Virgin/Delta Economy Classic v Economy Delight

[thefergies]

I confess I am not a fan of coughing up for supposed seating upgrades but thought I would ask for some neutral opinions. Prices for my flights are hopefully out next week but, looking at the various airlines for dates just before, I am looking at Virgin/Delta Edi direct on 1/10 and coming back indirect via JFK on Thu 16/10. Won't bore you with why Wed-Wed isn't an option.

The difference for the same dates just before (24/9-9/10) between Economy Standard and Economy delight would be £800 so £200pp. As far as I can see, for that you get 3 inches more leg room, priority check-in and priority boarding. Anything I've missed? We tend to arrive on or even before the 3hr check-in period anyway and are Virgin any better at Edi than other Airlines when it comes to actually boarding people in the way they say they will?
I could put that £800 to other use in Florida although I do have a 6.4 tall son who can never get comfortable and my wife has a bit of arthritis so the added room would be appreciated by them.
Any experiences welcome - assume use of Lounges etc is when you go Premium. Not a Vigin Member either. Thanks

[Loot2309]

Economy delight isn't worth £200pp in my opinion.

[salmim]

I wouldn't pay that much to be honest, the seats are pretty much the same with that ( welcome) extra leg room.

I think we paid £40pp.

Happy holiday though 👍

[Scaramouche]

See if you can bid to upgrade maybe. I’d pay around £50pp.

[toonmadlad]

We are doing the Edi-Mco Virgin direct next July/Aug..2A & 2C…….we upgraded to the Economy Delight, not only because of the extra leg room but so we knew we’d be sat next to each other, cost us an extra £500 but I’m 6’2” and looking forward to having that little bit of extra leg room for my creaky knees.

£800 is a lot but if you can afford to do it then I'm sure your Wife & Son would appreciate the extra space.

[Nomis]

It’s £75 to book Emergancy exit seats far better option

[sha9]

No, it’s not worth £200 pp. we paid £160 in total for both us both ways last year. That was worth it for us for the additional leg room and knowing we had seats booked.

[Nomis]

How much is it to upgrade to PE ?

[Softy]

Upgrading to Pe is often not much more than that.

[sha9]

Originally Posted by Softy

Upgrading to Pe is often not much more than that.

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Pre Covid I would agree but now from Edinburgh you’d not normally get PE for £200 more than economy. That said when I looked at our dates a could have weeks ago PE was cheaper than economy. Both were over £2000 though .