For general information on BA's Club World cabin, click here

Club World on the 747-400 is configured 2-4-2 (A,B - D,E,F,G - J,K) downstairs and 2-2 upstairs (A,B - J,K).

A crucial question for Club World flyers is Upper Deck, or Lower Deck? There are pros and cons for both. 

Upper Deck: You have your own Club World cabin in effect. It is quiet, so it's good for night time flights for sleeping and in the window seats you have a side storage bin.

The downside is that you will be the last Club World passengers off the aircraft at your destination, and the overhead storage bins on a B747-400 are much smaller than those downstairs, so if you have a lot of luggage, you have to put it in the cupboard at the top of the stairs, meaning you will be the last of the last of CW in disembarking. Row 63 upstairs offers a lot of space near the exit as do the backwards facing 62 A and K. For notes on the Upper Deck, click here

Lower Deck: Note that downstairs throughout Club World, the window seats and the pair in the middle always face backwards.

What's interesting about the layout here is the way the World Traveller Plus cabin is sandwiched between First and Club World. Not surprisingly it's a development which hasn't been welcomed by Club World passengers, who have complained that WTP passengers get to disembark before they do. (Normally, the plane is embarked through door 2 and disembarked through door 1, although this depends on airports and airbridges available.)

Consider the front row if you want to be off the plane first, but bear in mind the proximity to the washrooms.

Remember that if there are children in CW, they will be on the lower deck.