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Well, a long needed rest for the family was required so we booked a week to JFK with Expedia. Our flight was at 1600 and we were there by 1300. I checked in me and my kids the night before (46 H,J,K). And these were the furthest forward seats available. At check in we saw the VS check-in which looked bad. But, nonetheless VS were making the best of the situation sill having the DIY check in. Check In took no more than 5 mins from entering the queue (even with 5 bags!). The check in agent did not work for Virgin and said the flight was full and that 46 was the furthest forward row available. Once through the nightmare which is UK security and passport control, we got into departures had a sandwich and before we knew it we were off to board. There was a 20 or so person queue outside gate 9 but, after that you were immedietly on (at the most 5 mins). Once on board and on push back I had seen the econ. cabin which out of the 318 seats had at the most 30 filled, So the BAA check in agent lied to me. So after a 15min wait we were off and in about 5mins the seatbelt signs were turned off me and the kids were off to row 30 H,K,J which is a great seat bulkhead with windows!!! [:o)]. About 10 mins afterwards dinner was served the choice was:-
-Chicken Tikka
-Meatballs and Rice
I had the meatballs which was really good also it had a great pasta salad and my fav. Gu Chocolate Pots. After that I watched some movies on V:Port while my kids ran around the front econ. cabin which seemed to only have us in. Soon enough we started the decent into JFK which was quick and then we landed (very well) as soon as we were off we started the long walk to passport control which is soooo long at JFK. Once done our bags were already on the baggage reclaim and off to the Empire Hotel (44w 63rd Street, New York) which is an absolutely great hotel.
Posted: 24 Oct 2007, 12:34