Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR

...us on a trip on Virgin Atlantic Airways, and proceeded to tell us all of the little extras we would be getting on this plane. It calmed my nerves down a little bit, because the journey was around 7 hours there and about 6 hours on the way back, it is a very long journey and I didn’t want an un comfy ride and nothing to really watch on the trip. ==Booking== To book your trip, you have the option of either doing it through a company like Thomas Cook ...
...the seats and food on Virgin Alantic is brilliant, the food looked awful and tasted even worse and the seats were so uncomfortable, however it was a good flight and for the money we paid, we did get ‘what we paid for’. I would recommend flying with Virigin Alantic, however would recommend booking your food beforehand and if you can afford it, get into premier economy or at least by a decent pillow for the seat. That would be cheaper probably, but ...

DixieChick10 01.09.2009 · Read full review
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...experience in luxury that flying Virgin Atlantic represents? The Virgin Clubhouse lounges, the on-board massseuse and manicurist, the bar right there in the cabin, the fully reclining beds...the list is endless. But what about economy class? Was there any trickle-down effect, or was the difference enough to effect a Marxian-style revolution (sorry way too much philosophy/history this semester!) My father was eager to find out and so booked us on ...
...away thoroughly disillusioned with the Virgin myth. What on earth had all those people who had recommended Virgin raved about? This flight was the pits, and needless to say, I was not too pleased with the prospect of flying back to the US later in the summer on my way back to university. When I landed in Newark, NJ I was a changed woman. I couldn't WAIT to fly Virgin back home in December for Christmas break. It turns out that while the India-UK ...

mystikchick17 26.12.2005 · Read full review
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Having never used Virgin Atlantic, prior to Christmas we booked a holiday for four people to Las Vegas via Expedia.com. As there wasn’t a choice of carrier, we were stuck with Virgin and much to my dismay, in the weeks approaching the actual holiday I heard horror story after horror story of the level of service to expect. Departing on 23rd December we were to fly direct from London Gatwick to Las Vegas. I had never been to the USA, most of my holidays ...
...help but spot the large Virgin signs and the red and white colour scheme. Once the party had assembled we approached a long but fast moving queue. Whilst waiting to check in our bags we were approached by Virgin security and were asked the usual mind numbingly simple questions. Although the fact the lady asking the questions was not fully conversant in English, the process was simple and after a few repetitive questions we quickly came to the desk ...

Badger_Boy 17.01.2005 · Read full review
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I have used Virgin Atlantic on occasions for my flights with work and on my own holidays. My two most recent flights were one of each - one to Orlando international and one to Antigua's VC bird International. I would say the flights I have flown on have all been very similar in the way that they were conducted and the staff on board but I will give my opinion of the airline as a whole and let you decide for yourselves. Bear in mind thought hat this ...
...upon these. The history: Virgin Atlantic was set up by Richard Branson. I'm sure nearly everybody has heard of this guy but for those who don't, he is the founder of Virgin and also Virgin Holidays. He has made millions from the company and it's many other projects it now has such as Virgin Vie cosmetics and trains along with also now developing the Virgin space travel program. Virgin Atlantic itself was founded in 1984 after Richard Branson already ...

frankiecesca 22.05.2008 (15.05.2008) · Read full review
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...since I last travelled with Virgin long before the days that I knew of Ciao existence, probably before I even knew about the existence of "tinternet" and on this trip I had little choice over the airline as the whole holiday was booked with Virgin Holidays. Given that it was a nine hour flight I was quite happy to be going with an airline that has a good safety record, is known to be customer service focused and being a scheduled airline would mean ...
...at all. Booking with Virgin was via the phone and the flight to Havana was out of Gatwick, not my favourite airport as it is a pain to get to and basically pretty crap as well. However on the plus side Virgin do make every effort to reduce the amount of time you have to spend in the airport on the day you fly, which is a good thing as the owners of Gatwick try to do everything possible to extend your stay but that is for another review. I took advantage ...

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Virgin Do It Better For one month of the year, I and she who will be obeyed escape to Florida, Orlando to be precise. Our mode of aerial transportation is provided by Virgin Atlantic. Thank you Sir Richard Branson for creating an airline that treats its passengers like people and not like cattle (BA take note). Our last trip to Orlando was in March this year, (2005). The holiday started with a 300 mile journey by car to stay with relatives near ...
...point I should mention that Virgin Atlantic have a number of ways that check in can be completed, the first is :- Twilight Check In. This is particularly good if you have an early morning flight or you want to minimise the hassle of turning up 2 to 3 hours prior to departure with all your bags, screaming kids and all you can see is a long queue in front of you. The way it works is that you can check in between noon and 9pm the night before you ...

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...increase on all airlines, but Virgin Atlantic stands out as leading the way. Unfortunately, London's Heathrow airport can be a stressful start to your trip. Many of Virgin's departures are within a few hours of each other, so the check-in area can be very crowded. There are however, marshalls and other staff who make sure that the huge snaking queue moves along nicely. Friends and relatives at the airport to say goodbye would do well to stand back ...
...this is no reflection of Virgin Atlantic. My experience with Virgin continued to be a pleasant one at the gate. All too often, passengers get shipped passed the boarding point, and forced to wait in a tiny 'lounge' for an eternity. I hate it when that happens, so I was pleasantly surprised to walk through the gate, down the walkway onto the aircraft and find myself seated straight away (none of the usual waiting in the aisles whilst everyone else ...

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...was our first flight with Virgin back on the 03 August from Bridgetown in Barbados back to Gatwick. I had wanted to travel with Virgin before, but have always had problems with getting seats at the cheaper fares, as I am always inflexible with dates of travel. Now that I have flown with them I can see why this airline is so popular and why I have problems booking with them!. We hadn’t booked with Virgin, but due to a problem with BWIA aircraft that ...
...Routes +++++ Virgin fly to the following destination Manchester to Orlando Gatwick to Antigua to Barbados to Las Vegas to Miami to Orlando to St Lucia Heathrow to Boston to Cape Town to Delhi to Johannesburg to Hong Kong to Lagos to Los Angeles to New York to San Francisco to Shanghai to Tokyo to Washington They also codeshare with to Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian airlines and Singapore with Singapore Airlines. Codesharing means that ...

bazza1603 12.08.2002 · Read full review
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I have only used Virgin Atlantic once, which was at the end of last year. I flew with my young son (only nine months at the time) and my partner. We flew from Gatwick to Orlando International and then back the same way. The check-in as Gatwick was busy when we arrived in the North terminal. Even though the queue was long, we only had to wait for around 15 minutes at the most before we were fully checked in. The staff were friendly and helpful, but ...
...was on time, though the Virgin flight before ours was delayed. As our son was only nine months at the time, we had a bulkhead seat, so that we could have a sky cot. The sky cot is rests on a flip out table that is attached to the bulkhead and is really handy on such a long flight. At first my son wasnt too keen, then decided that he liked the idea. The sky cot can only be used when in flight and has to be packed away for take off and landing, and ...

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The thing to remember about Virgin Atlantic is that it is expensive, probably the most expensive airline around by quite a significant amount. Isn’t this a down side? Well yes, obviously in one sense. But in another Virgin knows that in order to keep its customers it has to do everything possible to make it that significant amount better than any other airline. It has certainly accomplished this as one can tell along every stage of the journey… ...
...tend to be smiley, but virgin are extra smiley. Even better, they appear to be genuinely smiley. From the person waiting to welcome you to the desk clerk they are all friendly and helpful. You need a specific seat, a specific meal, you want to be as far away from your nagging grandmother as possible, you want to be upgraded for free – “We’ll see what we can do.” I will add that if you are either an unaccompanied minor or ...

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I like Virgin Atlantic. I used to do a lot of travelling with my parents back when I was just a young lad. As a family we were quite adventurous with our long haul flights; my mother is Australian and so flights around the world where never out of the question. Virgin Atlantic will not fly you around the world; they’ll fly you to the United States of America. Concorde (the fully functional kind) aside, I can’t think of a better way to ...
...a child is of a Virgin plane and the flight that followed. I was in an airport, I couldn’t tell you which although I can assume it was Heathrow or Gatwick and I was looking out of those huge windows most airports have that allow you to watch the goings on down on the runway. I didn’t much like the airport, everything was so busy, and everything was so official and scary, the police even walked around in armour and with guns. Let me re-iterate ...

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...Flying course. The Virgin course does not involve a flight, because their research shows that if they asked people to fly, many people wouldn’t attend. And even if they did, they wouldn’t be able to concentrate because they would be so worried about having to take the flight later. I can see the logic of this argument, but with hindsight, I would have preferred a flight so the pilot could actually talk us through all the noises and what is happening. ...
...who introduces us to the Virgin Atlantic captain, who does the morning session, and David Landau (a relaxation counsellor) who does the afternoon. There was also a stewardess there to explain the flight crew’s role. 09:45 The pilot talks through the mechanics of flight and you get a chance to ask everything you want to know about airplanes. Almost all of the questions are along the lines of: “What happens if …” He was very patient because at every ...

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...abysmal food. However, Virgin is a delight to fly with. They don’t have particularly bigger planes or give you much more room but they are comfortable, you have “breathing” space at least. But there are so many more benefits with Virgin. First of all, when you get to your seat you will find, apart from the usual blanket and pillow, a little plastic satchel filled with supplies for your journey. These include your headphones for ...
...a 10% discount voucher for Virgin Stores. This is yours for keeps. For kids, there is a brightly coloured rucksack filled with sweets, colouring books, pens etc. A very nice welcome aboard. As the flight taxis to the runway the staff come round (on some flights) with a boiled sweet to suck hard on during take-off and present you with a menu. The menu gives you three choices of main course, which is excellent, particularly if you forgot to mention ...

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...went to New York with Virgin Atlantic and I have to say that they were fantastic. Now in the past we’ve been economy class squeeze them in customers. We’ve been on flights where there is so little legroom that most of the people are up and down like yo-yos to try and ward of the dangers of deep vein thrombosis. We got a four day package break to New York with virgin holidays which cost £445 for the flight and hotel. So it was quite a reasonable ...
...it we were transferred to virgin Atlantic to book food, because understandably he’s fed up with having nothing to eat on planes but rolls. They were very helpful and even booked our seats for the to and from journey. So there was no need to worry about the possibility of having to sit separately on the way back, which has happened to us a few times. When we got on the plane there was a relatively large amount of legroom. We were very impressed with ...

ricci 02.06.2003 · Read full review
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...travel with anyone other than virgin Atlantic, I simply could not see why people would pay over the odds for a flight to and from the same place. After my visit to Florida flying with Virgin Atlantic I found out why. I had travelled with virgin Atlantic before as a child when I went to Los Angles with my family. I don't remember the experience that well as I was only 10, all I remembered of the flight was being extremely travel sick and the little ...
...Grandad as well. Virgin Atlantic is part of the virgin company founded by Sir Richard Branson, They have been operating since 1984 and since then have grown to one of the most reputable airline companies known to man, Virgin Atlantic fly to many places all over the world including the USA, Jamaica, Australia and Hong Kong amongst many many others. With Virgin you get many options and can fly Economy, premium Economy, Upper Class and Business Class. ...

lindsey3uk 31.10.2009 · Read full review
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