Either I've been asleep for the past few months or Virgin Atlantic has been really quiet about their new business class product, because it's already flying between New York and London on their brand new three class Airbus 330s (featuring Economy, Premium Economy, and Upper Class). You can find all the details of their new…
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Too bad United is no longer partners with them, I would've liked to give UC a shot.
The translucent panels make it look less private. I enjoyed the trip I took in UC a couple of years ago. I'd be willing to give the new product a try. I guess it will get to IAD eventually.
Ha! Love the redigested PR. If you study the seat patent the 7'-2" claim is better understood. The seat footprint is a parallelogram, so measures 7'-2" or 4'-6" depending on which opposing corners you span the tape measure.
Density increases significantly with 4 abreast in lieu of 3 previously. Makes sound commercial sense.
Looks nice! I hope this improved product makes it to my October 2012 LAX-LHR flight!
Lucky, assuming the new Upper Class is better than the old one, if you had to choose would you fly Virgin Upper Class or Air France's biz class?
Angled flat... I forgot about that. Who the heck ever thought that was a good idea?! They should be beat, lol. Anyway, I'd be using USAir Dividend Miles for VS, or DL Skymiles for AF
@ Coutureguy -- Yes, definitely avoid Air France. Though keep in mind that you can't redeem US Airways miles for Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, but rather only for economy.
@ fosij -- Thinking of just transferring to Flying Club. Not the greatest deal, but to try a new product it's worth it to me.
@ Lucky - Is Flying Club the only way to get onto Virgin's upper class? What about ANA... Will they let you fly Virgin Upper Class and then SQ or TG to fly JFK-Asia?
@ Carberrie -- You can also book through ANA if you prefer, though in this case I was thinking of just flying Virgin one-way. Unfortunately ANA won't let you mix Star Alliance carriers with their other partner carriers.
Lucky, thanks for the info about redeeming USAir miles on VS. That's certainly a bummer that they only allow coach redemptions, and therefore eliminates that option for me. Looks like I'll have to get creative in order to try out the new Upper Class
The Virgin Atlantic website is showing availability on VS004 on May 12 for 40,000 miles + $391.50. Would it work better to trade Ultimate Reward Points with someone who could buy the ticket using VS miles from their own account? Might be a better deal than transferring miles. Lemme know b/c I have the VS miles 🙂