This is a Trip Report from the Premium Economy cabin
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Checked in prior to leaving the Midlands the day before so had no problem obtaining our requested seats of 74A and C (the back two seats upstairs with the handy little table at the side).
Bag drop queue was quite busy so went to the empty PE queue and asked how full the flight was. I was informed it was overbooked by 11 in economy and 3 in PE. I did ask if there was any possibility of upgrades in light of this and she said it was golds as first priority which is fine as I'm only a lowly silver and accepted my fate. At least we got our requested seats so not a problem. You can only but try.
As we were sitting supping our champagne on walked a passenger on the upper deck accompanied by a member of the VA staff to the front right hand upper class suite. I informed my husband I thought it was Natalie Imbruglia (who he's had a crush on for years) and he went all goggle eyed. I asked the VA staffer extremely quietly if it was and she confirmed yes. Hubby was in his element when he knew. Oh, the things I do to keep him happy [ii]
There was an exceptionally nice and friendly blonde lady FA who came around and offered us two rounds of drinks/pretzels and looked after us brilliantly throughout the flight.
The normal food fare was offered of 'bangers and mash' which was actually very nice - it certainly sounded like the better option of the two.
Unfortunately our two screens had problems with v-port and the film jumped and froze throughout and then stopped suddenly. We managed to sort it out ourselves and fast forwarded to very near the end. We both gave up the ghost of watching any more films and settled down to listen to music and try to have a nap.
Following that had a quick wander downstairs and was surprised to see the bar was immediately at the bottom of the stairs and I was soooo tempted to just prop myself on a stool and ask for a drink - but got a little scared as I thought this may be overstepping the boundaries a little.
Anyway a fantastic landing by our wonderful lady pilot into JFK and and flew through immigration as we were the only plane that had landed at that time.
Luggage was quickly out thankfully. Natalie Imbruglia came very close to where we were standing and just as we were leaving saw that she was struggling to get three large bags onto a trolley and I very kindly offered my husband's (note, not mine as I couldn't cope with the size of these bags) assistance. She said we were very sweet but would be able to cope. Hubby was hilarious and went into Chandler from Friends mode in that when he opened his mouth to say something, it just came out as aoeeugghg.... Oh the joys of being with a lovestruck man.
Anyway flight over, got a limo from a guy called Joey outside who charged us $45 to take us to our changed hotel of the Millenium Broadway Premier in peak Friday traffic which was an event in itself.
