This is a review of my flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles on Virgin Atlantic’s B787 in Upper Class. I had started my flight in Dublin as it saved a huge amount of money and meant that the flight was only £1250 plus an additional £100 to have an extended…
Who gets access to the Clubhouse? You can access the Clubhouse if you are flying in Upper Class with Virgin, hold Virgin Gold status or Delta SkyMiles Platinum Medallion and are flying with either airline. The lounge The lounge at Terminal 3 is with all the other lounges and above…
Hawaii business class flights from Amsterdam There have been very few offers to Hawaii for the last 9 months apart from the BA 6-month advance purchase which did not hang around for long. The latest fares from Amsterdam start at £1754 which is not brilliant but the best you will get…
Virgin last-minute cut price Upper Class redemptions If you can squeeze in a last-minute flight to Miami and have some Virgin miles to burn there are some great value redemptions on offer with Virgin Atlantic in Upper Class. If you can fly between 14 February and 14 March it will…
As the year draws to a close I have been looking back on our travels for the year. I have travelled on more flights than 2016 but been far less exotic than usual in my locations due to my kidney transplant in 2016. Next year I will hopefully be back…
Virgin Atlantic sale Virgin’s latest sale has some good bargains but watch out for the new aircraft swaps which may not be showing yet during booking. These should all be updated on the booking portal by 19 December. See below for more details on this. BA’s sale is also likely…
If you would like to ask a question to be featured on the blog, please feel free to contact me by email at [email protected] or click on the contact us tab above. Reader E asked “Need some help/guidance. I have over 200,000 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Miles and wish to use them…
Much as the sight of Christmas cards in the shops annoys me at the moment, (it’s not even Halloween yet), here is a Christmassy offer to look at! Virgin launches a great Xmas gift idea for travel addicts Every Christmas we all end up with gifts we don’t really want…
Today’s post is from Mrs B. I reviewed my Virgin Upper class experience here which was from a flight a while ago but Mrs B flew with Virgin last month for the first time in many years. So what did she think? I have recently returned from a trip to…
Qatar Airways pre-dining I have a Qatar Airways flight to Ho Chi Minh City booked in business class and whilst selecting some seats I noticed a new option to pre-select my meal. Shortly afterwards Qatar officially announced that they will now be offering a similar service to British Airways in…
