VX Trip Reports [Master Thread]

**BiziBB** · Apr 2, 08, 3:10 am

Does FT have a collection of trip reports, food reviews, lounge reports, photos and anything else yet?

Just post a link to your Trip Report, or write a mini report of your Virgin America trip here.

Time to update! I'll index recent reports on this thread and Trip Reports - PM me if I've missed any (will do tonight). Thank you for the ongoing reports.

JFK
SFO-JFK in F with pics(July 11, thanks SFO777)
NY, NY in Y (on VX) (May 29, thanks EIPremier)
Virgin America revisit JFK-SFO-LAX in F with pix link(Feb 20, thanks EIPremier)
Return in Virgin America First Class JFK-SFO(Aug 13 07, thanks Carfield)
Virgin America trip report SFO-JFK 11/17/07 (Nov 23 07, thanks nermaljcat)

LAS
First VX experience [4 Mar]
Any first impressions of Virgin America? (post #10) [24 Oct 07]

SAN
VX 1864 SFO-SAN A319 N525VA(July 2, thanks EIPremier)
Virgin America SAN-SFO-SAN

SEA
VX inaugural SEA-LAX-SFO-SEA (10/10 by prismwiz)
SEA-LAX weekend run: AS down/VX up (Space, drink and good meal in F aboard California Dreaming for $81)
Short report on VX Inaugural SFO-SEA and SEA-SFO flights
Short report on VX Inaugural SFO-SEA and SEA-SFO flights (post #4 noted below)
Virgin America - a new and better way to fly to SEA; Inaugural report in F and Y
InAugural Day VIRGIN America SEA-SFO return PICS & VIDEO

SFO
Getting high with Richard Branson: Virgin America's virgin flight (lots of pics)
Virgin America Trip Report VX 851 | SFO to LAX | 08AUG2007 | FIRST CLASS
A tale of two "first class" experiences flying SFO-LAX with plenty of pics
VA vs UA trip report SFO-LAX-SFO
Virgin America followup report LAX-SFO-SEA + Dark A319 + pix link
Weekend in LAX (B6, VX (F), AA (C), B6)
Virgin America - Lots of hype, not much substance
Impressed!
Goodbye Ted (post #40)

General
Virgin America: remove the makeup and you'll find ugly
Virgin America - Lots of hype, not much substance
Which is Better: United Economy Plus or Virgin America Main Cabin?
Is Virgin America New Y Seat Better Than SQ New Y?
Goodbye TED!

(Thanks, AZ Travels the World, for re-titling this thread. Please add your links below, to Trip Reports or VX mini report threads.

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prismwiz · Apr 2, 08, 4:34 pm

Post 4 on this thread Short report on VX Inaugural SFO-SEA and SEA-SFO flights is a report I did inagural SEA-SFO, see VX HQ, SFO-SEA.

nermaljcat · Apr 2, 08, 4:51 pm

Here is my trip report for SFO->NYC last Thanksgiving:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....4&postcount=14

Quote:

Originally Posted by prismwiz

Post 4 on this thread Short report on VX Inaugural SFO-SEA and SEA-SFO flights is a report I did inagural SEA-SFO, see VX HQ, SFO-SEA.

There is a little number at the top-right corner of your post which should link to it (it took me a little while to notice it)

This one should link to your report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...83&postcount=4

**aviators99** · Apr 2, 08, 5:07 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by nermaljcat

Here is my trip report for SFO->NYC last Thanksgiving:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....4&postcount=14

There is a little number at the top-right corner of your post which should link to it (it took me a little while to notice it)

This one should link to your report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...83&postcount=4

That thread has more than one trip report, so it would be better to link the whole thread in this case.

nermaljcat · Apr 2, 08, 5:14 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviators99

That thread has more than one trip report, so it would be better to link the whole thread in this case.

good point.

**BiziBB** · Apr 2, 08, 5:27 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by prismwiz

Post 4 on this thread Short report on VX Inaugural SFO-SEA and SEA-SFO flights is a report I did inagural SEA-SFO, see VX HQ, SFO-SEA.

Added to the SEA list!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nermaljcat

Here is my trip report for SFO->NYC last Thanksgiving:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showpost....4&postcount=14

Adding it now.

This one should link to your report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...83&postcount=4

Added

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviators99

That thread has more than one trip report, so it would be better to link the whole thread in this case.

Full thread and the post #4 have each been added.

prismwiz · Apr 2, 08, 7:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by nermaljcat

There is a little number at the top-right corner of your post which should link to it (it took me a little while to notice it)

This one should link to your report: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...83&postcount=4

Never noticed that. Thanks for your help. However I agree with BiziBB to link the entire thread. Thanks for compiling the list BiziBB!

**aviators99** · Apr 3, 08, 1:19 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiziBB

SAN

Impressed!

This one goes under SFO-LAX

**aviators99** · Apr 3, 08, 1:27 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiziBB

SEA
Virgin America - a new and better way to fly to SEA; Inaugural report in F and Y

Hey, my picture is in that photo gallery...

**BiziBB** · Apr 3, 08, 5:21 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviators99

This one goes under SFO-LAX

Thanks! Done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aviators99

Hey, my picture is in that photo gallery...

I'd like to put together an index of inflight info and pics, too.

prismwiz · Apr 9, 08, 2:22 pm

Just wrote this http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9544685 SEA-LAX-SFO-SEA.

eponymous_coward · Apr 14, 08, 1:20 am

AS down SEA-LAX, VX up...

**BiziBB** · Apr 14, 08, 8:14 pm

Thank you to our SEA flyers prismwiz and eponymous_coward for your reports, which now sit atop the SEA Trip Reports index.

What a great impression you've made, VX, on these FTers for these flights. Let's hope the standard can be kept up.

eponymous_coward · Apr 28, 08, 6:41 pm

Mini trip report: LAS-SFO-SEA

LAS-SFO was in coach (I only did the day-of-flight upgrade for the SFO-SEA leg), not much to report except the plane was full, and I slept on the plane in coach, which almost NEVER happens... but it had been a long night without much sleep. VX's coach is pretty darn comfortable- as a comparison, I flew standby coach to LAS from SEA on AS, giving up my complimentary upgrade to F to get to Vegas earlier, in a less comfortable seat: 32" pitch, 17" width on a 737-400 compared to 32"/19.7" in coach for VX... BIG difference, as I am sort of wide at the shoulders.

SFO-SEA: also not too much to report, but I flew the same plane up to SEA (different crew), but I was in F and enjoyed a great meal and very good attendant service. This flight was ALMOST full.

Several AS regulars like myself were also in F on VX for their first time, and also were blew away by it the same way I was my first time.

sltlyamusd · Apr 28, 08, 8:51 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by eponymous_coward

Mini trip report: LAS-SFO-SEA

LAS-SFO was in coach (I only did the day-of-flight upgrade for the SFO-SEA leg), not much to report except the plane was full, and I slept on the plane in coach, which almost NEVER happens... but it had been a long night without much sleep. VX's coach is pretty darn comfortable- as a comparison, I flew standby coach to LAS from SEA on AS, giving up my complimentary upgrade to F to get to Vegas earlier, in a less comfortable seat: 32" pitch, 17" width on a 737-400 compared to 32"/19.7" in coach for VX... BIG difference, as I am sort of wide at the shoulders.

The 19.7" seat width on the A320 is measured armrest to armrest (a convenient marketing ploy by VX), whereas 17" on the 737 excludes the armrests. The A320 Y seat is only about three quarters of an inch wider compared to the 737.