We are spending the Christmas holiday in London with Jill’s sister, her husband and their lovely son.
To get here, we bought our flight tickets far in advance, about 4 months ago, and landed a very decent deal with Virgin Atlantic (decent is facing the fact that taxes and security fees now amount to between 30-50% of most ticket prices on international flights).
What you, lucky reader, need to be aware of is that if you are flying Virgin’s economy class (like most mortals do), you are going to experience THE most cramped seating arrangements in the air. We are talking worse than anything from American, anything from United, Continental or Delta. We are talking really really bad. Knees at the back of the seat in front of you, too narrow to work on your laptop, really really narrow.
In short, really not good.
Yes, their interactive video selection is stellar and the screens are relatively large (probably because you can touch them with your nose, practically), but it is just a sham. Pay the extra $50 and fly properly.
