Is British Airways Premium Economy worth it?

For an extremely tall person every inch counts on a long haul flight. I flew BA Premium Economy World Traveller Plus from Cape Town to London return recently and was lucky enough to get the new generation seats on both legs. Join us to find out if it is worth paying double the economy class ticket price on this flight review.

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[jeanlee]

I'm 82 yrs just flown Premium Economy from Joburg to Manchester a few days ago .It was super duper with British Airways .I love British Airways xx

[jordanwood]

Great review. Short and concise, but still entertaining 👏

[Mik-xqco]

Just flew BA from Seattle to London. Paid $2500 for premium economy. I think regular economy was about $800 for the same flight. I found the only real advantage was the legroom and the added arm-rest space. I tend not to tilt the seat back much, to the additional recline premium econ provides is not something I need. Also in this cabin section, there was no dedicated bathroom. The bathroom was shared with econ and not enough (four I think) to serve all of econ and econ+.

Coming back home (London to Seattle) I was able to use a systemwide upgrade my girlfriend has on American, to get bumped up to business class. This seating section was far superior to that of econ+. Expensive though, as I think a roundtrip tix in business was more than $10K.

[donaldpolson]

THE question, which you addressed instantly and I was most worried about, concerns whether you get a refurbished plane. Quite simply I would say, yes worth it if a refurbished cabin, but World Traveller Plus on the old model - no. The only advantage on the old model would be the smaller cabin imo. That extra money for a glass of Prosecco + a bit better seat mmmm

[GG-hiif]

Got this product to look forward to next year; flying from London to Sydney via Singapore. Of course, there are lots of alternatives - Qantas, Qatar, Emirates, Singapore - but managed to get a 241 Flight on Avios for it! So, £800 return to Australia.

For a night flight of 14 hours, departing at 9pm UK time, hopefully should get plenty of sleep!

[formulaic]

At 5 foot 9 I would never pay double for premium economy.

But I take it whenever I can get it for no more than 20% higher than regular economy. If you're somewhat flexible on dates and airlines, and book early enough, then this is doable. Recently got tickets from Shanghai to London for same price as economy and then London to Shanghai for about 30% more.

[johnnovy]

I'm also 6'4" and dreaded having to fly Economy. I can just about afford Premium Economy nowadays. 🙂

[Cloud-mpeo]

Looking forward to flying this tomorrow 14 years old and currently at about 5’9 I don’t want any more than to be 6’2 economy must be torture for you

[mindseye]

I cannot seem to find the seatguru configuration of BA PE that goes from rows 15 to 19. We have one set of window and aisle seats booked at row 18. And UGH seeing your video pointing out row 18 as lacking a window really concerns me. Can you let me know whether this was a 777-200 or 777-300ER? Also could you share the link to this exact seat map if possible? Thank you for the short, sweet and to the point video.

[CarolanneTitmus-Greene]

You have not mentioned the extra baggage in the hold allowance.

[Dave-ronj]

Just booked PE in row 26 (the last row) as I want to be able recline without bothering anyone for the entire flight. Any thoughts on those seats? I think they fully recline as what I've read. Thanks for this great review.

[guitarsingaporeRapture]

Very helpful video. Sorry if I missed it but could you share how tall you are?

[natashabrown]

Do you keep the headphones and blanket

[Itsmimisopinion]

Great video!! Did the outside arm rest lift up?

[mastiffmama]

From LAX to BOM. It has to be Premium Economy. 2 10 hour flights?? I need the stretch room. I flew business which was wonderful but I can't afford it thus year. So premium it is

[elsei]

I've seen a lot of BA Premium economy videos with the old cabin (and old IFE), do you know if they renewed the PE in all aircraft types?

[Mousirelen]

listen to me carefully: you have a new subscriber (1) & (2) you have to be the funniest person reviewing flights. (3) You have to trademark " I just cannot cope with flying in the wrong direction for the first 8hrs of my journey " Classic!

[Linskath]

It’s okay until the person in front of you reclines.

[michelletaylor]

We thought it was worth it for the seats alone....

[EternalShadow]

Im flying to tokyo (14 hours straight) and im debating if i should upgrade to premium economy (£399)