of it since I do hope to do a full review of it (eventually). Hopefully sooner rather than later! 🤞🏻

[@LucasSanchez]

Amazing video, thank you for sharing! Very useful for people with issues with flying like me! 😥

[@MileHigh_Aviation]

Awesome video man liked

[@sanspotter]

Thanks so much!

[@ryanhsu2148]

Dammit, I was hoping you would have said that you "didn't nuts for the pretzels" lol

[@sanspotter]

Hey now...this is a family friendly KZbin channel! 😆😆👍🏻

[@NeoVox]

Thanks for this video. I'm planning a trip from London Heathrow to Austin, Texas next year with BA so it's great to see the options before choosing a ticket to buy.

[@ameerali.ouarda]

I love your commentary!!! Definitely always flying BA to Dubai. I had an opportunity to fly in both their World Traveller and their World Traveller Plus cabins and was really impressed with both products. It is fantastic that they are putting their flagship A350’s and A380s on that route.

[@ianholden7]

A380 is a brilliant aircraft ,, I've only flown with Emirates

[@craigwillis3372]

Great review as always Scott....and it looked like a pretty decent effort from BA in Premium Economy. Like you I find the foot supports or leg rests on aircraft utterly useless. SQ have them in Premium economy as do others and they make you more uncomfortable when you use them..may be that is just my observation! Glad to see you back in the in air and I agree about Dubai Airport...amazing place! Looking forward to our next trip !! Thanks mate !!

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Craig! Maybe....we are using those leg rests wrong? 🤔😆 I’ve never heard much complaints about them, but I personally never saw the appeal. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I guess you and I have the wrong body shape / size for that sort of thing. 😂

[@stevebee5840]

Great review Scott...thanks

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Steve - and you’re very welcome!

[@TheFredlove1]

Hahaha ! Omg it really look like the pizza at my high school!!! Lol thanks for a great review again ! Hello again from YUL :)

[@ryankenyon5010]

Great video! That is a LONG jetway. Denver's A26 also requires carb loading before departure.

[@sanspotter]

Haha, I’ve actually heard about A26 at DEN! I’ll be sure to properly eat before experiencing that one...

[@drbjee]

Great narration ;)

[@RN-DNP]

Excellent video. Meanwhile, since Premium Economy costs significantly more than standard Economy, one would think that in addition to more comfortable seating, more pitch, and perhaps better food, more air carriers would offer a seat that doesn't infringe on personal space. Kudos to China Airlines and Air France for figuring this out.

[@sanspotter]

Good point! I’ve always felt that premium economy needed to be a bit “more” to justify the cost - it’s sooo close to being good on some carriers (I liked Qantas PE), but I was hoping for just a little bit more with BA.

[@alexhidveghy2816]

@@sanspotter me, too! I recently flew the type on LASLHRLAS and was somewhat underwhelmed in what they have taken away from previous trips in World Traveler Plus that I've experienced. The flight was fine but the onboard service left a lot to be desired. So much so that the CSD had to be called for a head set issue that took an hour to finally resolve! And whoever heard the whole cabin crew unable to answer a call because they were on their meal break!! What, all at the same time? Pull the other leg, please BA.....

[@cecitrejo4580]

Your subscriber count goes up every day keep it up ive been hre since day one

[@sanspotter]

Thanks for sticking around so long Ceci! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@chrisjenkins1189]

Another great video :)

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Chris!

[@sadflandnav]

What no world famous SanSpotter loo review😆 agreed DXB is tops and that A350 in BA colors looks awesome. I remember when BA was the world’s favorite airline, good job

[@sanspotter]

Haha...creative loo reviews are far more difficult than you know. 😆 I do need to step up my game though! 😬😬

[@debralindsey5800]

Wonderful Video

[@duomusicoffical]

Nice as always

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Adrian! 😎👍🏻

[@rubymoo1]

I’m a new subscriber and love you content. Im heading off next week for my first overseas flight ✈️. From Australia to America!! I am flying the Qantas Dreamliner. Have you reviewed the Dreamliner?

[@marcelorozengurt4432]

the meal is excellent and i even kept the tray and the crockery after the crews said fine take it as a souvenier, got to love anything with the airline logo to use at home.

[@yekurtal5697]

0:56 Is that Matt(?) from ThePointsGuy UK??

[@alex321neo]

YE Kurtal yea

[@shubhankarnaik6231]

Yup

[@JNCGTravels]

Another great video Scott! BA premium is great!

[@Rellaolalal]

Thanks for the vid

[@Avgeek-kaz]

Great review! Looks pretty comfortable.

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Dr AvGeek! It was pretty comfy - I imagine it’d be really comfortable on long haul flights as well.

[@Avgeek-kaz]

SANspotter I wanna try LHR-JFK or LHR-YYZ sometime soon.

[@Avgeek-kaz]

SANspotter Scott, just curious your recent videos are over 10 min, while most of the older videos were less than 10 min. Does this have to do with ad revenue?

[@sanspotter]

Good question! I’ve always heard that longer videos (over 10 minutes) do better in the algorithm, so I’ve been trying to create longer content lately. I can’t say for sure whether it’s working or not, but it can’t hurt to try. 👍🏻

[@Avgeek-kaz]

SANspotter I’ve heard the same thing. Also, 4K videos seem to rank better. Keep me posted on the algorithm thing. I’m curious as well since I started to upload videos.

[@Rellaolalal]

THX SO MUCH DUDE!😀

[@mq46312]

I feel that on the A350 premium economy should really be in a 7 seat abreast configuration. One seat less (8 vs in economy) isn't a big enough differentiator in my opinion.

[@clausstimpfig3803]

Now that meal Service was really good. Real cutlery, China plates and linen napkins. Food itself looked superb and was presented the way it should be. Fancy stuff…..

[@sanspotter]

Yes!!! I have finally discovered something Claus approves of! 😆😆 I was actually thinking of you when they presented the meal to me - China plates and linen napkins do make all the difference. 👍🏻

[@cynthiarosenthal591]

Great job, can you do the 787 from chs to lhr in premium economy

[@footballx2325]

I love your videos

[@anitascarr7982]

Great review! Was disappointed there was no spinning in the loo!! Lol

[@sanspotter]

Thanks Anita! Please don’t make me spin in the loo again! 🌀🤢😂

[@acelmoni2833]

Thanks for sharing bro

[@sanspotter]

You’re very welcome Acel!

[@FLLAviation]

Another nice video! Not gonna lie I get hungry every time I look at a meal service on those flights lol

[@sanspotter]

Thanks! Yes, I do believe that was a better meal than my last Club World experience. Their catering has come a long way!

[@egpx]

That meal looked great, thanks for asking. Oh hang on, you meant another Neil?

[@signalorangers2k]

The wing looks majestic.

[@ANTSEL]

Great video, I fly BA a lot but not experienced their new A350's yet. Perhaps an excuse to go to Dubai :)

[@nycflyertravel]

I’ll take the drab colors of BA any day over the psychedelic purple mood lighting of Virgin Atlantic!

[@sanspotter]

Really?! I quite like the intensity of VS interiors!

[@lagdroid0017]

it’s a much better experience than as you say the drab BA colours

[@raymondleongdiva]

Stumbled upon your channel. Love your humor...the product looks great no offence for BA becos I heard alot of bad reviews on BA though I only flown once on a 747 from KUL to JKT too long ago...coming from Singapore and of cos SQ being my default carrier esp during my previous corp travel...it does look pretty good for an economy plus product. I think alot better than SQ premium economy

[@jasperlabrador]

Arrived yesterday 17/10/09 London to Sydney flying Premium Economy with British Airways. It was surprisingly good. Usually go Business but thought I would give this a go and save half the fare. Good decision, not much I could fault except the USB ports on the seat back did not work. Slept extremely well thanks to a couple of sleeping pills. Was on a 777 which I don’t particularly like. Dubai, cannot see ant attraction to this soulless, concrete jungle less you have a shopping addiction. I would rate my experience with BA comparable to Emirates Business Class (the flying bit) love the chauffeur bit and cocktails on request but it’s not worth $2000. Will try the others?

[@THEMilkSHAIKH]

DXB is an amazing airport. I would argue the airline hub of the world. There are so many airlines that fly to Dubai, many exotic and rarely seen. An Avgeeks dream!

[@ianholden7]

Dxb airport is brilliant I've been there 6 times easy to navigate, only ever used Emirates and the use terminal 3

[@simondavey7787]

BA v Emirates? Who wins in the economy battle? What is your favourite London airport? I’d love to hear your British accent. Thank you for your amazing content. You definitely have a fan here in the UK.

[@monserratmunoz8110]

Doing SAN-LHR-SAN soon!

[@solotrippin09]

I really like the idea of premium economy. It's good for those of us who can spend a bit more for the extra comfort but not too much for the price of business

[@jaack8984]

I'm from england and you've been to London more times than me like

[@TheMusicalElitist]

You're from England and yet you can't even type properly. Ironic much?

[@cplayzstuff6907]

When I trainspot, I always see the class 332 (Heathrow express Train)

[@kiwitrains]

I see a few idiots have there seats reclined during meal service, I hate that.

[@sanspotter]

Me too - and those seats recline quite far as well.

[@briangahan8174]

Incredible plane and world traveler plus was just fantastic. Just did Phoenix>Heathrow>Delhi. then Bangalore>Heathrow>Phoenix

[@TheCalvinChristian]

Thanks for persuading me buying PE of British. Was struggling either Finnair or BA to Zurich~ :D

[@TheCalvinChristian]

by the way, Finnair was great too!

[@sanspotter]

You’re very welcome Christian! You’re gonna enjoy it I think. 👍🏻

[@TheCalvinChristian]

@@sanspotter absolutely! I believe BA experience will make me feel obsessed.

[@kevingrainger2530]

In 1984 i cooked the breakfast meals for an airliner, gobblegobble, oh boy. What fun.

[@martinmayfield1932]

Does your travel have something to do with your career or is this just your passion. Just curious, either way I appreciate your channel and interest in aviation

[@thetwopointslow]

Very un-London weather! Maybe one of these times, review the loo with an obscenely extreme fish-eye lens?

[@sanspotter]

Good idea! Would be funny to see *everything* in one shot. 😄

[@kagecooke6964]

Could I get the name of the song at 5:40 ? I know there's a link to the music but I don't know if I'll be able to find it in all that lol. Thanks

[@sanspotter]

That was “Melancholy” by Ooyy 😎👍🏻

[@FlyersAviation]

Why is the A350 economy class in general not looking as good as the 777 in my opinion? Strange. Also, how do feel about Air Transat starting service to San Diego from Montreal next summer?

[@alexis_ianf]

8:46 I belived BA has the same Y seats as the B777 (10-abreast) and B787-10 even though the A350 is slightly wider then B787.

[@qaisrashid6496]

Just booked this trip in this class before watching this!

[@sanspotter]

You’re gonna enjoy it!

[@qaisrashid6496]

SANspotter Thank you! I wanted to try out the A350 in British Airways - my national airline❣️

[@123bingham58]

Would you say one of these seats in PE are better than an exit seat in Economy?

[@MR.ALFE95]

It's scary how everything, the meal, the wine, the seat, the cabin, and the amenity kit are actually THE SAME than Iberia's Premium Economy. In Iberia you don't see pizza, instead, you get a fancier dish as a pre-arrival meal. But the rest, is the same. IAG thing...

[@sanspotter]

Now I’ve got a hankerin’ to try Iberia premium economy. I had no idea it was so good! 😮

[@MR.ALFE95]

@@sanspotter Same as me until I tried it from MAD to JFK and it left me speechless. The crew was super nice and helpful, the meals were super good too and the rest, the same than BA. Oops, and in Iberia, PE customers get their own lavatory, at least in the A359 and in the A340

[@pranavharikrishnan9840]

Even the older cabin is great

[@KEITHGEE1000]

Thanks for this. I have flown three times to Dubai with Emirates the last time three days ago. It looks to me Emirates are still ahead of BA. Afternoon tea was a nice fresh sandwich followed by a warm scone with jam and clotted cream. No school pizza issues for me!!

[@flavoursofsound]

2:15 Welcome to Heathrow 😂 where walking to your gate and waiting for the plane to reach the runway probably takes just as long as the flight itself. However Terminal 5 is probably the best place to be at LHR. Me personally I prefer Gatwick any day even if it is more money and effort to get to from where I live. The views of London when coming to land at LHR are unbeatable though. I flew LHR - Muscat Oman in premium economy with BA once. Upon hearing what economy is like I’m really glad I did. So when I flew LGW - DXB, I of course flew with Emirates for economy class on their A380. Amazing, makes me wonder why anyone would fly BA instead.

[@pjmackey373]

Recently flew DUB-LHR-DXB with BA, Emirates is indisputably better than BA but Emirates was triple the price of BA so I obviously chose BA for the price

[@Kevin_Finch]

Maybe it's just me but it looked like the economy class seats managed to shrink even further? I haven't been on a BA A350 yet.

[@sanspotter]

Yeah, those economy seats did look rather small.

[@heaveng-zge5275]

I had that exact same flight

[@zac-3474]

The sour cream and chive pretzels are the best part

[@rafiqislam7397]

Please do a video on Singapore to Nadi (Fiji) on Fiji Airways.

[@sanspotter]

I am planning a trip to Singapore soon - and that sounds like a great idea actually...

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

George Carlin: whenever they use the word premium - get ready to pay top dollar for a mediocre service. So is here :)

[@nishanthb5093]

Are you gonna do JFK-BOM Inaugural flight? (Delta)

[@kellymeredithdc7436]

I want to go on the A350. I just did premium class on the tired 747. The screen was so small and not clear to watch 9 hours worth of movies.

[@sanspotter]

The A350 is a massive step forward for British Airways - as much as I love the 747, it’s not even remotely as nice as the new Airbuses.

[@shanegermany5803]

So Scott, not knowing how much this cost and that PE is generally a third more then Econ, do you think it's worth the extra cost from the product you got and how do you compare with other PE you've flown. No pre take off drink i see, bit disappointing. wish airline food wasn't so Carb loaded, that pizza could have been presented loads better and how hard would it had been to taken off the cover from your mains before giving it to you, little touches make all the difference or am i being picky. Is DXB a mad airport as many people say it is, anyway as usual great review, continued success.

[@sanspotter]

Hey Shane! Yes, I do think premium economy is worth it over regular economy on BA. Qantas (787-9) was my best ever PE experience, and I don’t think BA is quite that good, but I’d still be happy to pay extra for it. Also, there were pre departure drinks offered, but I was unable to get footage of it unfortunately. And yes, DXB is amazing! I have tons of footage from inside in the video of the return flight to LHR.

[@Ellesdream2023]

Nice voice xx

[@declan-kayodekeegan1598]

Not a bad review of BA's new A350 ... The congestion in Heathrow is unreal and makes life difficult for those who fly into LHR! Sometimes you land ahead of schedule and still have to wait for 20 to 30mins to get a parking gate. Or the traffic of planes landing into LHR is so great you have to hold in the air and wait minutes for your turn to land. All these delays due to heavy traffic often make life difficult for those with tight onward connections! I know its a controversial debate at the moment but I think they need to hurry up and construct that third runway and a new terminal!

[@jimcunningham61]

Once you fly PE it’s real hard to go back to coach

[@emmq6630]

man took three tabs of acid and got on a ba premium economy flight to boston. i freaked the fuck out and locked myself in the bathroom for like 45 minutes but then my food arrived and i watched finding dory it was mad

[@tehblizz]

What backpack did you go with in the end?

[@sanspotter]

I went with Swiss Gear this time (the 5902). I like it a lot so far!

[@addosolar537]

BA Premium Economy is a great deal when the business class is exorbitant. Be careful though because surprisingly, sometimes the premium economy is just as expensive as the business class. I am not sure about why this is the case.

[@brunkerj]

I have made 2 roundtrips between San Diego and Heathrow. About 11 hours. All trips in economy plus. All flights were just fine, and I appreciate the additional room. But the A350 was far superior to the 777 previously used. I'm really not all that fond of Terminal 5. Why you have to go through security a second time, even though you haven't ever left airport security, is beyond me. A waste of time.

[@coolnan2116]

Was this the -900 or the -500 because the -900 is my favourite plane :)

[@coolnan2116]

Oh wait I’ve just realised this is the first A350

[@Horizon301.]

The sad thing is BA (IAG) are so cheap that they don’t have on board cameras for passengers to view. I believe it’s a cost option, considering pretty much every new airliner, even the B777 has such cameras, it does not reflect well on BA.

[@sanspotter]

I know, right? I was disappointed that there were no external cameras on this plane. 😕

[@LeolaGlamour]

They had those in the 90s maybe even 80s and they stopped after a bad crash. I’m kind of with the airlines on this. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Horizon301.]

@@LeolaGlamour but now it’s common place and it’s expected on all new aircraft hence even the new B777’s have it fitted.

[@LeolaGlamour]

@@Horizon301. My point is it’s most likely not a money thing maybe they just don’t want to do it for that reason. Like you said it’s standard on most aircraft and it’s not even new technology.

[@Horizon301.]

@@LeolaGlamour I said it’s expected. The cameras are there on the A350 for pilots to use however for it to stream to the IFE is an option. BA didn’t want to pay as they are cheap, no other reason for it.

[@nestoraranha4067]

First and last experience on BA. Just boarded BA 138 to London. Flight Attendant is very rude. No please no thank you. Maybe she is having a bad day. Sad.

[@fredob43]

You were lucky you could even eat the food. On my last trip with BA (WT+) LHR BKK I was served an inedible dried up pasta dish. I did get a pat of butter but alas nothing bread wise to put it on. The service was at best rubbish. The only good thing I can say about it was at least we got to the destination. As you can imagine I wont use them anymore.

[@alfredovalenciagarcia7245]

Which is better British Airways or Emirates to go to Dubai?🤔