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29 Nov 21, 11:36 PM |
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Virgin UC Leisure Config A350-1000
The first leisure config A350-1000 will be delivered this week.
Fearless lady The UC cabin is small, 16 seats. I think the 744s had 14 seats but they were 1-1 and the cabin felt very spacious. Not sure about this one, anyone else got any thoughts? Full seat map is here flywith.virginatlantic/g...rbus-a350.html
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30 Nov 21, 06:56 AM |
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Join Date: Nov 10
Location: Durham
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Hey up Adam bonny lad, I like how the UC seat is facing towards the window and the word 'suite' promises more privacy, but whether there will be is to be seen. The design and quality looks appealing but again, time will tell.
We recently flew UC on the B787, it was certainly showing a lot of wear, I believe the B787 and A330-300's were earmarked for refurb, including PE/UC width reduction, but wonder if finances may see that shelved for a while. As you know our route choice is Man to Atl to RSW but VS cancelled their Man to Atl route, apparently due to fleet shortage, until late Autumn, we'd opt LHR out with return into Man, as we're doing in May. I appreciate VS had only been flying 5 days and the caterers will be getting back in the swing, but the UC food choice was not good, we couldn't eat any of the 3 choices (pork, trout or vegetable curry) as they contained so many spices. Our friend was in economy and said their food was very poor. We'll revert to taking a salad on our return, something we do in PE but I never thought I'd do in UC.
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30 Nov 21, 07:38 AM |
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We've been booked onto this config 3 times, once cancelled, and twice had the plane changed. I was really looking forward to trying it and like it in theory.
As an aside, we flew LHR to Barbados last month in UC and our food was very good.
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30 Nov 21, 08:04 AM |
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Hiya PBF, first time we flew UC was afore VS stopped the afternoon tea and all food was very good. Unfortunately this has been our second occasion of poor quality and choice, airline caterers seem to insist on over spicing food and we can't stomach that, safest option is to take our own. On our recent journey I said I'll have a bread roll and banana, we don't do bread rolls anymore she replied, I thought she was joking at first! We both opted for cheese and biscuits which were very tasty.
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30 Nov 21, 08:19 AM |
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Chris. My son and his Partner flew PE to and from NY this Month on VA. He asked about the cheese and biscuits missing and was told it was 'due to Covid'
So sad that Covid seems to be carried by cheese and biscuits whereas I thought it was by droplets in peoples breath! Even stranger is the fact that Virgin managed to source said cheese and biscuits for the UC passengers that was apparently Covid free.
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30 Nov 21, 09:05 AM |
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Hey up MrT, and yet we got cheese and biscuits, but no bread! Perhaps the day we flew was 'bread covid' day
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30 Nov 21, 09:37 AM |
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I was hugely uninspired by the menu when I saw it but was pleasantly surprised by the actual food.
I don’t remember bread rolls on that flight either now you mention it!
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30 Nov 21, 09:55 AM |
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30 Nov 21, 10:04 AM |
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Totally, they could have fed me anything tbh, we were first to board, couldn’t get on that plan fast enough!
Enjoy 😊
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30 Nov 21, 10:20 AM |
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I've been watching a lot of travel vlogs since the US opened up again and the bread rolls have gone from all classes on VS. Chris mentioned she got cheese and biscuits but from what Ive seen it looks like its a dessert option, it used to be served after dessert with a glass of port.
I really do understand that VS need to recover costs, they have had a nightmare but just tell us thats what it is... There will be 2 menu changes before I fly so fingers crossed it will improve as if I was flying tomorrow I would be taking my own food on the plane. Thats a shame as the food was always a highlight of flying UC for me.
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