Upgrade for £30 to Virgin Atlantic Economy Delight – which I highly recommend

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• Benylin says:

  24 Jan24 January 04:22

  OT: Phuket, 2 nights, any recommendations for a cash booking? ~£200 a night. Resorty type place, on the main island so can get to airport easy as have early morning flight.

  • Tom1 says:

    24 Jan24 January 06:15

    We like Marriott nai Yang beach. 10 minutes from airport, I think more like £100 per night. Can walk along beach at night to watch sunset and have beers and plenty of places to eat. Nice modern hotel, good breakfast, nice pools.

  • BJ says:

    24 Jan24 January 06:33

    If you want to be in Patong then Holiday Inn Resort Patong Beach. It is across the road from Beach and most of the shopping and nightlife is within vicinity of hotel to about a 10 minute walk. This hotel is way better than you would expect of an HI in the West. If you want quieter then Hilton Arcadia might fit bill and like HI, give you opportunity to earn or spend points. If you are lucky £200 should cover both nights. Never had a problem myself but some might say getting from the airport is never easy. Some hotels provide shuttle service and all will book a private transfer if you feel l more comfortable with that. If arriving on a domestic flight you are fine. If international be prepared for a horrendous immigration experience at times. With direct flights from over 20 Chinese cities alone l, HKT has long outgrown its comfort capacity.

    • Daftboy says:

      24 Jan24 January 08:02

      Stayed at the Surin a few years ago, really enjoyable stay – more secluded (its next door to an Aman) – it might have been around that price range (I may be misremembering!)

      • Leo says:

        24 Jan24 January 20:31

        No it’s much more expensive than £200 p/n even in the cheap seats. Great hotel, fantastic beach.

• Ian says:

  24 Jan24 January 05:22

  Virgin Economy Delight is a really great product – the extra legroom is ace and you get over 6000 miles on HK to LHR. The premium check-in and fast boarding do make a difference too. I was dreading flying in economy, but being sat on the front row was really good.

  I can see why they are trying to promote it though, both times I flew from HK LHR leg, its been pretty much empty. Economy classic passengers then run and take a row of 3 seats then use them to sleep on and the crew then scrabble around trying to work out who has to pay £50. Bargain.

  It’s a very smart, innovative package of benefits from Virgin from a passenger comfort perspective, I just hope it catches on.

  • Benylin says:

    24 Jan24 January 05:50

    Is it basically exit row and front rows?

    Emirates charges £75 for those or sector

    • Alan says:

      24 Jan24 January 14:47

      No. They are different. Virgin has arranged its seating such that some rows have more legroom than others

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    24 Jan24 January 09:39

    Shame about the 787 product though. Seats are 3-3-3 but only the side blocks are configured for Economy Delight. Makes aisle access pretty awkward.

  • Mike P says:

    24 Jan24 January 14:39

    With you on this. I flew it LHR to JFK last year (and have it booked for the same this year).

    For a daytime flight it’s a good product if you don’t want to spring for W.

• Tom1 says:

  24 Jan24 January 06:17

  O/t IHG 2 Nights promo

  Has anyone triggered the voucher multiple times by staying multiples of 2 Nights?
  Thanks.

  • Brian W says:

    24 Jan24 January 17:25

    I’d be interested to hear if this is possible.

    I have triggered a free night with two stays at the Met in Leeds @ £45 per night. It’s now sitting in my IHG dashboard. Good value, especially as I didn’t personally pay! The second night also ticked one of my accelerate targets for staying at two brands if anyone is wondering if these new hotels are included, they seem to be.

    Wasn’t impressed with the Met Hotel so would only repeat if I know multiple vouchers can be earned.

  • Brian W says:

    24 Jan24 January 20:58

    Checking the terms and conditions for the offer it’s clear a member can only earn one free night via the promotion 🙁

    • Tom1 says:

      24 Jan24 January 21:38

      Ah – schoolboy from me. Should have checked there first, thanks.
      I’m off to the met this weekend. Wish me luck!

• Roger says:

  24 Jan24 January 06:30

  Is Virgin flight search using Miles down?
  Tried it last night and this morning, no joy!

• Sh83 says:

  24 Jan24 January 06:42

  OT – I’d like to book some Avios redemption flights from LAX to Hawaii (LAX>HNL and OGG>LAX)
  I remember reading on here there’s a certain way to do this.
  Does anyone have experience of this and can offer guidance please?
  Thanks in advance

  • DaveL says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:06

    Can’t remember if they fly from LAX but you want to be looking for Alaska Airlines – 7,500 avios each was with about £5 taxes. We flew the route with them last year, though to SJC from KOA.

    • DaveL says:

      24 Jan24 January 08:09

      Sorry actually it was 12,500 avios – we got 5,000 back for an issue which made me forget! Look for reward availability on American Airlines website then phone BA direct to book. Ignore the miles requirements on AA website, it should be 12,500 avios pp per sector

      • Liz says:

        24 Jan24 January 15:00

        Should that not be check Alaska Airlines and not American – I’ve been researching this recently too but from Seattle – wasn’t sure how to check availability though. Or does Alaskan availability show up on AA website?

      • DaveL says:

        24 Jan24 January 19:33

        Alaskan availablility on American Airlines site…

      • Liz says:

        24 Jan24 January 22:33

        Ok great thanks – I’ll take note!

• TripRep says:

  24 Jan24 January 06:56

  Rob this does not appear to be live as yet.

  MAN-MCO EC Outbound late Sept

  Light 489
  Classic 589
  Delight 654

  • TripRep says:

    24 Jan24 January 06:58

    Would be interesting to hear reviews comparing Delight with Premium… (£854 for the same dates)

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      24 Jan24 January 09:54

      I recently did LHR-SFO Delight out (day), Premium back (night).

      Delight:
      – Couldn’t find priority check in at LHR but I was HBO anyway so just used a kiosk
      – Priority boarding handy
      – Hard product I thought perfectly fine for a day flight
      – Wifi good enough for light email/chat
      – Decent curry for lunch, plus ice cream and pasties as snacks
      – Main downside was that (only on the 787) seats are 3-3-3 but only the side blocks are configured for Economy Delight. Made aisle access pretty awkward.

      Premium
      – Fast track security at SFO, which was unexpected
      – Didn’t really notice extra legroom, but did notice extra seat width
      – Service levels seemed similar
      – Underwhelming dinner (but it is outstation catering), worse than outbound
      – Slept fairly well

      I’d probably do the same combo again travelling to the US. Delight is good enough for a day flight and there’s no extra APD for Delight so it’s a fair bit cheaper on the outbound leg.

• Roger says:

  24 Jan24 January 07:07

  What’s the minimum age for applying Curve card?

• Roger says:

  24 Jan24 January 07:09

  Is there any timetable for Q suite roll out from European countries?

  • Rob says:

    24 Jan24 January 08:07

    Not seen a timetable anywhere.

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