V-Flyer

After 2 weeks in India for business, it was time to fly back home ... Arrived at Delhi's T3 at around 10.45 for a 13.05 departure. New to me, was Upper Class assistance people helping you with your luggage inside the terminal and to check-in. Another nice touch ! Check-in was done quickly and efficiently. A Virgin agent then showed to emigration and explained me where the lounge was situated. Emigration was done in minutes as was security. Browsed Duty Free and the rest of the shop and went upstairs to the shared lounge for a drink and a bite. At 12, I decided to go back downstairs and waited for the flight to open and boarding starting at 12.15, with priority boarding enforced.
I was the first one on the plane and I was warmly welcomed by one of the CSS, who showed me to my seat (easy one entering the plane from L1!)
Champagne offered and accepted. Contrarily to my flight out, the aircraft was almost completely full and UC was definitely full. Push-back 10 minutes early, surprisingly short taxi and take off. Service started pretty quickly and the 5 cabin crew taking care of us were all superb ! The FSM in particular worked really hard to rectify technical issues with the sound on the IFE and never lost his good mood and smile over the whole process. Food was generally good but again the dessert was the absolute winner for the whole experience ! Pineapple Upside Down cake ... A triumph !
Service had to be stopped at some point as most of our path over Afghanistan was very bumpy and mostly inside pretty dark clouds ... Once out of it, I wasn't in the mood to watch a film so headed to the bar where I spent most of the rest of the flight and met a few very interesting people with amongst them the COO of a very large UK retailer that I shall not name. We all had a very good time, talking and laughing while wine, champagne and cocktails were provided continuously by some of the best cabin crew I've ever had the chance to fly with. Too soon, it was time to get back to our seats, in preparation for landing. All in all for me, this has to be the best flight I've ever taken with Virgin or any other airline.
I've made sure that the deserving crew members get some recognition for their amazing job.
My next flight in UC will be in January to LA and can't wait already !

Sounds like an outstanding flight. No UC trip till January? That's a long break!

I know ! Isn't it sad ? Not travelling as much as I would like to but who knows, another business trip might happen before that !

Great TR thank you.

January is a long way off.....hope you manage to squeeze something in before that!

It is great to read of such a positive UC flight julmops.

Thanks for putting this TR together and will have my fingers crossed that you manage to sneak in another VS experience sooner than Jan '15

Cheers for posting

Thanks for all your positive reactions, guys ! Love reading a good TR myself so I think it's important to share mine too