More British Airways routes getting the new Club Suite business class

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After yesterday’s news that Philadelphia and Washington DC were getting the A350 and Dallas and Seattle getting the 787-10 both with Club Suite, it looks like British Airways has now fully rostered the A350 fleet for the Summer schedule.

In April, this means we will see the A350 on:

Bangalore (BA119/BA118)

Dubai (BA109/BA108)

Austin (BA191/BA190)

British Airways A350 Club Suite

…. as well as the previously announced Philadelphia (BA67/BA66) and Washington DC (BA293/BA292).

From June Tel Aviv will see the return of the A350 (BA167/BA166), whilst Tokyo will see it come July (BA5/BA4). Boston will get it in August (BA203/BA202).

Toronto is notably missing. Whilst Toronto was one of the first destinations to get the A350 it looks like it will no longer serve on that route. This list looks exhaustive, given the limited number of deliveries that British Airways will be taking from Airbus. I wouldn’t expect any more routes to get the A350 until later in 2020.

There are no additional routes for the 787-10 yet. Atlanta, Dallas and Seattle have already been announced.

If you are not familiar with Club Suite it is the new British Airways business class seat. This article explains Club Suite in detail including where you can fly it.

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Robert says:

15 Dec15 December 06:21

Re the A350 on the TLV route, looking at ExpertFlyer it’s actually showing just a very short break with the A350 at the end of March. So showing a 777 replacing it between March 30th and April 7th on the 166/167 rotation, and then the A350 back again from the 8th, so much earlier than June, unless the info on there isn’t up to date.
Paul says:

16 Dec16 December 23:30

I had F seats booked on a 241 deal to Austin and was downgraded. I called tonight and surprisingly was rerouted to IAH with none of the usual nonsense you get from BA.
Quite happy as am on the 787 now and closer to my final destination.
Craig says:

16 Dec16 December 23:39

Regarding the Virgin CC monthly miles earning cap against credit limit, has a date been shared when this comes into effect? As a Virgin card holder I don’t recall receiving any notice of a change to T&Cs as I’d expect.
- Gavin says:
  
  18 Dec18 December 10:56
  
  I’m still waiting for notification also.
  - Rob says:
    
    18 Dec18 December 11:09
    
    If you’re Gold you may be excluded.
Phil G says:

23 Dec23 December 10:54

Hadn’t seen it mentioned anywhere but on my latest virgin rewards + statement it had the following

From 15 December 2019, we’re changing how you’re charged when
you use your card or withdraw cash in any of the 31 countries of
the European Economic Area (EEA). When you pay for something
in Euros, Swedish Kronor or Romanian Lei, we won’t charge you a
Non-Sterling Transaction Fee.
When you take money out in those currencies from a cash machine
in the EEA, you won’t have to pay a Non-Sterling Transaction Fee
either – but you will still need to pay a Cash Advance fee.

Also despite having a spend of 4 x credit limit via cycling my credit limit, i still earned miles on full spend, ie not just up to credit limit. I had not received any notice that the new rules mentioned above would apply.
G says:

1 Jan1 January 16:35

Slightly OT question on the new Club Suites: we are planning a 2-4-1 companion voucher trip to NYC in April 2020 and have the option of Avios redemptions in Club for 50 000 or in First for 68 000. With the new Club Suites vs the older FIrst offering, is it worth going for the First option? We have only flown Club once (to JHB on a previous 2-4-1 in 2019) and have never flown First. Thinking of doing First on the way out to experience the Concorde Room and then Club on the way back…
Appreciate that it may be a subjective/personal opinion thing, but thanks for any feedback!
- Rob says:
  
  1 Jan1 January 16:52
  
  To some extent it depends on how many Avios you have. I’d rather do 3 x CW trips than 2 x F trips and 1 x Economy trip, for example. Certainly for the night flight home F is a bit of a waste.
  - G says:
    
    1 Jan1 January 17:03
    
    Thanks Rob, since the Amex changes our stash and earning of Avios is severely limited. We have 2 x 2-4-1s to use and 260 000 Avios. We have to do the trip to NYC in April and will then do another JHB trip next year. That will be basically empty all of our Avios and then we’ll wait for 2yrs until we can get Amex cards again.
    So with that in mind, am thinking it may be our only shot to experience First, but seems like the new Club Suites are actually better than First(?), so then it would just be to experience the Concorde Room on the way out and the better meals/amenities/service. Would you say that’s what the difference between the 2 products comes down to?
    Thx!
    - Rob says:
      
      1 Jan1 January 18:24
      
      Yes – and I am not a massive Concorde Room fan either. I would be tempted to stick with Club Suite. If you want something similar to BA F, use your Avios for Qatar Business 🙂
      - G says:
        
        3 Jan3 January 20:37
        
        Thanks for your thoughts Rob…much appreciated!