Upper class Gatwick Vs Manchester and plane age

silly_spook · 10 Oct 19, 08:27 PM

Our flights will go on sale in a couple of weeks, and I'm stuck between booking PE and UC.

I've been lucky enough to fly UC from Heathrow to DC before and am concerned the Gatwick or Manchester to MCO experiences won't live up to it. Already know the clubhouses (TBC Manchester) won't be as swish, but worried about shelling out a fortune and getting stuck on an old plane, where UC is, to me, not as much worth the price.

Does anyone know which airport is likely to have more chance of a newer fleet for next September?

Are there days of the week more likely to fly with the new A350? I'm planning to fly on a Sunday.

What is my chance of flying with Virgin inbound, or are we likely to be moved to Delta as I have seen quite a few people mention?

Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

Mr Tom Morrow · 10 Oct 19, 08:33 PM

If with Virgin for next Sept you will be on the current 747 fleet. Awesome planes.
The LGW Clubhouse is excellent.

galaxyflorida · 10 Oct 19, 08:52 PM

A350s won�t be on the Orlando route for quite some time yet. Some off-peak Manchester flights these days are on the ex Air Berlin A330s, otherwise the glorious B747.

Certainly wouldn�t be transferred to Delta on a Orlando to UK route either.

silly_spook · 10 Oct 19, 09:12 PM

Great, thanks both for the information. I think I was on a 787 last time from doing a bit of an image search. The planes mentioned all look fine, so starting to get excited now!

15isto2 · 11 Oct 19, 10:15 AM

I have flown mainly UC on MCO route and love the smaller cabin, I flew on the ATL route once and while the delta lounge was much better I found the larger cabin had much less of a premium /excursive feel about it

megaflyer · 11 Oct 19, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by silly_spook

Great, thanks both for the information. I think I was on a 787 last time from doing a bit of an image search. The planes mentioned all look fine, so starting to get excited now!

The VS 787 are great planes and knock the bells out of the LGW 747 - the suites in term of comfort, cabin air, bigger windows and ambience (I like the bar area on the 787) are, in my view, superior and having travelled in all the variants it is my current favourite (hoping to try the 350 soon - you could fly that over then get a connection !?)

Andybear · 11 Oct 19, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

If with Virgin for next Sept you will be on the current 747 fleet. Awesome planes.
The LGW Clubhouse is excellent.

I agree totally on both counts from experience last month 😀

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