9W C class is a joke, I have flown it several times for work. I am strugglign to remember how many industry accolades it has won for its service and innovation.
VS J class on the other hand is a far superior offering. J2000 would quite easily blow 9W C offering away.
I don't need the handout from friends to fly - as for your comments about VS flights been largely crewed by ex (W staff, that is simply wrong. Yes there will be local crew utilised on the DEl and BOM routes, but there is a much larger proportion of UK based crew servicing the flight, I should know as I normally stay with them at the same hotels.
I'm sorry, but I really don't get what value you are trying to add by being here. You obviously don't like something that VS has done to you, and from what I recall it was simply that you didn't get a FT voucher when you were flying in W (when you were not entitled to one) but someone in Y did, do you know for sure that this person was not a FC Au? FC Au's get very well looked after on all routes, and in particular the India routes - I have been flyign in Y before becuase W and J were full (using 72 hour full Y ticket benefit), have been escorted to the front of the plane to do priority disembarkation and then personally met at the gate. Why? Loyalty - I am recognised frequent flyer that has demonstrated loyalty over the last 7 years of flying with VS. You look after all customers but in particular your most frequent and loyal customers. From what I recall you are a Red member, along with the other 750,000+ that are at that level, red means you have filled in the form and are starting to collect miles - it does not seriously indicate you as a frequent flyer, it may indiacte you as a loyal flyer though - the Oracle Db that VS uses has the ability to track this.
Richard
