VS019 LHR-SFO 29 JUL 13 (Upper Class)

This is a Trip Report from the Upper Class cabin

Ground Staff

Food & Drink

Entertainment

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Cabin Crew

Taxi arrived early and the M4 was kind so the trip from Bath took just 1hr 45mins. Arrived at check in to be told flight was delayed by 2hrs 30mins.(Apparently VS sent an e-mail advising us of this but we had already left home) No worries more time to enjoy our first visit to the Clubhouse. We were shown around by friendly staff and had a bit of an explore, wife and daughter booked treatments then we sat down to breakfast (sadly no black pudding)and as it was now 0815 the first glass of champagne was in order. Settled down to read the papers and relax with a few red heads. A few lunchtime snacks and we were boarding Cosmic Girl at 1330.Although UC cabin was clean and tidy I did notice plenty of knocks and scrapes to paintwork which had been poorly touched up with Match Pots of differing colours.

We are lowly RED but once seated (12A&K,14A)cabin crew introduced themselves and called us by name which was nice. Swapped my jacket for a glass of Lanson and menus were handed out. Between us we sampled the Ham Hock and the Barley and Vegetable Broth. Mains were Fillet of Beef for the girls and Chicken Caeser Salad for me, all of which were good. Good wine selection too.I skipped dessert but Chocolate Salted Caramel Pudding and Strawberry Custard Tart were both apparently very tasty. I had cheese and a very generous measure of port. Think Virgin could be a bit more adventurous with cheese Shropshire Blue was good but Red Leicester and Mild Cheddar both pretty bland.

IFE was fine and enjoyed Lincoln. Attentive cabin crew kept drinks topped up and pretty soon it was time for sandwiches and cakes. Spent a while at the bar chatting to some of the crew about new uniforms etc. Arrived at SFO just after two flights from Asia so immigration was hectic but things moved surprisingly quickly and we were in our hotel less than two hours after landing.

This was our first UC experience and was everything that all you V Flyers told us to expect. From Check in, to Clubhouse to the UC cabin all was good. Having returned PE from LAX it will be UC both ways in future.

Thanks for a great TR Papadilla. Like me it seems you are now a UC convert.

Thanks for sharing, hope your time in SFO / LAX was good too

John

Thanks for the TR,glad everything lived up to your expectations and a few hrs extra in the CH is always a bonus in my book

Sounds like an all round good trip. Thanks for posting.
Ok v-flyers, the newbies like me what is a "red head" (in the VS CH that is lol)

A nice little tipple gfonk

A nice little tipple gfonk

Lol I seee
Thanks blacky

Thanks for the report it brings back many happy memories . My second ever trip in UC was from SFO and when the cabin crew were dishing out the pyjamas (large), I initially refused. Having paid so much for the experience I wanted to stay awake to enjoy it.
A few hours later I was , of course, tucked up (strapped in!) to my 'suite'.
Pleased to see that you made the most of the Clubhouse , it is truly one of the redeeming features which makes flying with Virgin worthwhile . Lets hope the move to the new terminal isn't a backward step!

hazban - which terminal are virgin moving too? Will they not still be in t3 with the excellent clubhouse?