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After trekking acros London for 2 hours via public transport, I make it to Heathrow Terminal 1 by 7:30 and although I had done online check in the day before (only achieving Seq11
) I presented myself at the desk (the priority desk being fully occupied by a large family) and was quickly attended to - albeit that I had to remind home to issue an invitation to the Sevisair Lounge.Quite impressed by the security at Terminal 1 which was soon navigated and into the airside plaza which is a huge improvement on what I remember from some 3 years ago
The Sevisair Lounge is at the opposite end of the Terminal to the Domestic gates so I made sure I gave myself plenty of time to get back
The lounge was much smaller that I was expecting and was quite full even at that time of the morning (pre 8am). Nevertheless I was able to find a seat and take some refreshment and check on E Mails etc before setting off back. Good job I had given myself plenty of time as there is a queue for Boarding pass checks before proceeding to the Gates. After this checkpoint I noticed that both BA and Aer Lingus have lounges here and it struck me that Virgin were missing a trick here. God forbid sharing with BA, but surely something could be set up with the latter.It only seemed like moments after taking my seat in the Gate area that priority boarding was called precisely as scheduled at 8:50 and being Au, I was one of the first to board
Welcomed at the door by name
I took my seat and was grateful I had opted for 2A when I had booked as 2C was already taken and sure enough thee was a vacant seat the entire flight 
Then began the wait. It would seem that there had been massive delays in Terminal 3 Immigration that morning (I overheard one disgruntled US passenger remark that it had taken over 2 hours
) and as a consequence of having to wait for these transferring passengers push back was an hour later than scheduled. A relatively quick taxi (by Heathrow standards) where I was able to see both the new BA A380 and Concorde we were soon on our wayThe crew quickly went into action and service commenced. Despite a knowing grin from the FSM when asking what I would like to drink I opted for coffee (wish I hadn't ) and it being a post breakfast flight a large cookie.
Being Catain Sensible, I has placed my phone on Flighht Safe mode and listened to my music for the 55 minute flying time. Arrived in Edinburgh only 15 minutes late and at least the ground crew there can get the airbridge attached far quicker that at Heathrow
Only a short wait for the bags - although it did seem strange that only one carousel was being used for every single arrival into Edinburgh at that time so it was a bit of a scrum getting my bag.
With plenty of time on my hands I opted for the Express Bus into Edinburgh which at £3.50 is a bargain
All in all, Virgin have a good product here and if connection is the name of the game, by what I saw, it is looking good for them
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