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Virgin Premium Economy -- Worth It?

Iad777 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 121 posts, RR: 1
Posted (9 years 4 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 3249 times:

Hi All-

I'm curious as to everyone's thoughts on Virgin's Premium Economy. I recently flew LHR-IAD rountrip in British Airways Premium economcy (got free upgrades both ways) and it was awesome. Would most def. use miles to upgrade between economy and premium economy on BA. Is Virgin's Premium economy worth the upgrade? It doesn't look so great...but I've never flown it. I know it has wider seats and more legroom, but do the seats recline more than economy? Any thoughts?

Cheers

History shall be kind to me; for I intend to write it -WSC

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Richard28 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2003, 1570 posts, RR: 6
Reply 1, posted (9 years 4 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3159 times:

Never flown VS premium economy, only J and Y.

I do know however that the premium economy varies on VS aircraft.

the new seats look very nice, and do recline much more than standard Y, you also get the chance on sitting on the upper deck of the B744's

some of the older A343's it (apparently) is not worth it as much as the seats are an older design and tired.

You get separate checkin in prem economy, and champagne/juice pre-flight drink service.

Food service is standard Y like that of BA.

If you are a VS flying club member you also get more miles for flying in this class Smile

Pixuk From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 322 posts, RR: 3
Reply 2, posted (9 years 4 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3083 times:

Been flying in PE for years, and absolutely recommend it - although Richard28 is right about some variation across the fleet.

If you're on a A340-600, it's fine. On a 747-400, the top deck is better and if it's a A340-300 pray for an upgrade (which regularly seem to happen, since PE seems to be getting more popular than the seat capacity these days).

Pix

SafetyDude From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 3795 posts, RR: 16
Reply 3, posted (9 years 4 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2951 times:

You can try over here at:
VS Fan http://vsfan.org/vsforum/index.php
and Virgin Flyer http://www.virginflyer.com/forum/default.asp

Smile

-Will

"She Flew For What We Stand For"

Iad777 From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 121 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (9 years 4 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2828 times:

thanks all for the info--

will def book premium economy--would love to fly on upper deck of the 744, but as of now, VS has schedule A340-600 service to IAD

cheers

History shall be kind to me; for I intend to write it -WSC

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