Virgin Atlantic Eliminates Haircuts At JFK Clubhouse

You just let a random person cut your hair? I guess a quick neck trim is a nice service yet I doubt this will be missed

were these haircuts complimentary or there was a fee for them?

DAMN it just 2 months before I’m due to fly Suites! Can’t have everything I guess

Great article. I agree that my coolest lounge experience was getting my hair cut while watching planes land on the runway. My wife and daughter enjoyed their spa treatments in the lounge as well. It's disappointing that such a unique experience is going away.

Virgin used to have inflight massages?!?!

I am the Regulator

"You just let a random person cut your hair?" as opposed to whom?

I'm with Robert Fahr - if you were getting your hair cut at an airport it's high time you stopped.

@mike it used to be complimentary but starting last spring they started charging.
It is sad that this service is not available anymore. Will miss it for sure.
@Robert not really random if you’re a regular VS flyer out of JFK.

@JB
Yes, in-flight massages.

They were awful. The treatment chair was plonked in the middle of the upper cabin on a 747. You’d sit there surrounded by other bored passengers staring at you. Utterly excruciating. I did it once, on my 1st trip with them, and never again.

When I did the in-flight massages a couple of times, they were in a separate part on the side of one of the galley's. I loved them, so sad to see them go a few years back.

And, yep, I do the haircut. Virgin couldn't afford for the people doing it to be anything less than great - i.e. annoying the heck out of your most valuable customers is not a winning proposition. They are great to use for a quick trim and tidy up.

I've gotten two of my best haircuts EVER from Jon at the LHR Clubhouse -- it's my favorite part of the Clubhouse experience 🙂 Hope they never close that salon!

What is the expected tip for these free short spa services?

I always thought it was a strange service to offer.

Who goes on holiday or on a business trip without getting a hair cut the day of two before? And what if there was no availability on the day?

Meh. The haircut I got there was mediocre. The $14 haircut (tips included) at my local barbershop is better.

“You just let a random person cut your hair?” as opposed to whom?

The woman with a name (not stated here) who has, exclusively, cut my hair for the last six years. Does that sound random to you?

I hear you. If you were able to align your VS travel schedule perfectly with your hair care needs, this must have been a benefit to you. I indeed arrange my air travel to get a haircut in a city where I do not reside. Just not in an airport lounge. Perhaps I underestimated the regularity of the stylist's schedule at JFK VS lounge. Mea culpa to those who took offense.

I got a haircut in LHR a couple years ago. It was a cool experience and saved me the time of booking a haircut on a non-travel day so definitely a time save. I was initially not so happy about my 6+ hour layover on a JNB-LHR-BOS ticket but I made the most of it. 😉

I got a very nice haircut there some years back. And, indeed, the experience of getting a trim while I sipped champers was certainly unique. Too bad it's gone!

I can see why they've got rid of it at JFK because presumably most biz passengers would want to get their as late as possible, have something quick to eat at the lounge and sleep the whole flight- compared to flights departing LHR where they are daytime flights so most passengers will have time to kill etc.

Haircut just got haircut, no pun intended.