The first British Airways Boeing 777-300ER with First Suite has arrived

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British Airways took delivery of the first of four new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft yesterday.

It touched down at Heathrow in the morning after a flight from the Boeing factory in Everett.

The new aircraft will feature an improved – but not radically different – First Suite seat. For the first time, First Class seats will have a door. This puts the First Class cabin on a par with Business Class, as these aircraft are arriving with the new Club Suite seat as standard.

We don’t have any photographs of the new First Suite – the best we have is this illustration from the crew manual. Hopefully we can get our hands on some over the next few days.

Your chances of flying the new seat are not great. There is no news on it being retrofitted to older aircraft and a totally new First Class seat is believed to be planned for the 777X deliveries due from 2022.

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Goldmember says:

3 Oct3 October 04:46

They’ve already got 777-300ER’s in the fleet. These new fleet arrivals are historical orders that were ordered some time ago and happen to feature the new revised First cabin and Club suites.
- Phillip says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 06:39
  
  12 of them in fact since 2010. I believe 6 owned and 6 leased. Maybe Rob meant first revamped.
  - Sue Loder says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 09:44
    
    No Coop offer on BA AMEX…
    just the Will Writing.
    - RussellH says:
      
      3 Oct3 October 10:17
      
      The offer is not on any BA cards, as far as I know.
      - David D says:
        
        3 Oct3 October 17:13
        
        On the BAPP but not the Platinum for me.
Tariq says:

3 Oct3 October 07:41

Note that not all Co-Op stores are in the list provided in the Amex Offer – so check before trying to use!
Jpa says:

3 Oct3 October 08:05

It is only the national coops that are on the list. The regional ones are not. However it is not always easy to tell the difference. In East Anglia it is the East of England ones that don’t count. We have a mixture of both around where I live.
- RussellH says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 10:43
  
  The Amex small print says “Co-op Food”.
  The shops on the list would seem to be Cooperative Group Ltd. shops. Co-op Food appears to be a brand within the group.
  None of the Scotmid shops in the north of England are on the list, and there are only a very few shops in the offer in Edinburgh, which always seemed to be the Scotmid heartland.
  Equally, very few places on the list in the Midcounties Coop area.
Mark says:

3 Oct3 October 08:48

Coop offer doesn’t even show on my app.
- Julian says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 22:55
  
  No Co-Op Stores and only Co-Op Will Writing Services offer on my Amex Preferred Rewards Gold Card.
IslandDweller says:

3 Oct3 October 08:51

I’ve got the will writing offer but not the general offer….
- Iain says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 09:05
  
  Same on my BAPP. Not been impressed with recent offers of BAPP – seems other cards are getting better and more useful offers. Hmmm.
  - flyforfun says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 11:08
    
    Same. Lots of hotel chains I wouldn’t consider. The Toryograph offer. I wish there was a button to press to reject them so we wouldn’t be faced with them continuously.
- Tilly says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 16:47
  
  Ditto on both my cards. The £5 back on £15 spend would actually be a useful offer.
Nick says:

3 Oct3 October 09:08

I mean, come on…
BA has had B777-300ERs for a decade, so how can this be the ‘first’…?
It’s the first of the four new ones, absolutely, but the headline is completely misleading!
- Rob says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 09:11
  
  Got to keep the headlines tight 🙂 Will tweak.
  - Nick says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 11:26
    
    👍
Rob says:

3 Oct3 October 09:13

Amex funds Shop Small, Co-Op will fund this.
- Alex Sm says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 12:52
  
  Presumably funded from astronomic charges they impose on retailers in the first place
Sam G says:

3 Oct3 October 10:01

I tried to pay my council tax with my amex in a couple of co-op and despite “game” staff we couldn’t get such a large payment to go to paypoint. May be regional. But no question of Amex acceptance for it!
- Ghosty says:
  
  3 Oct3 October 11:06
  
  I think paypoint is limited to £200 each transaction
  - Steve in Croydon says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 11:37
    
    I’ve never had a problem paying for my TV licence at a Co-op PP.
    Paying for Council Tax would mean a paying-in book and a monthly visit to do it. Each month would be over the £200 limit, if that is correct. Shame, a useful source of AX spend (£2,500 PA).
  - Genghis says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 12:10
    
    But you just ring up the transactions, ie 3 x £200 = £600 paid.
  - Secret Squirrel says:
    
    3 Oct3 October 13:16
    
    its more than £200 a day.
    - Secret Squirrel says:
      
      3 Oct3 October 13:17
      
      I mean per transaction, ive done £500 recently in one go, i think that might be the limit.