Virgin seat select

[Macka]

And even when you check in exactly 24 hours prior to your flight there are no seats available (in economy anyway). There were 3 of us travelling and none of us were within 5 rows of each other.

Thats why I'm trying Delta this year. The UK airlines just keep adding extras on top of the ridiculous tax's which I know they cant help

If there's no seats left Christine. I'll expect an upgrade to First...[]

[christhear]

If there's no seats left Christine. I'll expect an upgrade to First...[]

Should have said no seats together

[ravtino]

Virgin are getting worse, we also try to fly direct from Manchester, but we will start looking at other airlines and indirect, we have done this a couple of times because of cost and looks like we will be doing it all the time. BAD VIRGIN!!!! Wish someone else would start flying direct from Manchester and give them some competition!

[Laurel Oak]

Must admit as much as I like Virgin I'm getting brassed off with them. Unfortunately competition on the transatlantic routes is becoming non existent and its becoming more difficult to get a fair price.

We are starting to look at the charters into Sanford and are flying with Thomson's in May. We are paying a good bit extra as I want to fly on the Dreamliner but a friend of mine is flying at the end of May and paying just over £600 and that's for premium, economy is just over £400.

The only problem is that there are no charters from Manchester in November/December.

[wilfy]

It's the "we’ve been working hard and investing in ways to improve the process" that makes me laugh.. improve their bank balance is the only investing i see out of this.

They'll certainly lose my trade once we've been in Feb... Just have to see if the American carriers follow suit.

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

We stopped using Virgin a good few years ago now. They really think they are something special, but they are very ordinary and there are lots of other good options.

I enjoy an indirect flight now the children are older as it's more of an adventure and opens up the possibility of a short city break on the way or way home.

[SDJ]

We just booked for 9 weeks next September in the BA Sale. It was £560 each but if we wanted to book seats it was extra….I think it was £28 but it was more expensive than Virgin, so Virgin are not alone!! We were already booked with Virgin for May but won't bother to pay for seats.

[Katys Grandad]

Apart from the direct flight advantage, I've never understood what's supposedly so special about Virgin and haven't used them for a long time although I can understand that a connecting flight with small children could be hard work.

For the past several US trips my wife and I have stopped over in either Boston or New York and caught the AA or BA day flight home. The transatlantic flight is sometimes under 6 hours from Boston and we connect to Manchester through Heathrow. That way we're at home in bed by 10.30 pm and the jet lag is very much reduced. The flights are never full and last month when we took it I reckon only 30% of the seats were occupied so there's no need to pay for advance allocation. I can strongly recommend it especially if you're somebody who doesn't sleep on night flights.

[Jayboy4444]

Simple.... don't fly Virgin, they will soon change their plans.
Simple economics of supply and demand.
Simpy look else where!

Ok - I know that sounds simple but genuinely there are other options and if you shop around and don't mind an indirect flight you can save every time.

Totally agree.....Virgin do not deserve the business!

BA are streets ahead for service and flexibility.
Delta & United much cheaper although a longer trip which evens out once you have cleared customs in Washington or Atlanta or ....... in only 10 minutes.
Orlando customs in December took 40 minutes from a BA flight

[Jill]

Apart from the direct flight advantage, I've never understood what's supposedly so special about Virgin and haven't used them for a long time although I can understand that a connecting flight with small children could be hard work.

For the past several US trips my wife and I have stopped over in either Boston or New York and caught the AA or BA day flight home. The transatlantic flight is sometimes under 6 hours from Boston and we connect to Manchester through Heathrow. That way we're at home in bed by 10.30 pm and the jet lag is very much reduced. The flights are never full and last month when we took it I reckon only 30% of the seats were occupied so there's no need to pay for advance allocation. I can strongly recommend it especially if you're somebody who doesn't sleep on night flights.

We have taken this route before and agree there are definite advantages to taking the day flight over the red eye.