Long Haul Flights - Different classes of cabin
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Premium economy on globespan before it folder on our trip to calgary was well worth the extra 25 quid. Got bigger seat more leg room, free headphones and it was seperated from economy which was packed like a tin. We had different movies aswell. Just seemed like a good deal for £25.
Insurance paid for our flights back due to my illlness but we got Air canada and that was awesome little pods to sit in fullscreen touch screens etc Would always go for premium as long as its quite a long flight.
Insurance paid for our flights back due to my illlness but we got Air canada and that was awesome little pods to sit in fullscreen touch screens etc Would always go for premium as long as its quite a long flight.
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Ferquent flyer programmes are awesome. You get all that (although sometimes not the seat) for the price of an economy class ticket
Unfortunately I don't fly often enough to qualify for that sort of thing.
I've always found Virgin to be great, flown Economy from LHR->LAX about a dozen times in the last couple of years, most recently in April and every time I've checked in on-line, dropped my bag off with normally a queue of 2-3 people ahead and no hassle and walked on the plane.
All the IFE has always been on-demand, which is a godsend for the long flights, although I usually take advantage of the free booze on offer and sleep most of the way.
I did fly PE too, we got it on a deal where it was £600 compared to £450 - was on our flight back after the wedding and really appreciated the extra seat room and pitch, the seats are really comfortable too
And also the hold baggage allowance is doubled (I think) for PE which as we were bringing wedding presents and lots of things back it was great.
Check-in at LAX always sucks though, I don't think you can do it on-line, sometimes you can get lucky with security and waltz through but if there are other flights due around the same time it can be a pain. And the post-security terminal is rubbish too
Upper Class though frankly you must have money to burn, or air miles to burn, to do that compared to what you can buy once at your destination - that said I do have about 70,000 odd air miles with Virgin now so I think I could upgrade if I so wished
All the IFE has always been on-demand, which is a godsend for the long flights, although I usually take advantage of the free booze on offer and sleep most of the way.
I did fly PE too, we got it on a deal where it was £600 compared to £450 - was on our flight back after the wedding and really appreciated the extra seat room and pitch, the seats are really comfortable too
And also the hold baggage allowance is doubled (I think) for PE which as we were bringing wedding presents and lots of things back it was great. Check-in at LAX always sucks though, I don't think you can do it on-line, sometimes you can get lucky with security and waltz through but if there are other flights due around the same time it can be a pain. And the post-security terminal is rubbish too
Upper Class though frankly you must have money to burn, or air miles to burn, to do that compared to what you can buy once at your destination - that said I do have about 70,000 odd air miles with Virgin now so I think I could upgrade if I so wished
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the silly thing is that royces had to "install" engine noise for the a380 engines since people were worried that they couldnt hear the engines. Source: derby rollsroyce.
You can check in online when you're flying home from LAX, I did 
It's the world's crappest airport though. There's about 4 shops and not many places to sit, which really sucks when you're meant to turn up so early for your flight.
I was quite impressed with the VPort thing on my flight, although I had to have it rebooted once or twice cos I managed to crash it
It's the world's crappest airport though. There's about 4 shops and not many places to sit, which really sucks when you're meant to turn up so early for your flight.
I was quite impressed with the VPort thing on my flight, although I had to have it rebooted once or twice cos I managed to crash it
Yeah LAX is a funny one, it's just old and it shows - especially coming from Heathrow which has to be one of the best airports in the world really. Meh, if you go to the crap areas of LA it will be crap, stay somewhere nice like Santa Monica and enjoy the beaches and take trips into Beverly Hills, Hollywood (althogh the realisation that Hollywood itself is not a glamorous area but a bit of a dive is new to most people) etc and it's pretty nice - I'm not a huge fan of LA it has to be said (San Diego is way nicer) but it has some nice areas. And god knows why you'd want to spend any time in a theme park but that's just me
Oh also Fox I remembered there's a Bubba Gump's Shrimp restaurant on Santa Monica pier which is cool if you fancied doing that on your first night
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Meh, if you go to the crap areas of LA it will be crap, stay somewhere nice like Santa Monica and enjoy the beaches and take trips into Beverly Hills, Hollywood (althogh the realisation that Hollywood itself is not a glamorous area but a bit of a dive is new to most people) etc and it's pretty nice - I'm not a huge fan of LA it has to be said (San Diego is way nicer) but it has some nice areas. And god knows why you'd want to spend any time in a theme park but that's just me
Oh also Fox I remembered there's a Bubba Gump's Shrimp restaurant on Santa Monica pier which is cool if you fancied doing that on your first night
You sound like the sort of person who would be a really useful addition to my MSN list
And god knows why you'd want to spend any time in a theme park but that's just me
The Disneyland and California Adventure are great parks.
Eat a Dole Whip float in adventure land,
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The price of some of these flight's you guys are quoting is mad
2.5k Thailand?
I paid just over £400 with Etihad and they supply a great service, infact looking now they are offering flights for £418 in Ocotober
2.5k Thailand?
I paid just over £400 with Etihad and they supply a great service, infact looking now they are offering flights for £418 in Ocotober If you can catch me online with the time difference[TW]Fox;17026194 said:You sound like the sort of person who would be a really useful addition to my MSN list
rich1lloyd at hotmail.com - feel free I don't doubt they are great parks, and Six Flags too, I just can't stand all the queueing and crowds of people when 10 miles away there are epic beaches, scenery and surf to be catching
If I could do a Cartmanland and have a park to myself I'd be much happier Fox, you flown Virgin before?
Was about to book Air NZ to LA last week at a nice £516 now they shot up the other day to £580 now ****ing £615 today. Either I book now and clap myself for being a slow tard waiting for my unreliably slow mate or just go to Virgin for £500. Would have loved Air NZ and more legroom, but £100+ could go towards the rental and a lot more fun in LAs Vegas.
Argh!
Was about to book Air NZ to LA last week at a nice £516 now they shot up the other day to £580 now ****ing £615 today. Either I book now and clap myself for being a slow tard waiting for my unreliably slow mate or just go to Virgin for £500. Would have loved Air NZ and more legroom, but £100+ could go towards the rental and a lot more fun in LAs Vegas.
Argh!
Air NZ is good, but not £100 better than Virgin IMO - flew Air NZ once too in my various trans-Atlantic trips, it was pretty much identical from what I could remember although the plane looked a bit newer and the food was a little bit nicer, NZ lamb stew vs beef stew with Virgin
Cheers Rich.
I was mainly looking at the legroom to be honest, as I'm 6ft 2 and have lanky long legs. According to seatguru Virgin looks tiny with a 31 pitch and the ANZ 747 seemed one of the biggest.
Any other recommendations on carriers? Still shot myself in teh foot for not booking last week. Ho hum.
I was mainly looking at the legroom to be honest, as I'm 6ft 2 and have lanky long legs. According to seatguru Virgin looks tiny with a 31 pitch and the ANZ 747 seemed one of the biggest.
Any other recommendations on carriers? Still shot myself in teh foot for not booking last week. Ho hum.
hmmm, this could prove fun, how can I tell if it's one of the latest? flying to Cancun from Manchester next week on a Thomson 767.on the latest Thomson 767s you can set up a poker tiournament against other passengers on the IFE system
Some of these prices are crazy , i paid 1300 total for the following.
British Airways - Heathrow to bangkok.
2 months later
Quantas - Bangkok to sydney
2 months later
Quantas - Sydney to LA
2 months later
British Airways - New york to london
British Airways - Heathrow to bangkok.
2 months later
Quantas - Bangkok to sydney
2 months later
Quantas - Sydney to LA
2 months later
British Airways - New york to london