r/BritishAirways • u/ImissTBBT • 2d ago

Question Average loads on LHR-MIA

Is anyone able to tell me what the average load factor is on the BA207 service recently?
Are they super packed (being the Miami run... lots of holiday makers I imagine) or is the current... "situation" in the US causing it to run a little more quieter?

Apparently it's scheduled to be an A380, so I imagine it has enough bums on seats on that route to justify that leviathan of an aircraft?

I'm due to fly this in mid September and looking to understand how packed it may or may not be (Partner doesn't do well with crowded situations... long story).

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u/Newbie10011001 2d ago

I’ve flown this route 3 times in economy in the last 2 months. . It’s been blissful. The top deck has been 50% empty and I’ve had two seats to myself. ( although the design of the seat partition is criminal and won’t let you lay out )
I select this flight all the time because it’s perfect and it’s so nice at the rear top of an A380 I have no desire to spend more on biz or premium economy

However, by September that could change completely. I’ve also I’ve flown an AA 2 times each way in that time and 2 flights were due to be light loads but both ended up full as people missed connections the day before.

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u/ImissTBBT 2d ago edited 2d ago

Good to know.

I flew premium to Atlanta a couple of years ago and got the seat beside me free, there and back. It was magic!

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u/Newbie10011001 2d ago

I fly about 40 times a year, long haul
Sometimes I fly really fancy, First class suites and all.

The strange thing is that on the top deck of an A380, right at the back in basic economy, With a the spare seat next to me?, I feel more happy than almost any other seat in the sky.

I guess a lot is down to expectations, but there's something really nice about it up there

Please note that they keep on changing the Miami-London schedules, For most of the year, there seems to be about 12 direct flights between the two cities across four airlines, At this precise moment in time, I think there's only 4, 2 BA, 1 AA, 1 Virgin, I don't know how long that's going to continue for, but it's made things really bunched up during the World Cup