VS046 JFK-LHR 6 JAN 11 (Economy)

This is a Trip Report from the Economy cabin

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I had to rebook my flight from the 7th to the 6th to avoid the snow in NYC, which actually ended up not being too bad. I discovered that instead of the usual 744 or 346, VS046 was going to be on a 343! I arrived at JFK around 5PM for my 7:30 flight. Looonnggg queue for bag drop, and when I finally get there, I am called over the the PE desk. The woman at the counter wasn't friendly, but she wasn't rude either, very different from past checkins, as most every VS staff member at bag drop have been very nice. My bag weighed in a 28kg, so had to pay an overweight charge, which previously they have let slide. I wasn't going to complain of course, they have been very nice to not charge me on past flights. So off to the ticketing desk I went to pay my bag fee. The woman there was very nice and wished me a pleasant flight.

Security was rammed with people, but even still, only a 15 minute wait or so to get through. I saw a few of the body scanners, but none of them were turned on. After that it was a trip through duty free - got a 1.75L bottle of JD for £25!

Boarding commenced on time and push back was 3 minutes late. We waited on the tarmac for a few minutes for VS009 to take our old spot at gate B28. Then we were off for an almost hour long tour of JFK!

Once we took off dinner and drinks were served but service was very slow. While I was at the back of the plane and that was to be expected, it was much slower than usual. Plus, there was only one round of drinks! Even still, the G&T I ordered came about half filled with gin, not that I can complain about that. (And yes, I can probably add myself to the list of G&T addicts on here, who I won't name...

I opted to have the beef, which was ok. The salad was fresh and the dressing decent, and the coffee cinnamon cake that was for dessert was actually quite good.

Stuck with Odyssey and disappointed to find that Salt is only showing on routes from the UK, I played some games on my iPhone and ended up talking to a fellow student for three or four hours. Managed maybe a half hour to an hour of sleep, and then it was time for breakfast. I had the cheese danish, which was very small, but what can you expect in economy?

We took a very southerly route, out over the coast of Long Island and then north once we approached France, and over Plymouth, and turned once we passed Bristol.

We approached Heathrow on time but due to the massive backlog of flights, we did a few laps around the English countryside and then landed almost 40 minutes late.

15 minute queue at passport control, and my bag was out within two or three minutes of reaching baggage reclaim. Then on to HEX and the bakerloo home!

Ahh the pleasures of sightseeing JFK on a busy evening! One hour isn't actually so bad for the 46.

Thanks for the TR .

Thank you for the TR.

thanks for the report, it can take a while to get airborne at Kennedy can't it