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Pop your trans-atlantic cherry anytime
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by mystikchick17

Advantages: Cheap fares, excellent service, first-class entertainment system, decent food
Disadvantages: Long wait times, London-Delhi leg needs major improvement

...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 ... Read review

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26.12.2005
BADGE SOARS HIGHER THAN A KITE..........
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by Badger_Boy

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, friendly staff, good entertainment options, free booze
Disadvantages: Lack of legroom

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 ... Read review

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17.01.2005
They all wanted my body
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by atticusuk

Advantages: Safe and good service
Disadvantages: No upgrade for me

...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 ... Read review

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04.04.2008
The best (but only just)
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by pefidler

Advantages: High level of service, as always
Disadvantages: Economy is a little, well, bijou!

...my rather poor review of Virgin with a much better one! So, where have I been with Virgin this year? I've flown to both Newark (New York) and Los Angeles. I've flown in all three classes (Economy, Premium and Upper Class), and on both Airbus A340 and 747 Aircraft.... Website: The Virgin website upholds the funky brand that Virgin has everywhere. It’s easy to use, bright and cheerful, and does have the cheapest flights on the web. At several ... Read review

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11.07.2000
(04.11.2005)
Great Service from Gatwick to Orlando
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by holdfast

Advantages: Economy class with first class service
Disadvantages: Need detachable video monitor controls

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 ... Read review

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19.09.2005
Leaves the others trailing
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by Cargill

Advantages: Value, Quality of Service, A pleasant experience
Disadvantages: Limited route network

...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 ... Read review

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23.11.2004
Virgin Upper Class.
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by mattwill

Advantages: Seamless journey from home to destination. The best airport lounges anywhere.
Disadvantages: Unsure about the new seat. Staff were friendly but not outstanding. Price is for when someone else is paying!

...the service you get from Virgin in Upper Class, then I hope you’ll find this very useful. I've flown Virgin Economy several times and on the whole they're very good so I would always choose them over the majority of the competition. Their Upper Class product always has the reputation of being excellent, so I was very excited to be able to sample it on a trip to Johannesburg. Their 'seamless' journey from your home to your destination ... Read review

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15.10.2001
(12.11.2001)
Im not a Virgin anymore
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by bazza1603

Advantages: Conpletely fab service. Excellant aircraft. Friendly staff. Excellant food.
Disadvantages: Virgin should be the nations favourite

...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 ... Read review

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12.08.2002
Smiley Virgin
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by DarcyOnly

Advantages: The service, the flight - everything!
Disadvantages: Expensive

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… From ... Read review

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31.08.2002
A terrible pun for the title would be too easy.
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by Manx

Advantages: British. Quality. An established name and company.
Disadvantages: They can't fly you everywhere you want. They can only fly from a few airports.

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 ... Read review

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26.03.2001
Flying without fear course
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by Maia

Advantages: Helps to minimise fear of flying, fantastic airline
Disadvantages: Still frightened (didn't cure it completely)

...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. Anyway, ... Read review

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08.05.2003
Virgins Travel in Style
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by littlewonder

Advantages: Entertainment and Variety
Disadvantages: Only the usual lack of space suffered on any aircraft

...served with 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 ... Read review

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28.03.2001
Now I've done virgin I'd do it again
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by ricci

Advantages: comfortable, great service, get a little goody bag
Disadvantages: is a bit more expensive than some other airlines

...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 ... Read review

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02.06.2003
The best flight with Virgin
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by ndavinson

Advantages: Lots of space, friendly staff, good food
Disadvantages: I didn't have any problems

...journey home. I would thoroughly recommend Virgin Atlantic to anyone travelling across the big pond - or anyone travelling anywhere for that matter! My only hope is that they increase the routes so I can make them my main airline wherever I go. ... Read review

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27.10.2004
Very very good, cheap and cheerful
Review of Virgin Atlantic Airways - VIR by Ruby

Advantages: Very Cheap and Personal TV really does help pass the time
Disadvantages: Always on far away terminals and bad duty free deals

...one long haul journey with Virgin Atlantic so far and will be on another trip this summer. My first impression of the airline was really good, to begin with their fares are absolutely brilliant, particularly for students. It's normally at least 10-20% cheaper than the other big airlines on long haul. My trip was actually a nasty 12 hours and no plane could really give me much comfort squeezed in a seat for so many hours, but a personal TV, quite a ... Read review

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12.06.2001
(01.10.2001)
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