This is a Trip Report from the Premium Economy cabin
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The seat map had opened up a day before we flew - after much debate as to whether we should try the new bubble set up we opted for 19A and C in the lower PE cabin - and hoped that this would mean a quick get away when we landed.
OLCI - seq 67ish (we were having too much fun on our last night to get anything earlier!) I also had the right ticket and surplus miles to try to get an upgrade - I did ring VA 24 hours beforehand but was told UC was fully booked and to try again at the airport. I did try again (both airside and landslide) but with no luck - although one of the ground crew gave me the option to downgrade to one spare Economy seat left!
We flew on Pretty Woman. Boarding very prompt (fizz offered but due to driving on landing stuck with the orange juice) we left a few minutes early and was told that the flight time would be about 7.5 hours (very very quick!).
Seatbelt sign off = immediate seat recline by the 2 people in front
Luckily as there was no one behind us we could also do the same.Dinner served shortly afterwards (no pre dinner drink). My main was beef stew and dumpling - but to be honest it looked a bit more like pedigree chum
Not one of VA's best. Washed it down with the red wine and then got into my well tried and tested overnight flight ritual. Unfortunately Mr B cannot sleep on the plane and has now given up - although he was happy working his way through the films he didn't have time to watch on the way over. So I try and grab some sleep to make sure that one of us is awake enough for the 2 hour drive back from Gatwick. That is where my problem started - no amenity kit = no earplugs or eye mask = no sleep
. I asked the CC and she told me that our kits were put out on the seats before we boarded. Both Mr B and myself had not see any kit on boarding - but she insisted we had to have had one. A bit of a huff and puff and she reluctantly came back with 2 kits - still insisting that we should have already had them. I did feel as if she thought I probably had some sort of Ebay thing going on with amenity kits. Interesting to see that in the whole of the PE cabin I did not see one other person with a kit - or wearing eye masks etc so I don't believe anyone other than Mr B and myself ended up with one. Now I know the amenity kit issue has been mentioned before but it left me feeling guilty for even bringing the issue up 
I can't really add much to the rest of the trip report - Mr B confirms that the Bailey's/Brandy was proffered. He also confirmed that the breakfast (although not very "hearty" in his eyes) was ok. I dragged myself from the semi conscious on/off sleep as we started our descent into Gatwick. We were at least 40 mins early
One of the first off the plane - into a similar scene at Gatwick to that of MCO immigration!! So back to reality with bump - and now to start planning the next trip. Happy New Year everyone!
