Thanks for the replies.

STAM4NICK, If you are traveling in UC, but on a CO ticket (stock) you are granted access to the Air Canada Arrivals Lounge. Make certain though, that you have the CO Concierge call ahead of time so that they are expecting you. They keep a manifest of people expected for that day.

I have not been to the Revivals Lounge, but the AC lounge far exceeded my expectations. From food selection, to showers, to clothes pressing, they offered everything that I could have needed. The staff, though, is what made it a great lounge. It was almost as if they had not seen another passenger for days, they were so welcoming to us.

As far as the cabin layout(s), both of my flights were on 742s, which appeared to be configured similarly. In the front UC cabin there are four rows with a total of 16 seats. Also, the Inflight Therapist Station is situated in the front UC cabin. I spent the return flight and about half of the EWR-LHR flight in the front (cone) UC cabin.

The second UC cabin is also configured with four rows of 16 seats. The bar is located in this area as are the two UC lavatories. My suspicion is that there is more foot traffic in the second cabin because of the bar (depending on the time of day during your flight) and the lavatories. This section also seemed a bit more cramped than the front. I cannot speculate as two the two rows of UC up top.

If you can plan it, I would choose the front section is row six through nine, the second section begins at row 11 and ends at row 15. If ticketing through Continental, It will not be an exact science and I don’t see anyway to guarantee your seat selection. My advice would be to call Virgin 48 hours out to see if they can switch your seats to the desired location, or, arrive at the airport early enough to see if they can facilitate a change.

I hope this answers your questions, and if you have others, please feel free to ask.