A few things – All flights, hotels and associated costs were paid by Virgin Atlantic. The outbound flight was a press-only charter. Virgin Atlantic staff from various departments were onboard for questions and “issues”. Virgin are very proud of this new product. I was excited. Now I am a bit sad…
Today’s review is from Roving Reporter. I took my first long haul business class flight ten years ago. It was on Virgin to JFK and I thought it was amazing. I had ‘entered’ another realm (having only ever flown economy before) and I can still remember how exciting the whole…
Upper Class wing check-in On all my previous Virgin Upper Class flights I had connected through Heathrow on ex Dublin tickets so I had never actually used the Upper Class Wing. On this one I had used miles to upgrade a premium economy ticket so I was determined to give it…
At the request of a reader as well as one of my friends asking for some help over a glass or two (!) of wine the other night, I will be covering how to book Virgin redemptions. Even if you are a hard and fast BA Avios collector, Virgin are…
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…
BA’s Easter Treat for Executive Club members British Airways are again offering special lounge access for Gold & GGL Cardholders over the Easter holidays. If you are currently due to travel you should be informed by email from British Airways or when you check in for your flight. Between 26…
Dubai flights from £1108 Whilst looking at various options to get to the UAE I found quite a number of bargain flights which I thought I would share with you. Most of these are ex EU so you would need to factor in the cost of getting to the starting point as well….
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…
Virgin ‘spins’ new ex Air Berlin business class Virgin has launched a major PR exercise and rebranding to introduce the ex Air Berlin aircraft which I talked about in this article. From May this year the aircraft will be used on certain routes from Manchester for the summer. So if…
