Originally Posted by
babunny
We needed to pay an appropriate 2nd PE ticket which was £1600 and then £300 for the taxes on the companion ticket........
Ouch - sorry but that doesn't sound like anything remotely approaching good value to me.
Unless your dates were set in stone, for not a lot more you could have got a couple of Z fares to LAX / SFO from LHR (especially at at sale time) and (IMHO) had a whole lot better flying experience.
Not surprised you won't be doing too much Virgin flying.
Nick