V-Flyer

Hi

We don't actually fly until 03 September but since booking our first upper class flight I seemed to have turned into a UC internet stalker.

This forum has provided some good info on when to board what to expect from the LGW clubhouse.

More excited about the. Flight than 10 days in Barbados!

Absolutely never too early to get excited ! Part of the joy is the looking forward and planning.

No. I am not due until late November and monitor the countdown widget constantly ! Mostly when I am mega fed up at work which is hourly now !

hiljil wrote:Absolutely never too early to get excited ! Part of the joy is the looking forward and planning.

+ 1

Never too early to get excited about a holiday.

Blacky1 wrote:

hiljil wrote:Absolutely never too early to get excited ! Part of the joy is the looking forward and planning.

+ 1

defo!!! we have been looking at restaurants and things to do inTokyo at weekend. countdown is well and truly on. as BA are too "mature" to provide a countdown on the MMB like VS i am sing Vflyer :-)

Nope, never too early to get excited about an upcoming trip / flight. :-)

it's never too early, especially for UC!

after a couple of VS trips to USA in january, i'm strictly europe for the next three weeks, france - eurostar, germany - ba, poland - lot, somehow it's just not the same, but i'm already plotting some more VS longhaul

I get excited from the moment we think about booking until we are home and I've done the TR.

Then, I continue to get excited planning the next one, reading all the TR's other kind souls have published and particularly pawing over the photos.

Before our first, I studied the photos anywhere I could find, right down the the minutest of detail.

I'm not going until end of November which means, I check this:



and this:



Every day of my countdown:

I started my countdown to my forthcoming holiday at 470 days when we put a deposit on the accommodation.
Then in April bagged the UC out: exciting
in May bagged UC back: very exciting.
Now we are in the month of Feb and I have already test packed my carry on with only 19 days left.
It is never too early to start getting excited.
Dick D

Never, never, never, too early to get excited about a holiday, especially one that involves flying in the pointy end, champagne, smart witty elegantly attired CC, champagne, a seat that converts to a lie flat bed, champagne, flying in the pointy end of a 747 (my 1st time in a 747 this year), an onboard bar, and champagne.

And that's before the holiday!
Anyone who says otherwise...

Shoot them

Bretty wrote:Never, never, never, too early to get excited about a holiday, especially one that involves flying in the pointy end, champagne, smart witty elegantly attired CC, champagne, a seat that converts to a lie flat bed, champagne, flying in the pointy end of a 747 (my 1st time in a 747 this year), an onboard bar, and champagne.

And that's before the holiday!
Anyone who says otherwise...

Shoot them

You forgot to mention the champagne, Bretty.

Nothing wrong with it at all, I have been excited since last year when I booked my next trip to Disney World in Sept, even though it's only PE

marshy11 wrote:I get excited from the moment we think about booking until we are home and I've done the TR.

Then, I continue to get excited planning the next one, reading all the TR's other kind souls have published and particularly pawing over the photos.

Before our first, I studied the photos anywhere I could find, right down the the minutest of detail.

I'm not going until end of November which means, I check this:



and this:



Every day of my countdown:

And you don't know how lucky you are to be able to SEE the seat map.

We booked in December our next flights to see family in USA, 28 April/19 May, VS1/VS2, managed M to G, whoopee, Dreamliner, FC man booked 4A and 5A for us, brilliant.

When the eticket came through, I logged in excitedly, went into seat map "The seat map is unavailable to view online, please call the contact centre". Phoned FC who reported it to IT. Further calls to FC, a couple of live chats also and, a couple of weeks later, I discovered quite by chance from a live chat that the original FC guy hadn't booked any seats for us but the live chat guy did it, or said he did, we still couldn't see the seat map.

Emailed customer services and kept emailing them. Told it was a known glitsch affecting just a few passengers and IT were on to it (heart sinks doesn't it). Nothing happened and eventually customer services stopped responding so in despair OH emailed Craig Kreeger which did get a response, phone call from a nice woman in his office who apologised and gave us some airmiles and said she could see the problem, had sent a screenshot to IT, the software company responsible were coming in and it would be fixed last Monday, 26 January. Are you surprised that it wasn't? Me neither.

We now have an email from Craig Kreeger's office confirming that we have 4A and 5A, or we had on that day, but have we still? And next week? Next month?

Dear V-Flyers, you of all people know that aircraft can change, someone more important can be given your seat, families need to sit together, the seat is defective. You can find that out by logging on. We can't.

I have no faith that the glitsch will be fixed before we fly on 28 April and it has spoiled the last couple of months of happy anticipation and promises to wreck the rest of the time till we fly.

Sorry to bore you all, I'm stupidly upset about it.

Dear Whiterose,
Whilst I so understand your despair about your seats ( been there - hated it ) please don't let this spoil the rest of the anticipation of your upcoming trip. Try and get excited about the overall experience and not dwell on one ( major, I acknowledge) aspect.

Keeping fingers crossed for you.
Best wishes
hiljil

whiterose, when i did my airport miles upgrade outbound/return, i chose 3k out, and the VS ticketing agent said they'd put me in 3k for the return as well

before this i could see the seat map, afterwards i only got the "seat map is unavailable to view online" message whenever checking, it was as if VS selecting the seat blocked things thereafter

for your dates, expertflyer shows...
vs1 4,5,6,7A only seats taken so far
vs2 1,4,5A only seats taken so far

...obviously no guarantee, but seems reasonable to assume that's you in 4,5A

It's never too early!

We booked our Gs in October for April and every day I'm looking at the countdown and the seat map! I got really excited the other day when instead of being the only two seats requested on the K side we now have neighbours! For Christmas our son asked what we wanted and my reply was "pyjamas for on the flight"! The Virgin website and V=Flyer currently compete for top place on my "Sites most visited" ....

ScoobySu

just me who never gets excited until i get through depatures then.
Everytime I fly its the same. I only get excited once I am throw that metal detector & putting my shoes & belt back on :oD

hiljil wrote:Dear Whiterose,
Whilst I so understand your despair about your seats ( been there - hated it ) please don't let this spoil the rest of the anticipation of your upcoming trip. Try and get excited about the overall experience and not dwell on one ( major, I acknowledge) aspect.

Keeping fingers crossed for you.
Best wishes
hiljil

Thank you so much, I know you've had bad experiences with seat changes on dark side flights and I keep telling myself not to be stupid.

sungod wrote:whiterose, when i did my airport miles upgrade outbound/return, i chose 3k out, and the VS ticketing agent said they'd put me in 3k for the return as well

before this i could see the seat map, afterwards i only got the "seat map is unavailable to view online" message whenever checking, it was as if VS selecting the seat blocked things thereafter

for your dates, expertflyer shows...
vs1 4,5,6,7A only seats taken so far
vs2 1,4,5A only seats taken so far

...obviously no guarantee, but seems reasonable to assume that's you in 4,5A

Thank you for looking at EF for me. I thought for a moment you might have cracked it with the idea that VS booking the seats fouls it up, but it can't be that, because we've since booked our September/October flights, 4A & 5A again booked by VS and we can see the seat map for those.

I shall try for serenity, yoga breathing and (much more likely) a glass of something soothing.

Thank you very much for being so understanding, much appreciated.

Agreed with fellow posters I started planning my 30ths birthday trip to LA, MiA and Washington in July last yeat!!

It is never too early to plan, dream and imagine!!!

Nope never too early - I have been excited about our trip (leaving 29th August) since I booked it as it is also our first time in UC - usually in PE.

hi all
I love how its not only me.
Always did wonder if I was too excited about travel.
I booked this current flight @ 275 days, back then it was VS UC but now BA CW so the excitement has shifted a bit (no DCTI or CH) but still over the moon about getting to experience BA CW (I know I havent always seemed so) and tonight again we will be doing eatery research for Tokyo (yes bretty I will defo send you a little list!). Have made reservations for Afternoon Tea in Tokyo (managed to use some basic japanese too! :-) very basic lol
We even packed one suitcase at the weekend of gifts for friends and family.
Oh have to order some packing cubes!!!

Thanks for all the responses! Glad it appears I'm not as mad as the wife says I am.. Any preference on the seats? We have gone for 5,6A as not sure if it would be better to have one window and one centre aisle seat or in front of the other one

gfonk you're a star, look forward to hearing from you. I've been scouting websites for inspiration for this trip and April is the month the Geiko / Maiko have their festivals in Kyoto so I'm keen to attend one of their shows, and have founds details of Sakura viewing in Kyoto which we hopefully will be in time for. Thinking about Kabuki too, just a single act if we do.

To the OP - if you're on a 747 then the accepted wisdom, for couples is 6 A&K, right in the nose, very cosy! The UC cabin on the LGW 747s is small so you probably can't go wrong, but further from front nearer to the bar. If you're on a 330 then accepted wisdom is to avoid centre aisle seats as they're slightly shorter than rows A or K.