welcome to heathrow terminal 5 to be at b gates today for this trip
all the way down to mexico city in business class hope you can join me for this it's
going to be a great trip a long trip but i am so looking forward to this a little bit tired
but i've made it let's go and get on board and we'll see what it's like shall we
yes so i should explain actually that in order to leverage a pretty good return fare down to mexico
city and back with british airways in club world and i've booked my ticket from dublin
via heathrow and so i stayed in london the night before they used some avios to fly from london
city over to dublin in the morning i checked in at dublin airport as normal and then flew
back to heathrow terminal 2 where i then had to transfer to terminal 5 and take the shuttle
over to b gates the transfer times were a bit tight to be honest but at the end of the day i
saved myself around £1200 i'm just booking it from dublin rather than heathrow it's crazy
isn't it but you know it made it affordable and i got the extra tier points and avios
yeah so maybe way down the jet bridge and i'll tell you what it was a great feeling
turning left instead of my usual route towards the economy seating in the back
and i was in seat 7a today which is the last row of the smaller of two business class cabins on the
british airways dreamliner now the main advantage of this window seat and 7k opposite is that you
don't have to climb over someone's legs to get out as you can see i was greeted with a comfortable
pillow a set of headphones and the bedding kit underneath now shortly before takeoff i was
offered champagne which i gladly accepted along with a glass of water the latter was a bit of a
token gesture on my part to be honest uh or did i mention that the seat faces backwards yeah this is
ba's old style yin yang business class product now which is laid out in a 2-3-2 configuration
a bit of a weird feeling really but uh that's a great view of the engine from this seat and
it's quite reassuring to know that it's still attached to the wing during the course of the
flight isn't it anyway it was a bit gray in london but a table stowed away and we were
ready for takeoff they're competing with a virgin atlantic dreamliner to see you could get out to
runway zero niner first uh they won when we got there though it was a quick turn of burn and we're
up into the afternoon skies above the city and we enjoy the takeoff and i'll see you in the cruise
right so i was very comfortably settled in now and uh cabin crew came around giving out menus and i
mentioned to one of the staff that it was my first time flying long haul business class and whether
she had any tips and she basically said well the best advice i can give is to just try everything
once yes that's what i did and pretty much the first thing being a cranberry blush cocktail which
is basically lots of vodka really and a packet of nuts now shortly afterwards dinner was served
and i had the roasted lamb shank which was very nice and of course a glass of rioja to go with it
after dinner cabin crew came out with white company amenity kits
and which came in a lovely quality little bag and i won't go through all the contents here
but you can see that yeah you've basically got everything you need for a flight of this duration
now the trouble with me on this flight was there's just too many buttons to play around with
for example instead of manual blinds the dreamliner has this button that increases or
decreases the tint of the window and the sun's on my side so yeah it was actually really useful in
reducing glare during this flight now for extra privacy there's this automatic divider thing
between the seats which means you don't have to be staring at your neighbor for 10 hours plus which
i guess could be off-putting for both of you can it now the table i was using
is released by this button and it folds out and then you slide it towards you like this
now bear in mind you can't really get out and when there's lots of stuff on it
which can be a bit of a drawback
now the tv pops out using this button here that's a they're a bit old now at these screens but
they're perfectly good for what i wanted to use it for which was mostly tracking the flight there are
plenty of films games the etc the usual stuff available which i won't go through here
and everything is controlled with this remote which is stored on the side of the seat
and talking about the seat uh yeah as you would expect it does convert into
a fully lie flat bed as i'm attempting to demonstrate here
now these buttons on the side allow you to do that remotely and the ottoman opposite
the seat folds down to effectively support your legs try not to put any weight on this by the
way because it'll just collapse because i can testify on more than one occasion
now the bedding pack you get um like it's like a mattress topper and a blanket type of thing
and then you use them with a pillow and that you basically got your bed and that's fine then once
you're lying down there's a reasonable amount of space i would say i've got my amenity kit
flight socks on here because i'll tell you what i've been wearing my skate shoes all day and
fortunately for everybody else i was able to stow them away in this handy little drawer down here
now you've probably noticed that plenty of power sockets usb and conventional and this is dimmable
reading light and yeah that pretty much covers everything off apart from of course the loo review
so let's have a look at what we've got here a decent sized mirror
there's hot and cold running water hand wash moisturizer
paper towels and lots of other toiletries and revitalizers hiding behind the toilet roll here
and it's a drop down baby changing table i thought
there's more chance of getting one in club world but unfortunately not
another mirror and yeah this is handy isn't it it's a little bench type thing for sitting
on whilst you get changed into the pajamas that british airways don't supply you with
but yeah all in all it was pretty clean and fully stocked so no issues at all okay so i returned to
my seat and i still had the windows dimmed quite a bit but it was now time to let a little more
light into the cabin as ba was serving the second meal on this flight what they called a light meal
and so i chose the herb roasted chicken breast in tomato sauce and gnocchi for some strange reason i
seem to have a coffee with me at this point i don't know where that came from anyway uh with
the bread roll and dessert it was really filling and yeah more than ample for the remainder of
this flight we had about an hour and a half to go after this meal a little bit longer than expected
just going to congestion at the airport which led to our aircraft maintaining a holding pattern
at prior to final approach and unfortunately this meant that we landed in the dark but it was a
spectacular ending to the flight watching the sun disappearing and then to be replaced by lightning
flashes in the distance we'll enjoy the highlights as we make our way west and into mexico city
okay so i paid about £1100 pounds for this flight and to be honest it was difficult to remember
the exact price as i've had all sorts of vouchers lying around from cancellations that occurred over
the last couple of years you know it was such a relief to finally be flying out on this long-haul
adventure i could tell you that and overall it's yeah it's not a bad price in my opinion but i'd be
really interested to know if you guys have had any decent flight bargains yourselves at least since
early 2022 anyway and i've found business class deals to be pretty scarce over the last few months
anyway i think i was first off the aircraft and i made my way along the jet bridge i spent about
30 minutes in passport control and then i took a taxi to the hotel
i need my bed
hopefully it'll be quick through security taxi and hotel cheers for now
oh my god mexico city i'll tell you what i'm abs look look at just look at me
i am shattered that was over 11 hours that flight we had to hold for about 40 minutes
before landing very busy um and that was my third flight of the day as well believe it or not
it is five to ten local time here which i guess means it's five to four back in the uk
and you see that thing there that is a massive bed isn't it and i am going to enjoy every minute
in a bit i am absolutely shattered guys i hope you enjoyed the video thank you very
much for watching join me on another adventure soon i've got a few things coming up in mexico
so yeah i'll catch you on another one soon and thank you very much as always guys cheers for now